MISBRIEFED

Agent improvement

  1. Missing context

    Request minimum context

    Ask once for the missing goal, constraints, and available inputs in one bounded request.

    Completed without additional clarificationEvidence: withheld

  2. Unstable success criteria

    Confirm definition of done

    Restate one sentence defining completion before implementation.

    Completed without scope rewriteEvidence: withheld

  3. Repeated clarification

    Consolidate clarifications

    Ask one consolidated clarification containing only blocking questions.

    Completed without additional clarificationEvidence: withheld

  4. Conflicting instructions

    Surface instruction conflict

    Name the conflicting requirements and request one precedence decision before work.

    Completed without scope rewriteEvidence: withheld

  5. Premature implementation

    Summarize before implementation

    Summarize the intended change and verification boundary before editing.

    Completed without scope rewriteEvidence: withheld

  6. Weak verification

    Verify before handoff

    Run the smallest relevant verification before reporting completion.

    Completed without correctionEvidence: withheld

  7. Excessive verbosity

    Lead with outcome

    Lead with the result and keep supporting detail behind a short bounded summary.

    Completed without correctionEvidence: withheld

  8. Unnecessary approval loop

    Act within authority

    Execute reversible in-scope work without another approval request.

    Completed without additional clarificationEvidence: withheld

  9. Tool misuse

    Inspect tool contract

    Read the exact tool contract and validate inputs before the first mutation.

    Completed without tool failureEvidence: withheld

  10. Correction rework

    Restate correction delta

    Restate the requested correction as a bounded delta before rework.

    Completed without correctionEvidence: withheld

  11. Interruption escalation

    Checkpoint before switch

    Record a compact recoverable checkpoint before switching tasks.

    Completed without scope rewriteEvidence: withheld

  12. Successful collaboration

    Preserve successful pattern

    Reuse the last locally successful interaction pattern when the context matches.

    Completed without correctionEvidence: withheld

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