Workflow orchestration route

Goal

Turn ad-hoc automations into repeatable, verifiable workflows.

Readiness

• [ ] Input schema and required fields are defined.
• [ ] Output artifact location is deterministic.
• [ ] Acceptance criteria are measurable.
• [ ] Stop condition and escalation owner are named.

5-step execution

1. Intake normalize: validate inputs and reject incomplete payloads.
2. Plan compile: generate minimal step graph with constraints.
3. Execute with contracts: each step writes structured output.
4. Verify gate: compare output against acceptance thresholds.
5. Report packet: log what changed, pass/fail, and next action.

Verification signals

• Deterministic rerun success rate
• Failure-class distribution (transient vs deterministic)
• Mean time from intake to verified output

Expected output

A reusable orchestration specification that new operators can run without hidden tribal knowledge.

Handoff

• For resilience design, continue to agent failover patterns.
• For monitoring + incident response, continue to observability runbooks.

Recommended tools

• Intake checklist
• Deploy verify
• Post-merge smoke