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Design and review generic agent task and step state machines. Use when adding business-level task progress, step lifecycle tracking, task events, persistence, streaming timelines, resumable task state, or cross-layer task status APIs.
Design and review generic agent task and step state machines. Use when adding business-level task progress, step lifecycle tracking, task events, persistence, streaming timelines, resumable task state, or cross-layer task status APIs.
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Model business progress separately from graph execution state. A graph may checkpoint execution, but product and operator workflows often need task, step, audit, and timeline semantics.
Use generic names and inject domain-specific step names from the caller:
type TaskStatus =
| 'created'
| 'running'
| 'waiting_confirmation'
| 'completed'
| 'partially_failed'
| 'compensating'
| 'failed'
| 'cancelled';
type StepStatus =
| 'pending'
| 'running'
| 'waiting_confirmation'
| 'succeeded'
| 'retryable_failed'
| 'terminal_failed'
| 'compensating'
| 'compensated'
| 'skipped';
type AgentTask<TStep extends string = string> = {
taskId: string;
taskType: string;
status: TaskStatus;
steps: AgentStep<TStep>[];
createdAt: string;
updatedAt: string;
metadata?: Record<string, unknown>;
};
type AgentStep<TStep extends string = string> = {
stepId: string;
stepName: TStep;
status: StepStatus;
attempt: number;
maxAttempts: number;
input?: unknown;
output?: unknown;
error?: StepError;
startedAt?: string;
completedAt?: string;
};
Use append-only task events:
task_createdstep_startedstep_completedstep_failedstep_retryingwaiting_confirmationresumedtask_completedtask_failedcompensation_triggeredcompensation_completedEvents should include identifiers, event type, payload, and creation time. Keep payloads structured, redacted, and safe for persistence.
Test complete lifecycle, illegal transitions, retryable and terminal failures, waiting and resume, cancellation, partial failure, compensation, event ordering, and timeline rendering from persisted events.
name: agent-task-state-machine description: Design and review generic agent task and step state machines. Use when adding business-level task progress, step lifecycle tracking, task events, persistence, streaming timelines, resumable task state, or cross-layer task status APIs.
---
name: agent-task-state-machine
description: Design and review generic agent task and step state machines. Use when adding business-level task progress, step lifecycle tracking, task events, persistence, streaming timelines, resumable task state, or cross-layer task status APIs.
---
# Agent Task State Machine
## Skill Interface
- Name: agent-task-state-machine.
- Description: Design and review generic agent task and step state machines for business-level task progress, step lifecycle tracking, task events, persistence, streaming timelines, resumable task state, and cross-layer status APIs.
- Parameters: Task statuses, step statuses, legal transitions, event model, persistence requirements, retry and compensation rules, timeline consumers, redaction policy, and lifecycle verification cases.
- Instructions: Use this skill when product or operator workflows need task semantics beyond graph checkpoints. Define legal transitions in one module, keep terminal states final, persist append-only events when history matters, and test lifecycle, retry, resume, cancellation, and compensation paths.
Model business progress separately from graph execution state. A graph may
checkpoint execution, but product and operator workflows often need task,
step, audit, and timeline semantics.
## Core Model
Use generic names and inject domain-specific step names from the caller:
```ts
type TaskStatus =
| 'created'
| 'running'
| 'waiting_confirmation'
| 'completed'
| 'partially_failed'
| 'compensating'
| 'failed'
| 'cancelled';
type StepStatus =
| 'pending'
| 'running'
| 'waiting_confirmation'
| 'succeeded'
| 'retryable_failed'
| 'terminal_failed'
| 'compensating'
| 'compensated'
| 'skipped';
type AgentTask<TStep extends string = string> = {
taskId: string;
taskType: string;
status: TaskStatus;
steps: AgentStep<TStep>[];
createdAt: string;
updatedAt: string;
metadata?: Record<string, unknown>;
};
type AgentStep<TStep extends string = string> = {
stepId: string;
stepName: TStep;
status: StepStatus;
attempt: number;
maxAttempts: number;
input?: unknown;
output?: unknown;
error?: StepError;
startedAt?: string;
completedAt?: string;
};
```
## Transition Rules
- Define legal transitions in one owned module.
- Reject illegal transitions with stable error codes.
- Terminal states must not transition back to running.
- Step completion should drive task completion only through an explicit policy.
- Store transition events before notifying downstream listeners when durable
history matters.
- Preserve enough data to resume or explain an interrupted task.
## Event Model
Use append-only task events:
- `task_created`
- `step_started`
- `step_completed`
- `step_failed`
- `step_retrying`
- `waiting_confirmation`
- `resumed`
- `task_completed`
- `task_failed`
- `compensation_triggered`
- `compensation_completed`
Events should include identifiers, event type, payload, and creation time. Keep
payloads structured, redacted, and safe for persistence.
## Verification
Test complete lifecycle, illegal transitions, retryable and terminal failures,
waiting and resume, cancellation, partial failure, compensation, event ordering,
and timeline rendering from persisted events.
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