Map agent boundaries with SIPOC
Use SIPOC to define clean input and output boundaries for an agent workflow.
The move: treat every handoff as a process boundary. SIPOC stands for suppliers, inputs, process, outputs, and customers. In agent systems, it answers five questions: who provides the context, what must be present, what job does the agent perform, what does it return, and who uses the result? Supplier The supplier can be a human, database, API, retriever, previous agent, or scheduled event. Name it so freshness and trust are visible. Input The input should be typed enough to test. If the next agent needs fields, do not pass a prose blob and hope. Process The process should be one…
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