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Constraints are: only touch auth middleware files. Acceptance criteria: no existing tests break and the null pointer is gone."},{"title":"Agent task decomposition before coding","prompt":"Before my agent starts writing code to refactor the database connection pooling module, generate a structured work plan that breaks it into understand, inspect, change, test, verify, and deliver phases — with risk flags for anything that could break production."},{"title":"Verifiable task plan with fingerprint","prompt":"Generate a work plan for the task 'Add rate limiting to the public API endpoints', constraints are ['must not change response schemas', 'must be backward compatible'], acceptance criteria are ['rate limit headers appear in responses', 'existing integration tests still pass'] — I need the SHA256 fingerprint so I can audit what plan the agent committed to."}],"resultDescription":"Returns a JSON object with an 'ok' flag, a 'mode' field set to 'agent_work_plan', an ordered array of phases (understand, inspect, change, test, verify, deliver) each with a goal, plus risk_flags, constraints, stop_conditions (e.g. missing access, criteria conflicts, unsafe actions), the SHA256 hash of the task, and the acceptance_criteria array.","failureModes":["Malformed input (missing task field) returns a validation error","Conflicting acceptance criteria may trigger a stop_condition of 'acceptance_criteria_conflict'","Tasks requiring unsafe or irreversible actions without authorization trigger 'unsafe_or_irreversible_action_without_authorization' stop condition","Missing required access to relevant resources triggers 'missing_required_access' stop condition","Service unavailability on the Render hosting platform may return 5xx errors"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose this endpoint when you need an autonomous agent to approach a bounded engineering or bounty task in a structured, auditable, and safe way — especially when you want phased execution with explicit stop conditions, risk flags, and acceptance criteria checked before code changes are made. 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