Policy as data

Handoff rules
loaded from a file.

Default characterization policy for v0.3 behavior. Not if-statements alone — a versioned document the orchestrator loads.

Committed policy

default-v0.3-characterization

Version
1.0
Max handoffs
8
Max retries
2

Integrity

Policy hash

b8526d4fc898bd12d6974ad0d10c517a3b54bfce87169c319399378fb140302a

SHA-256 of the canonical JSON document. Embedded in task traces and season packs.

Allowed handoffs

Graph

  • critic → research
  • critic → writer
  • orchestrator → research
  • research → critic

Authority

Final author

writer only may own status=done.

Terminals: done, degraded, budget_exhausted. Stops: writer_final, max_handoffs, retry_limit, specialist_error, policy_violation.

Sourcepolicies/default-v0.3-characterization.json Read-only