Forward the decision, not a vague yes.

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Forward the decision, not a vague yes.

The document and account may have changed.

Version, recipient, actor, deadline and one receipt.

A delegate may execute only the named effect.

#EricFieldNotes

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When one agent asks another to act, a conversational summary can drop the customer, object version or approval limit. Passing the whole transcript creates different context problems. A narrow handoff packet can name the decision and let the target independently verify it.

In a fictional campaign workflow, a reviewer approved draft seven for one account. The agent now holds draft eight and posts it to a second account, quoting the old approval message. The language sounds authorized, but the approved object and recipient no longer match.

Store the approved artifact hash and recipient outside model memory. On action, compare that hash, acting identity, target account and deadline. Consume a one-time permit where appropriate; then read back the actual posted artifact and record its permalink.

Use a versioned decision packet and a service-side authorization check. Do this because a concise agent message may preserve intent, but only the target boundary can prove that the executed object and recipient still match what was approved.

#EricFieldNotes

Four-beat scene transcript

1. Forward the decision, not a vague yes.

When one agent asks another to act, a conversational summary can drop the customer, object version or approval limit. Passing the whole transcript creates different context problems. A narrow handoff packet can name the decision and let the target independently verify it.

Visual: A specialist needs an exact, current action packet.

2. Yesterday's approval is easy to reuse.

In a fictional campaign workflow, a reviewer approved draft seven for one account. The agent now holds draft eight and posts it to a second account, quoting the old approval message. The language sounds authorized, but the approved object and recipient no longer match.

Visual: The document and account may have changed.

3. Bind the permit to the exact effect.

Store the approved artifact hash and recipient outside model memory. On action, compare that hash, acting identity, target account and deadline. Consume a one-time permit where appropriate; then read back the actual posted artifact and record its permalink.

Visual: Version, recipient, actor, deadline and one receipt.

4. Make approval survive the handoff exactly.

Use a versioned decision packet and a service-side authorization check. Do this because a concise agent message may preserve intent, but only the target boundary can prove that the executed object and recipient still match what was approved.

Visual: A delegate may execute only the named effect.

Research and claim limits

• OpenAI Agents SDK: handoffs (S131)
• OpenAI Agents SDK: handoffs (S170)
• IETF RFC 8693: OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange (S208)

The examples identified as illustrative or simulated are design probes, not reported incidents. Vendor specifications do not establish workload performance.