A practical starting point
Work through these checks in order. Use the results to decide what needs to change in your own workflow.
- Record checkpoints after meaningful actions.
- Separate planned actions from confirmed results.
- On restart, reconcile external state before continuing.
If a file upload completed but confirmation was lost, inspect the destination before uploading again.
A mistake to avoid
Do not rebuild workflow state solely from a conversational summary when writes are involved.
How to check progress
Track recovery success and duplicate side effects after interruptions.
Your action checklist
Use this checklist while reviewing your own setup. Checkmarks are temporary and stay in this open page.
Need the wider workflow?
This quick note covers one decision. For a worked example, decision table and a fuller implementation workflow, read Choosing an agent when a workflow is not a fixed script.
Further reading
Official background resources for this topic. The workflow above is general guidance, not a guarantee of a particular result.
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