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Live · 7 October 2026Research Insights Made Simple #34

Long-running agents: work handoffs

What the next session receives: requirements, verified results and the next step

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  1. 1. Long-running agents: work handoffs

    What the next session receives: requirements, verified results and the next step

  2. 2. The next shift needs verified state

  3. 3. Every session starts without memory

  4. 4. Compacted conversation is not working state

  5. 5. An oversized step breaks off halfway

  6. 6. Visible progress does not prove completion

  7. 7. The first session sets up the rest

  8. 8. Four artifacts answer four questions

  9. 9. Features are written as observable scenarios

  10. 10. Status changes only after behaviour is verified

  11. 11. The JSON observation needs testing

  12. 12. Check the foundation before building further

  13. 13. One feature gives a verifiable step boundary

  14. 14. API success leaves the UI unverified

  15. 15. Verification depends on what tools expose

  16. 16. Commits preserve recovery points

  17. 17. A useful record ties results to evidence

  18. 18. Both roles answer every failure

  19. 19. Engineering experience supplies measurable hypotheses

  20. 20. We propose testing harnesses with forced resets

  21. 21. Long-running work is built from verifiable steps

  22. 22. Long-running work became a team effort

  23. 23. Context resets dropped, separate evaluator added