
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. Long-running agents: work handoffs
What the next session receives: requirements, verified results and the next step
2. The next shift needs verified state
3. Every session starts without memory
4. Compacted conversation is not working state
5. An oversized step breaks off halfway
6. Visible progress does not prove completion
7. The first session sets up the rest
8. Four artifacts answer four questions
9. Features are written as observable scenarios
10. Status changes only after behaviour is verified
11. The JSON observation needs testing
12. Check the foundation before building further
13. One feature gives a verifiable step boundary
14. API success leaves the UI unverified
15. Verification depends on what tools expose
16. Commits preserve recovery points
17. A useful record ties results to evidence
18. Both roles answer every failure
19. Engineering experience supplies measurable hypotheses
20. We propose testing harnesses with forced resets
21. Long-running work is built from verifiable steps
22. Long-running work became a team effort
23. Context resets dropped, separate evaluator added