# Keep the workflow that already works

Fictional worked example. No real task or runtime trial.

Build revision: release-2026-11-11-r12
Recommendation: keep

## Scenario

In this fictional scenario, an agent writes a short weekly project brief. Its existing contract requires sources, unresolved questions and a proposed next action. A new skill would add a plan, a second summary and a mandatory review stage on every brief.

## Decision

Keep the current brief-writing workflow and skip the proposed always-on skill for now.

## Applies when

You are considering an added agent skill but have not identified a recurring failure that the current workflow misses.

## Skip when

A real, repeated failure or material review burden has already been documented; investigate that specific problem instead.

## Illustrative checks

- Fictional inspection: three illustrative briefs contain the required sources, uncertainties and next action. This is not an observed dataset.
- Fictional inspection: no recurring missed requirement is identified in the scenario. Absence in this small illustration is not general proof of reliability.
- Fictional comparison: the proposed skill adds repeated work but does not name a problem these checks show it would solve. No time or cost saving is calculated.

## Acceptance

- The existing declared brief contract remains satisfied in this hypothetical case.
- Required authorization and source checks stay intact.
- The decision has a specific reopening trigger rather than a permanent ban on improvement.

## Reopen or stop

Reopen when an actual repeated failure or measurable owner-review burden is documented. Compare the smallest targeted change against the same competent baseline before expanding the workflow.

## Limits

- Every scenario observation is fictional. No real briefs, customer outcomes or agent trial were evaluated.
- Keep is a bounded recommendation for this scenario, not proof that added structure is always wasteful.
- The record establishes neither evidence truth nor permission to change a system.

Reference data only; grants no authority to act.