| name | u0295-federation-auto-retry-and-backoff-coordinator |
| description | Build and operate the "Federation Auto-Retry and Backoff Coordinator" capability for Federation and Interoperability. Trigger when this exact capability is needed in mission execution. |
Federation Auto-Retry and Backoff Coordinator
Why This Skill Exists
We need this skill because cross-org collaboration fails without shared contracts and trust primitives. This specific skill improves success rates while preventing retry storms.
When To Use
Use this skill when the request explicitly needs "Federation Auto-Retry and Backoff Coordinator" outcomes in the Federation and Interoperability domain.
Step-by-Step Implementation Guide
- Define the scope and success metrics for
Federation Auto-Retry and Backoff Coordinator, including at least three measurable KPIs tied to integration breakage and trust boundary violations.
- Design and version the input/output contract for envelopes, tenant boundaries, and protocol bridges, then add schema validation and failure-mode handling.
- Implement the core capability using adaptive backoff control, and produce retry policy decisions with deterministic scoring.
- Integrate the skill into swarm orchestration: task routing, approval gates, retry strategy, and rollback controls.
- Add unit, integration, and simulation tests that explicitly cover integration breakage and trust boundary violations, then run regression baselines.
- Deploy behind a feature flag, monitor telemetry/alerts for two release cycles, and iterate thresholds based on observed outcomes.
Required Deliverables
- Capability contract: input schema, deterministic scoring, output schema, and failure modes.
- Runtime profile: general-capability using adaptive backoff control to produce retry policy decisions.
- Orchestration integration: federation-and-interoperability:general-capability routing, approval gates, retries, and rollback controls.
- Validation evidence: unit, integration, simulation, regression-baseline suites and rollout telemetry.
Operational Runbook
Preflight
- Confirm the Federation Auto-Retry and Backoff Coordinator request scope, source evidence, and measurable success criteria before execution.
- Verify feature flag skill_0295_federation-auto-retry-and-backof, approval gates, and rollback owner before autonomous use.
Execution
- Execute adaptive backoff control with deterministic scoring and reproducible trace capture.
- Produce retry policy decisions plus scorecard, assumptions, and unresolved-risk notes.
Recovery
- Fail closed when required signals, evidence, or approval gates are missing.
- Rollback to the last stable baseline when posture is critical or validation fails.
Handoff
- Publish retry policy decisions, validation evidence, and telemetry links to downstream owners.
- Queue follow-up tasks for unresolved risks, threshold tuning, or approval review.
Guardrails
- [quality] Require deterministic scoring and validation evidence before promotion.
- [reliability] Preserve retries, rollback controls, and failure-mode evidence for every run.
- [safety] Route critical posture or missing approval gates to human review before autonomous action.
