| name | agent-readiness |
| description | Score a task or workflow on its coordination-vs-judgment ratio to tell whether it's a good agent candidate (EXO 3.0 task-decomposition matrix). |
| metadata | {"user_invocable":"true"} |
/agent-readiness
Salim Ismail's EXO 3.0 diagnostic, made runnable: score a piece of work on its
coordination-vs-judgment ratio. Coordination work — routing information,
approvals, scheduling, status tracking, prescriptive/standardized steps — is what
AI agents do best, so it's agent-ready. Judgment work — resolving ambiguity,
handling exceptions, navigating relationships, making a call with no playbook —
should stay with (or escalate to) humans.
When to use
- Before delegating a task/workflow to an agent — is it actually a good candidate?
- When deciding whether a process should be fully automated, agent-with-oversight,
hybrid, or kept human-led.
- When mapping which of your workflows a small team + agents could rebuild first
(Salim: "every task that scores high on coordination has agent readiness").
How
Score a task:
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $AUTH" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"task":{"name":"Invoice intake","description":"Route invoices, schedule approvals, track status, compile a weekly report, notify owners."}}' \
http://localhost:${INSTAR_PORT:-4042}/agent-readiness/score
Score a workflow (by its steps):
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $AUTH" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"workflow":{"steps":["Fetch the record","Assign accounts","Schedule orientation","Update the tracker"]}}' \
http://localhost:${INSTAR_PORT:-4042}/agent-readiness/score
Returns:
{
"coordinationSignals": 5, "judgmentSignals": 0,
"coordinationRatio": 1.0, "overallReadiness": 100,
"recommendation": "deploy-agent",
"reason": "...",
"matched": { "coordination": ["route","schedule",...], "judgment": [] }
}
recommendation is one of: deploy-agent (75+), agent-with-oversight (55–74),
hybrid (40–54), human-led (<40). Deterministic + advisory — it answers a
question; it never blocks. Pair it with the MTP Protocol (/intent/org/test-action)
to check both "is this agent-ready?" and "does our purpose endorse it?"
