| name | cybernetic-serial-subagent-workflow |
| description | Use when an approved cybernetic execution policy selects Serial subagent-driven work, serial-single-active mode, and one active bounded implementer at a time. |
Cybernetic Serial Subagent Workflow
Preconditions
The approved plan must record:
Selected agent workflow: cybernetic-serial-subagent-workflow;
Subagent execution mode: serial-single-active;
Max concurrent subagents: 1;
- an ordered work-package sequence and integration check after each package.
Workflow
- The main agent selects the next approved package and constructs a bounded
context packet from approved artifacts.
- Dispatch exactly one target-work subagent. The subagent may modify only its
authorized paths and may not edit approved control JSON.
- On return, the main agent inspects actual changes and evidence, integrates
them, and re-evaluates stale state before dispatching another package.
- Route defects to their owner and repeat only when the artifact changed or a
new counterexample was found.
- After all packages, run the approved whole-candidate verification and review.
Test Policy
Do not require implementer-authored TDD or per-package tests. Use checks selected
by the approved plan and preserve counterexamples that justify durable regression
coverage.
Boundaries
- Never have more than one target-work subagent active.
- Independent pre-goal review is not this execution workflow.
- The main agent owns integration, progress recording, and completion claims.