Playbooks
Reusable Patterns for Human-Agent Teams
Playbooks are repeatable sequences for orchestrating agents. They help teams scale without sacrificing clarity or control.
Discovery Sprint
Strategist agent defines goals, researcher agent gathers insights, human stakeholder approves direction.
Content Studio
Creative agent drafts, editor agent refines, human leads final voice and tone.
Operational Hand-off
Operator agent runs tasks, reviewer agent validates, human signs off and archives learnings.
How to design playbooks that scale
A playbook is only useful when it reduces ambiguity. Start with a defined outcome, then map the minimum sequence of steps that consistently reaches that outcome. For each step, declare the owning role, required inputs, and expected output. This prevents multi-agent workflows from drifting or duplicating effort.
Add guardrails where risk is highest: brand voice, compliance, or customer impact. These become the review checkpoints where a human approves progression. Keep every checkpoint lightweight; if review becomes a bottleneck, split the workflow into two smaller playbooks rather than extending the chain.
Finally, treat playbooks as living assets. After each run, capture what changed: new tools, new constraints, or recurring errors. The Archivist should update the playbook with those insights, making the next run faster and more consistent.
If a playbook no longer saves time, split it into smaller modules and test each one independently.