gsd-best-practices

Maintain session continuity for agentic workflows by defining structured checkpoints and cross-referencing ROADMAP.md or PLAN.md to preserve context. This approach provides clear Next Up guidance to keep multi-step tasks aligned and recoverable over long-running sessions.

Best practices for human verification checkpoints involve formalizing interaction points like Human-Verify, Decision, and Human-Action. This manages user input and automation boundaries effectively, ensuring safe stepwise progress before the workflow advances to the next phase.

Enforce safe execution protocols for atomic commits by verifying the environment and making atomic task commits before moving to the next phase. This ensures stepwise progress and keeps complex agentic workflows recoverable and aligned.

Start planning configuration for a multi-step agent workflow by outlining a structured plan that coordinates defined checkpoints. Apply requirements for atomic task commits and clear Next Up guidance to satisfy session continuity and safe execution boundaries.

Use structured checkpoints in agentic workflows when managing multi-step tasks where agents interact with humans and tools over extended sessions. They are needed to define automation boundaries, coordinate decisions, and preserve context for recoverable execution.