nw-collaboration-and-handoffs

Cross-agent handoffs during Mikado refactoring are standardized by defining specific handoff roles, required artifacts, and structured commit message formats. This ensures traceable, incremental refactoring across design, implementation, and validation stages.

TDD workflow collaboration requires defining roles such as acceptance_designer, solution_architect, and feature_completion_coordinator. These roles coordinate architecture patterns and manage handoffs between the design, implementation, and validation stages.

Structured commit messages improve traceability in TDD and refactoring cycles by standardizing activity logs and artifact handoffs. This enables teams to track incremental changes and align responsibilities across cross-agent workflows.

Yes, this workflow applies to architecture reviews and diagram updates during incremental refactoring. It provides guidance for coordinating these updates alongside cross-agent handoffs to maintain alignment throughout the refactoring process.

The best way to coordinate cross-agent handoffs is to codify collaboration protocols with standardized handoff patterns and explicit role definitions. This aligns teams, clarifies responsibilities, and speeds up refactoring cycles.