Team Coordination (Independent)

Independent specialist agents coordinate without a default coordinator by owning their heartbeat slice, executing work autonomously, and persisting updates to task boards, decision logs, and knowledge logs to maintain context across runs.

To preserve agent context across multiple heartbeat runs, record ongoing work on a task board, log tradeoffs in a decision log, and summarize conventions in a knowledge log, concluding with a HANDOFF section when persistence is enabled.

When a heartbeat agent uncovers a configuration issue, it records the discovery and chosen fix in the decision log and updates the task board, ensuring the next independent run continues smoothly without needing external coordination.

Independent specialist heartbeats do not wait for delegation or synthesis from others. Each agent reads its responsibilities first, executes its slice of work immediately, and avoids unneeded messaging by relying on durable records.

You should include a HANDOFF section when persistence is enabled. It allows an independent specialist heartbeat to conclude its current run by summarizing durable records and passing context to the next execution cycle.

Yes, independent team coordination works without a central coordinator by keeping each lane accountable. Agents read their responsibilities, execute work, and use durable records like task boards and decision logs to prevent inventing unauthorized coordination.