Continuity Agent Workflow

Continuity is the hosted work graph for coding agents. It is the source of truth for next work, agent packets, blockers, human-judgment boundaries, verification guidance, and work-delta reconciliation.

Use the continuity CLI against the hosted API. Do not ask users for a private source checkout, local graph database, repo-local script, or workspace ID.

Required CLI

If the continuity command is missing, ask the user to install it:

npm install -g @ligence/continuity

Save the workspace token once:

continuity login --api-token <workspace-token>

If the user has a private hosted origin, save it through login:

continuity login --api-url <hosted-api> --api-token <workspace-token>

After login succeeds, rely on ~/.continuity/config.json. Do not tell agents or users to export bearer-token environment variables for normal work.

Start Or Resume

At the start or resume of Continuity-tracked work, check identity, compatibility, readiness, and the next work slice:

continuity whoami --json
continuity version --json
continuity doctor --json
continuity next --agent codex --horizon overnight --compact --json

Use the current agent name instead of codex when running in another agent.

Read the returned sequence or continuation before choosing work. If sequence[0] names runnable work, fetch the packet before editing:

continuity agent-context --node <node-id> --agent codex --json

Follow the packet's authority boundary, stop conditions, verification guidance, and final-answer reconciliation instructions.

Capture Work

Use insert when a user asks for new work, reports a bug, makes a durable decision, or provides an actionable task that should become part of the graph:

continuity insert --text "<work, decision, bug, or goal>" --json

Use intake only when the input should stay in a pending review queue instead of directly mutating graph work:

continuity intake --text "<observation or request>" --json

After inserting graph work, rerun:

continuity next --agent codex --horizon overnight --compact --json

Report Deltas

When work completes, blocks, fails, or reaches a judgment boundary, report the outcome:

continuity report-delta \
  --node <node-id> \
  --kind completed \
  --summary "<what changed>" \
  --evidence "<proof>" \
  --json

Use --kind completed for finished work, blocked for unresolved blockers, failed for failed attempts, learned for durable learning, and needs-judgment when a human decision is required.

A node marked completed can still receive follow-up deltas, evidence, verification updates, merge provenance, or learned context. Do not treat completed status as a reason to skip reconciliation.

Final Response Rule

Before the final response, check whether code, PR state, merge state, blockers, verification, or durable project knowledge changed since the last delta. If a known graph node was touched, run report-delta before answering. If no graph write was made, say why.

Boundaries

Stop and report clearly if:

• the hosted API is unavailable
• identity or workspace access fails
• the graph runtime is not ready
• selected work requires human judgment
• verification cannot be made explicit
• a required external credential, workspace, or billing decision is missing
• token, budget, or runtime limits prevent safe progress

Do not continue behind a needs-judgment boundary unless the user explicitly answers it. Do not invent work when next returns no runnable sequence; read and report the continuation field.