blocked-task-state
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Protocol for signaling blocked or input-required task states; use when execution becomes blocked, requires operator input, or hits a halting failure.
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If you are an agent and your task transitions into a blocked, input-required, or failed state, you MUST NOT broadcast a global idle signal.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
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Blocked Task-State Coordination
If you are an agent and your task transitions into a blocked, input-required, or failed state, you MUST NOT broadcast a global idle signal; this protocol mandates targeted A2A pings using the Task.state envelope rather than global capacity broadcasts.
You MUST immediately use the view_file tool to read and strictly adhere to .agents/skills/blocked-task-state/references/blocked-task-state-workflow.md before sending any A2A messages.
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