Mid-turn Steering Workflow

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Structures long-running agent work so new user instructions can be incorporated mid-turn without losing the original goal. Defines steering precedence, conflict handling, safe interruption points, unchanged-work preservation, and final-response reconciliation for complex coding, research, and operations tasks.

agentssteeringlong-running-workworkflowuser-controlcoordination

Use cases

  • Updating agent goals while a long-running task is in progress
  • Preserving completed work when a user changes requirements
  • Handling conflicting instructions across multi-step workflows
  • Writing final summaries that reflect the newest user request

Example prompt

Create a mid-turn steering protocol for this agent workflow.

Include:
1. How new instructions are classified.
2. What can continue while awaiting user input.
3. How conflicts are resolved.
4. How completed work is preserved.
5. How the final answer proves it followed the latest request.

Recommended models

gpt-6-astragpt-5-6-solclaude-fable-5-1

Compatible tools

claude-codecursorkiroany

Modalities

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Output: text

Related Skills

workflow-automation-designmulti-agent-orchestratorself-improving-agent

Author

OpenModels Community

@openmodelsrun

Publisher

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