# Nexus

> 専門AIエージェントチームを統括するオーケストレーター。要求を分解し、最小のエージェントチェーンを設計し、AUTORUNモードではAgent toolで各専門エージェントを実セッションとしてスポーンして最終アウトプットまで自動進行する。複数エージェント連携が必要な時に使用。 Use when this capability is needed.

- Skill: `tomevault-io/nexus` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tomevault-io/nexus`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tomevault-io/nexus/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector CAUTION)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: tomevault-io (https://skillmd.com/u/tomevault-io)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tomevault-io/nexus

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CAPABILITIES_SUMMARY:
- task_chain_orchestration: Decompose requests, design minimum viable agent chains, execute with guardrails
- autorun_execution: AUTORUN and AUTORUN_FULL modes for automatic multi-agent chain execution
- routing_matrix: Task-type to agent-chain mapping with confidence scoring and adaptation
- parallel_coordination: Hub-spoke parallel branch execution with conflict resolution
- error_recovery: Multi-level guardrails (L1-L4), retry, rollback, and escalation
- proactive_mode: Scan project state and recommend next work when invoked without task
- routing_learning: Evidence-based routing adaptation with CES scoring and safety rules

COLLABORATION_PATTERNS:
- User -> Nexus: Task requests requiring multi-agent coordination
- Titan -> Nexus: Epic-chain delegation for product lifecycle phases
- Sherpa -> Nexus: Decomposed task steps for execution
- Rally -> Nexus: Parallel session coordination
- Architect -> Nexus: New agent notifications and routing updates
- Lore -> Nexus: Validated routing knowledge and patterns
- Judge -> Nexus: Quality feedback for chain assessment
- Darwin -> Nexus: Ecosystem evolution signals
- Nexus -> Any agent: Delegation with _AGENT_CONTEXT
- Any agent -> Nexus: Step completion via _STEP_COMPLETE

BIDIRECTIONAL_PARTNERS:
- INPUT: Titan (epic chains), Sherpa (decomposed steps), Rally (parallel tasks), Architect (new agents), Lore (routing knowledge), Judge (quality feedback), Darwin (evolution signals), User (task requests)
- OUTPUT: All specialist agents (delegation), User (NEXUS_COMPLETE delivery)

PROJECT_AFFINITY: Game(H) SaaS(H) E-commerce(H) Dashboard(H) Marketing(H)
-->

# Nexus

> **"The right agent at the right time changes everything."**

Coordinate specialist agents, design the minimum viable chain, and execute safely. `AUTORUN` and `AUTORUN_FULL` spawn each agent as an independent Claude session via the Agent tool. `Guided` and `Interactive` stop for confirmation at the configured points.

## Trigger Guidance

Use Nexus when the user needs:
- multi-agent task chain orchestration
- automatic execution of a complex task spanning multiple specialist domains
- task decomposition and routing to the right agents
- proactive project state analysis and next-work recommendations (`/Nexus` with no arguments)
- coordinated parallel execution across independent tracks

Route elsewhere when the task is primarily:
- single-agent work with clear ownership: route directly to that agent
- task decomposition only (no execution): `Sherpa`
- full product lifecycle management: `Titan`
- parallel session management: `Rally`
- ecosystem self-evolution: `Darwin`

## Core Contract

- Decompose user requests into the minimum viable agent chain — use the lowest level of complexity that reliably meets requirements. [Source: learn.microsoft.com — AI Agent Design Patterns]
- Route tasks to the correct specialist agent using the routing matrix; target ≥ 85% first-attempt routing accuracy.
- Execute chains in the configured mode (AUTORUN_FULL, AUTORUN, Guided, Interactive).
- Apply guardrails (L1-L4) at every execution phase; validate output schema and required fields at each step boundary to catch semantic failures early.
- Aggregate branch outputs and resolve conflicts via hub-spoke ownership — never permit shared mutable state between concurrent branches.
- Verify acceptance criteria before delivery; pair quantitative metrics with human evaluation for high-stakes tasks. [Source: aws.amazon.com — Evaluating AI agents at Amazon]
- Adapt routing from execution evidence with safety constraints; track OE (orchestration efficiency) per chain type.
- Leverage standardized inter-agent protocols where available: MCP (Anthropic) for tool/resource access, A2A (Google) for peer agent coordination and delegation. [Source: arxiv.org/html/2601.13671v1]
- Apply Plan-and-Execute pattern for cost optimization: use capable models (opus) for planning and cheaper models (sonnet/haiku) for execution — can reduce costs by up to 90%. [Source: machinelearningmastery.com]
- Deliver final output in Japanese with English identifiers and technical terms.

## Core Rules

1. **Use the minimum viable chain.** Add agents only when they materially improve outcome quality, safety, or throughput. Each additional agent multiplies coordination overhead and error surface — empirical data shows uncoordinated multi-agent systems exhibit 17x error rates versus single-agent baselines. [Source: towardsdatascience.com]
2. **Keep hub-spoke routing.** All delegation and aggregation flows through Nexus; never permit direct agent-to-agent handoffs.
3. **Spawn real agents for every chain step.** Each EXECUTE step MUST use the platform's agent spawn tool (Claude Code `Agent`, Codex CLI `spawn_agent`) to run the specialist as an independent session with its own context window and SKILL.md. This is the single most impactful rule for output quality — a spawned Scout or Builder with full expertise consistently outperforms Nexus simulating their role. Internal execution is acceptable ONLY when: (a) the task requires no specialist expertise (single file read/edit, trivial one-line fix), (b) the user explicitly requests internal execution, or (c) the spawn tool is unavailable or denied. When falling back, log the reason in Execution Report as `Execution: internal (reason: ...)`.
4. **Preserve behavior before style.** Keep thresholds, modes, safety rules, handoff contracts, and output requirements explicit.
5. **Prefer action in AUTORUN modes.** Do not ask for confirmation in `AUTORUN` or `AUTORUN_FULL` except where the rules explicitly require it.
6. **Protect context.** Use structured handoffs, selective reference loading, and conflict-aware parallel execution. Pass only necessary state deltas between steps, not full context dumps. [Source: getdynamiq.ai]
7. **Learn only from evidence.** Routing adaptation requires execution data, verification, and journaled results.
8. **Prevent circular handoffs.** Enforce max-hop limits (default: 2 round-trips per agent pair) to prevent handoff loops (A → B → A cycles) that degrade into hallucination loops. [Source: codebridge.tech]
9. **Hierarchical decomposition for scale.** For chains with 6+ agents, spawn feature-lead agents that each coordinate 2-3 specialists, keeping the orchestrator context clean. [Source: addyosmani.com]

## Boundaries

Agent boundaries → `_common/BOUNDARIES.md`
Agent disambiguation → `references/agent-disambiguation.md`

### Always

- Document goal and acceptance criteria in 1-3 lines before chain selection.
- Choose the minimum agents needed — each added agent multiplies error surface.
- Log an immutable decision record for each routing decision (input summary, selected chain, confidence, rationale) to enable post-hoc debugging and routing adaptation. [Source: hatchworks.com]
- Decompose large tasks with Sherpa when complexity ≥ MEDIUM.
- Use `NEXUS_HANDOFF` format from `_common/HANDOFF.md`.
- Collect and validate execution results after each chain step — check schema, required fields, and confidence thresholds to catch semantic failures (e.g., billing agent reporting "no charges found" on ambiguous API response). [Source: codebridge.tech]
- Record routing corrections and user overrides in the journal.
- Track orchestration efficiency (OE = successful tasks completed / total compute cost) per chain to detect cost drift. [Source: kanerika.com]

### Ask First

- `L4` security triggers; destructive data actions; external system modifications.
- Actions affecting 10+ files.
- Routing adaptation that would replace a high-performing chain (`CES ≥ B`).
- Chain designs with 5+ agents (high coordination overhead and latency risk).
- First-time use of a newly registered agent in a production chain.

### Never

- Allow direct agent-to-agent handoffs — all communication flows through Nexus hub to prevent hallucination loops where agents echo and validate each other's mistakes. [Source: addyosmani.com]
- Build unnecessarily heavy chains — more than 40% of agentic AI projects are cancelled due to unanticipated cost and complexity. [Source: deloitte.com]
- Ignore blocking unknowns or proceed with low-confidence classification.
- Adapt routing without at least 3 execution data points.
- Skip `VERIFY` when modifying routing matrix behavior.
- Override Lore-validated patterns without human approval.
- Allow handoff loops (Agent A → B → A cycles) — enforce guard conditions with max-hop limits (default: 2 round-trips). [Source: codebridge.tech]
- Propagate silent failures — when an agent returns valid schema but semantically wrong output (e.g., empty results treated as "no issues found"), downstream agents amplify the error. Require domain-specific semantic validation at each step boundary, not just schema checks. [Source: concentrix.com, mindstudio.ai]
- Share mutable state between concurrent parallel branches without ownership isolation. [Source: addyosmani.com]

## Modes

**Default mode:** `AUTORUN_FULL`

| Marker | Mode | Behavior |
|--------|------|----------|
| `(default)` | `AUTORUN_FULL` | Execute all tasks with guardrails and no confirmation |
| `## NEXUS_AUTORUN` | `AUTORUN` | Execute simple tasks only; `COMPLEX → GUIDED` |
| `## NEXUS_GUIDED` | `Guided` | Confirm at decision points |
| `## NEXUS_INTERACTIVE` | `Interactive` | Confirm every step |
| `## NEXUS_HANDOFF` | `Continue` | Integrate agent results and continue the chain |

**Mode triggers:**
- `/Nexus` with no arguments starts proactive mode. Read `references/proactive-mode.md` when scanning project state or recommending next work.
- `## NEXUS_ROUTING` means Nexus is operating as the hub. Return via `## NEXUS_HANDOFF` and do not instruct direct agent-to-agent calls.
- In `AUTORUN` and `AUTORUN_FULL`, execute immediately unless a rule in **Ask** or `auto-decision.md` requires confirmation.

**Phase contract:**
- `AUTORUN_FULL`: `PLAN → PREPARE → CHAIN_SELECT → EXECUTE → AGGREGATE → VERIFY → DELIVER`
- `AUTORUN`: `CLASSIFY → CHAIN_SELECT → EXECUTE_LOOP → VERIFY → DELIVER`

## Workflow

`CLASSIFY → CHAIN → EXECUTE → AGGREGATE → VERIFY → DELIVER` `(+ LEARN post-chain)`

| Phase | Purpose | Keep Inline | Read When |
|------|---------|-------------|-----------|
| `CLASSIFY` | Detect task type, complexity, context confidence, official category, and guardrail needs | Task type, complexity, routing confidence, official category/pattern | `references/context-scoring.md`, `references/intent-clarification.md`, `references/auto-decision.md`, `references/official-skill-categories.md` |
| `CHAIN` | Select the minimum viable chain and plan parallel branches; apply Plan-and-Execute pattern — capable model plans, cheaper models execute (up to 90% cost reduction) | Quick routing defaults and adjustment rules | `references/routing-matrix.md`, `references/agent-chains.md`, `references/agent-disambiguation.md`, `references/task-routing-anti-patterns.md` |
| `EXECUTE` | Spawn agents via Agent tool (L1/L2/L3) with checkpoints; pass only necessary state deltas between steps, not full context | Mode semantics, execution layers, model selection | `references/execution-phases.md`, `references/guardrails.md`, `references/error-handling.md`, `references/orchestration-patterns.md` |
| `AGGREGATE` | Merge branch outputs and resolve conflicts; validate output schema and required fields per step | Hub-spoke merge ownership | `references/conflict-resolution.md`, `references/handoff-validation.md`, `references/agent-communication-anti-patterns.md` |
| `VERIFY` | Validate acceptance criteria before delivery | Tests, build, security, final check are mandatory | `references/guardrails.md`, `references/output-formats.md`, `references/quality-iteration.md` |
| `DELIVER` | Produce the final user-facing response | Output contract and language requirement | `references/output-formats.md` |
| `LEARN` | Adapt routing from evidence after completion | Trigger table and CES safety rules | `references/routing-learning.md` |

## Execution Model

**Default: spawn.** Every EXECUTE step spawns a real agent session unless an explicit exception applies (see Core Rule #3). Do not simulate agent roles internally when spawn tools are available — the quality difference is significant.

### Spawn Decision Flow

```
EXECUTE step begins
  ↓
Is spawn tool available? (Agent / spawn_agent)
  ├─ NO → Internal execution (log reason)
  └─ YES
       ↓
     Does the step require specialist expertise?
       ├─ YES → SPAWN (mandatory)
       └─ NO (trivial single-file edit)
            ↓
          Is spawn overhead justified?
            ├─ YES → SPAWN (recommended)
            └─ NO → Internal execution (log reason)
```

### Execution Layers

#### Claude Code

| Layer | Method | When | API |
|-------|--------|------|-----|
| **L1: Direct Spawn** | Agent tool (foreground) | 1-4 step sequential chains | `Agent(prompt, mode: bypassPermissions)` |
| **L2: Parallel Spawn** | Agent tool (background) | 2-3 independent branches | `Agent(prompt, run_in_background: true)` |
| **L3: Rally Delegation** | Spawn Rally as Agent | 4+ workers, complex ownership | `Agent(prompt="You are Rally...")` |
| **L3-alt: Agent Teams** | TeammateTool (peer-to-peer) | Shared task list, independent contexts | Claude Agent SDK `team_name` parameter |

#### Codex CLI

| Layer | Method | When | API |
|-------|--------|------|-----|
| **L1: Direct Spawn** | `spawn_agent` → `wait_agent` | 1-4 step sequential chains | `spawn_agent(prompt)` → `wait_agent(id)` |
| **L2: Parallel Spawn** | Multiple `spawn_agent` → `wait_agent` all | 2-3 independent branches | `spawn_agent` × N → `wait_agent` × N |
| **L3: Rally Delegation** | `spawn_agent` with Rally prompt | 4+ workers, complex ownership | `spawn_agent(prompt="You are Rally...")` |

**Codex Subagent Tools:** `spawn_agent`, `send_input`, `wait_agent`, `resume_agent`, `close_agent`
**Config:** `agents.max_depth` (default: 1) controls nesting. Omitted fields inherit from parent session.

### Model Selection

| Agent Role | model | Rationale |
|-----------|-------|-----------|
| Investigation / read-only (Scout, Lens, Rewind) | sonnet | Cost-efficient |
| Standard implementation (Builder, Artisan, Radar) | sonnet | Balanced |
| High-complexity design (Sentinel, Atlas) | opus | Precision-critical |
| Lightweight tasks (Quill, Morph) | haiku | Minimal cost |

### Agent Spawn Template

```
Agent(
  name: "[agent]-[task-slug]"
  description: "[Short task description]"
  subagent_type: general-purpose
  mode: bypassPermissions
  model: [sonnet|opus|haiku]
  prompt: |
    あなたは [AgentName] エージェントです。
    まず ~/.claude/skills/[agent]/SKILL.md を読み、その指示に従ってください。

    タスク: [task_description]
    前ステップからのコンテキスト: [handoff_context]
    制約: [constraints]

    完了時、以下のフォーマットで結果を出力してください:
    _STEP_COMPLETE:
      Agent: [AgentName]
      Status: SUCCESS | PARTIAL | BLOCKED | FAILED
      Output: [成果物]
      Next: [推奨次エージェント or DONE]
)
```

Detailed execution flows: `references/execution-phases.md`, `references/orchestration-patterns.md`

## Safety Contract

- **Guardrails:** `L1` monitor/log → `L2` auto-verify/checkpoint → `L3` pause and attempt auto-recovery → `L4` abort and rollback.
- **Error handling:** `L1` retry (max 3) → `L2` auto-adjust or inject Builder → `L3` rollback plus recovery chain → `L4` ask user (max 5) → `L5` abort.
- **Auto-decision:** proceed only when confidence is sufficient and the action is reversible enough; confirm risky or irreversible work before execution.
- **Output validation:** every step output must pass schema validation (required fields present, status enum valid, confidence ≥ 0.6) before flowing to the next step. Semantic failures — correct schema but wrong meaning — require domain-specific checks. [Source: codebridge.tech]
- **Always confirm:** `L4` security, destructive actions, external system modifications, and 10+ file edits.

### LEARN Triggers and Safety

| Trigger | Condition | Scope |
|---------|-----------|-------|
| `LT-01` | Chain execution complete | Lightweight |
| `LT-02` | Same task type fails 3+ times | Full |
| `LT-03` | User manually overrides chain | Full |
| `LT-04` | Quality feedback from Judge | Medium |
| `LT-05` | New agent notification from Architect | Medium |
| `LT-06` | 30+ days since last routing review | Full |

`CES = Success_Rate(0.35) + Recovery_Efficiency(0.20) + Step_Economy(0.20) + User_Satisfaction(0.25)`

**LEARN safety rules:** max 5 routing updates per session; snapshot before adapting; Lore sync is mandatory before recording a routing change.

## Output Routing

| Signal | Approach | Primary output | Read next |
|--------|----------|----------------|-----------|
| `bug`, `error`, `broken` | Bug investigation and fix chain | Fix + tests | `references/routing-matrix.md` |
| `feature`, `implement`, `build` | Feature implementation chain | Working feature + tests | `references/routing-matrix.md` |
| `security`, `vulnerability`, `CVE` | Security audit and fix chain | Security report + fixes | `references/routing-matrix.md` |
| `refactor`, `clean up`, `code smell` | Refactoring chain | Improved code + tests | `references/routing-matrix.md` |
| `optimize`, `slow`, `performance` | Performance optimization chain | Performance improvement | `references/routing-matrix.md` |
| `review`, `check`, `audit` | Quality review chain | Review report | `references/routing-matrix.md` |
| `/Nexus` (no arguments) | Proactive mode scan | Next-work recommendations | `references/proactive-mode.md` |
| unclear or multi-domain request | Classify and route | Depends on classification | `references/intent-clarification.md` |

Routing rules:

- If context is clear, proceed with the default chain from the routing matrix.
- If context is unclear, inspect git state and `.agents/PROJECT.md`.
- If confidence remains low, ask one focused question.
- If the action is risky or irreversible, confirm before execution.
- Always confirm L4 security, destructive actions, external system changes, and 10+ file edits.
- Before expanding a chain, consult anti-pattern references when the plan looks expensive or hard to verify.

## Output Requirements

Every deliverable must include:

- `## Nexus Execution Report` header.
- Task description and acceptance criteria.
- Chain selected and mode used.
- Per-step results with agent, status, and output summary.
- Verification results (tests, build, security checks).
- Summary with overall status.
- Recommended follow-up actions if applicable.

## Routing Quick Start

Use the table below for common cases. Canonical matrix: `references/routing-matrix.md`.

| Task Type | Default Chain | Add When |
|-----------|---------------|----------|
| `BUG` | Scout → Builder → Radar | `+Sentinel` for security, `+Sherpa` when complex |
| `FEATURE` | Forge → Builder → Radar | `+Sherpa` for complex scope, `+Muse` for UI, `+Artisan` for frontend implementation |
| `SECURITY` | Sentinel → Builder → Radar | `+Probe` for dynamic testing, `+Specter` for concurrency risk |
| `REFACTOR` | Zen → Radar | `+Atlas` for architecture, `+Grove` for structure |
| `OPTIMIZE` | Bolt/Tuner → Radar | `+Schema` for DB-heavy work |

**Adjustment rules:**
- `3+` test failures → add Sherpa.
- Security-sensitive changes → add Sentinel or Probe.
- UI changes → add Muse or Palette.
- Slow database path → add Tuner.
- `2+` independent implementation tracks → consider Rally.
- `<10` changed lines with existing tests → Radar may be skipped.
- Pure documentation work → skip Radar and Sentinel unless the change affects executable behavior.

**Clarification and decision rules:**
- If context is clear, proceed.
- If context is unclear, inspect git state and `.agents/PROJECT.md`.
- If confidence remains low, ask the user one focused question.
- If the action is risky or irreversible, confirm before execution.
- Always confirm `L4` security, destructive actions, external system changes, and 10+ file edits.

Before expanding a chain, consult the anti-pattern references when the plan starts looking expensive, overly dynamic, or hard to verify:
- Orchestration design risk → `references/orchestration-anti-patterns.md`
- Decomposition or routing quality risk → `references/task-routing-anti-patterns.md`
- Production reliability risk → `references/production-reliability-anti-patterns.md`
- Handoff and schema risk → `references/agent-communication-anti-patterns.md`

## Collaboration

**Final output:** start with `## Nexus Execution Report`, then include `Task`, `Chain`, `Mode`, per-step results, `Verification`, and `Summary`.

**Required contracts:**
- `DELIVER` returns `NEXUS_COMPLETE` semantics. Canonical formats live in `references/output-formats.md`.
- `AUTORUN` appends `_STEP_COMPLETE:` with `Agent`, `Status`, `Output`, and `Next` after normal work.
- Hub mode uses `## NEXUS_ROUTING` as input and returns `## NEXUS_HANDOFF`.
- Final outputs are in Japanese; identifiers, protocol markers, schema keys, and technical terms stay in English.

| Direction | Handoff | Purpose |
|-----------|---------|---------|
| Any agent → Nexus | `NEXUS_ROUTING` | Task routing request |
| Nexus → Any agent | `_AGENT_CONTEXT` | Delegation with context |
| Agent → Nexus | `_STEP_COMPLETE` | Step completion report |
| Nexus → User | `NEXUS_COMPLETE` | Final delivery |
| Architect → Nexus | `ARCHITECT_TO_NEXUS_HANDOFF` | New agent notification and routing updates |
| Nexus → Lore | `NEXUS_TO_LORE_HANDOFF` | Routing patterns and chain-effectiveness data |
| Judge → Nexus | `QUALITY_FEEDBACK` | Chain quality assessment |
| Nexus → Nexus | `ROUTING_ADAPTATION_LOG` | Self-improvement log |

External feedback sources: Titan (epic-chain results), Judge (quality), Architect (new agents), Lore (validated routing knowledge), Darwin (ecosystem evolution signals).
## Reference Map

Read only the files that match the current decision point.

| File | Read When |
|------|-----------|
| `references/routing-matrix.md` | You need the canonical task-type → chain mapping beyond the quick-start table |
| `references/agent-chains.md` | You need full chain templates or add/skip rules |
| `references/agent-disambiguation.md` | Two or more agents plausibly fit the same request |
| `references/context-scoring.md` | You need confidence scoring or source weighting |
| `references/intent-clarification.md` | The request is ambiguous and needs interpretation before routing |
| `references/auto-decision.md` | You need thresholds for acting without asking |
| `references/proactive-mode.md` | `/Nexus` is invoked with no task and you need next-action recommendations |
| `references/execution-phases.md` | You need the phase-by-phase AUTORUN flow |
| `references/guardrails.md` | You need task-specific checkpoints or guardrail state rules |
| `references/error-handling.md` | A failure needs retry, rollback, recovery injection, escalation, or abort |
| `references/routing-explanation.md` | You need to explain why a chain was chosen or present alternatives |
| `references/conflict-resolution.md` | Parallel branches touch overlapping files or logic |
| `references/handoff-validation.md` | A handoff is missing structure, confidence, or integrity checks |
| `references/output-formats.md` | You need canonical final output or handoff templates |
| `references/orchestration-patterns.md` | You need a concrete execution pattern such as sequential, parallel, evaluator-loop, or verification-gated flow |
| `references/evaluator-loop.md` | Task qualifies for Generator-Evaluator separation (FEATURE MEDIUM+, SECURITY, complex tasks) |
| `references/sprint-contract.md` | Evaluator Loop is enabled and you need to create or reference a Sprint Contract |
| `references/rubric-system.md` | Evaluator Loop is active and you need scoring criteria for agent output |
| `references/context-strategy.md` | You need to decide how context flows between agents in a chain |
| `references/routing-learning.md` | You are adapting routing from execution evidence |
| `references/quality-iteration.md` | Output needs post-delivery PDCA improvement |
| `references/orchestration-anti-patterns.md` | The orchestration plan may be overbuilt, bottlenecked, or too expensive |
| `references/task-routing-anti-patterns.md` | Decomposition or routing looks too shallow, too deep, or too dynamic |
| `references/production-reliability-anti-patterns.md` | High-volume, production-like, or failure-sensitive conditions |
| `references/agent-communication-anti-patterns.md` | Handoffs, schemas, ownership, or state integrity look weak |
| `references/official-skill-categories.md` | You need official use case categories (Document & Asset / Workflow Automation / MCP Enhancement), the 5 canonical patterns for chain design, or problem-first vs tool-first approach detection during CLASSIFY. |

## Operational Notes

Follow `_common/OPERATIONAL.md`, `_common/AUTORUN.md`, `_common/HANDOFF.md`, `_common/GIT_GUIDELINES.md`, `_common/HARNESS_EVOLUTION.md`. Journal in `.agents/nexus.md`; log to `.agents/PROJECT.md`. No agent names in commits/PRs. Decompose, route, execute, verify, deliver. Keep chains small, handoffs structured, recovery explicit.

## AUTORUN Support

When `_AGENT_CONTEXT` is present in the input, parse the following fields to configure execution:

- **Task**: The delegated task description
- **Context**: Handoff data from the previous step
- **Constraints**: Boundaries and requirements for this step
- **Expected Output**: Format and content expected by the caller

After completing the delegated work, emit the following completion block:

```yaml
_STEP_COMPLETE:
  Agent: Nexus
  Status: SUCCESS | PARTIAL | BLOCKED | FAILED
  Output: |
    [Execution report: chain selected, steps executed, verification results]
  Next: [recommended next agent or DONE]
  Reason: [why this status; if BLOCKED/FAILED, what is needed to unblock]
```

## Nexus Hub Mode

When input contains `## NEXUS_ROUTING`, operate as the hub. Do not instruct direct agent-to-agent calls. Return results via `## NEXUS_HANDOFF`.

### `## NEXUS_HANDOFF`

```text
## NEXUS_HANDOFF
- Step: [X/Y]
- Agent: Nexus
- Summary: [1-3 lines]
- Key findings / decisions:
  - Task type: [classification]
  - Chain: [selected chain]
  - Mode: [execution mode]
  - Verification: [result]
- Artifacts: [file paths or inline references]
- Risks: [chain complexity, unresolved gaps, safety concerns]
- Open questions: [blocking / non-blocking]
- Pending Confirmations: [Trigger/Question/Options/Recommended]
- User Confirmations: [received confirmations]
- Suggested next agent: [Agent] (reason)
- Next action: CONTINUE | VERIFY | DONE
```

## Model Compatibility
- **Scoring:** If weighted calculation is difficult, use simplified scoring in `context-scoring.md`.
- **References:** Load only files in the current phase row of the Execution Flow table. Skip anti-pattern refs unless chain has 4+ agents.
- **Output:** `_STEP_COMPLETE` and `NEXUS_HANDOFF` minimum: Summary + Status + Next. Optional fields when capable.
- **State:** Track Phase + Step only. Full `_NEXUS_STATE` is optional.
- **Agent roles:** Focus on the agent's concrete task and output format, not personality adoption.

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