System: MWMS
Document Type: Operating Standard
Authority Level: MCR Source Of Truth
Status: Active
Version: v1.1
Primary Location: MCR
Future Operational Destination: HeadOffice Brain, MWMS Brain, Brain Room, AI Manager, AI Employee Router, Task Executor Systems, Automation Brain, AIBS Brain
Parent Page: HeadOffice
Owner: Martyn
Developer Boundary: Do Not Touch M’s Active Build Areas Unless Specifically Assigned
Source Of Truth: MCR
Last Reviewed: 2026-06-17
Source / Origin: MWMS Agentic Work Unit Standard v1.0 + AI Automations by Jack — ClaudeOS, Multi-Model Routing, Persistent Agent, Independent Review, Rescue Routing, External Knowledge And Session Closure Block
MWMS Classification: AI Work Unit Governance Standard / Agentic Task Schema / AI Employee Execution Control Standard / Cross-Brain Work Routing Standard
Primary Brain: HeadOffice Brain
Supporting Brains: MWMS Brain, Automation Brain, AIBS Brain, Operations Brain, Data Brain, Risk Brain, Compliance Brain, SIT Brain
Related Pages: MWMS AI Agent Operations Core, MWMS AI Employee Role Card Standard, MWMS AI Agent Orchestration Framework, MWMS AI Agent Failure Handling And Escalation Protocol, MWMS Independent Model Review And Rescue Routing Framework, MWMS AI Agent Memory And Context Framework, MWMS External Knowledge Engine And Reasoning Agent Separation Framework, MWMS AI Work Session Closure And Knowledge Commitment Protocol, MWMS AI Tool Permission And Access Framework, MWMS AI Observability Metadata Standard, MWMS AI Usage And Cost Visibility Standard, MWMS Brain Routing Rule, MWMS Brain To Brain Request Protocol, MWMS Supabase Event Schema
Source Evidence: The existing standard defines the Agentic Work Unit as the controlled container for converting vague AI requests into assignable, trackable, validatable, routable, reportable and improvable work. It already includes ownership, AI Employee assignment, input, context, task instructions, permissions, forbidden actions, output, validation, handoff, outcome, status, priority, risk, review, logging and learning. The newly absorbed course material strengthens the standard with model and capability routing, structured agent patterns, independent review, deterministic failure counting, rescue routing, persistent and scheduled execution, remote-command control, external knowledge retrieval, cost boundaries, observability and formal knowledge commitment.
Purpose
The purpose of this document is to define the MWMS Agentic Work Unit Standard.
The MWMS Agentic Work Unit Standard establishes how any meaningful AI request, instruction, workflow, monitoring activity, automation or operational action inside MWMS is converted into a structured unit of work.
This standard exists because MWMS must not operate through:
- vague AI conversations
- random prompts
- scattered outputs
- disconnected automation steps
- unowned background agents
- undocumented model routing
- uncontrolled retries
- tasks with no validation
- work with no destination
- sessions with no durable outcome
MWMS is being designed as a governed AI business ecosystem.
Inside that ecosystem, every important AI action must be treated as work.
That work must have structure.
That structure must make the task:
- clear
- assignable
- permissioned
- measurable
- trackable
- validatable
- recoverable
- routable
- reportable
- auditable
- stoppable
- improvable
An Agentic Work Unit is the controlled operating container that makes this possible.
Scope
This standard applies to all MWMS workflows where AI:
- performs work
- supports work
- validates work
- routes work
- retrieves evidence
- monitors systems
- reports outcomes
- triggers automation
- prepares external action
- creates durable knowledge
This includes:
- Brain Room requests
- HeadOffice requests
- AI Manager tasks
- AI Employee tasks
- Dev Console requests
- Newsletter Intelligence workflows
- Course Absorption workflows
- Offer Evaluation workflows
- Affiliate Brain workflows
- Research Brain workflows
- Experimentation Brain workflows
- Finance Brain workflows
- Content Brain workflows
- Ads Brain workflows
- Automation Brain workflows
- Risk Brain workflows
- Compliance Brain workflows
- SIT Brain workflows
- Opportunity System workflows
- Brain-to-Brain requests
- Supabase task records
- Supabase event logs
- persistent-agent tasks
- scheduled routines
- remote command requests
- external knowledge retrieval
- future client-facing AIBS workflows
This standard applies to:
- manual workflows
- AI-assisted workflows
- controlled automated workflows
- multi-agent workflows
- persistent workflows
- remotely triggered workflows
- client-facing workflows
Manual workflows include:
- user-prompted analysis
- MCR page creation
- course absorption
- strategy work
- research requests
- developer support
- decision support
Automated workflows include:
- newsletter processing
- queue routing
- task execution
- AI Employee processing
- dashboard updates
- scheduled monitoring
- knowledge ingestion
- post-deployment checks
- future Brain Room automation
- future AIBS client workflows
Core Definition
An Agentic Work Unit is a structured unit of AI work.
It converts a request, trigger, signal or system event into a governed operational task.
An Agentic Work Unit defines:
- what triggered the work
- who requested it
- what type of work it is
- which Brain owns it
- which AI Employee performs it
- which agent pattern applies
- which model or capability route is required
- what input is being used
- what context is required
- what source evidence applies
- what tools may be used
- what actions are forbidden
- what output is required
- what validation must occur
- whether independent review is required
- what happens after failure
- where the output goes
- what business outcome is expected
- what must be logged
- what knowledge should be committed
- how the work is stopped or closed
An Agentic Work Unit is not merely:
- a prompt
- a task title
- an AI reply
- a database row
- a workflow step
- a chatbot message
It is the complete operating container for AI work inside MWMS.
Core Principle
The core principle of this standard is:
Every important AI request inside MWMS must be converted into a governed work unit before it becomes operational work.
This protects MWMS from:
- vague AI execution
- inconsistent outputs
- poor Brain routing
- missing validation
- lost context
- duplicated work
- unmanaged AI actions
- untracked decisions
- unsuitable model routing
- uncontrolled tool access
- endless retry loops
- outputs with no destination
- automation drift
- persistent-agent drift
- silent cost growth
- knowledge loss
- false completion
The stronger MWMS becomes, the more important this principle becomes.
Why Agentic Work Units Matter
AI can produce output quickly.
That is not enough.
MWMS needs AI to produce useful business work.
Useful business work requires:
- clear intent
- defined ownership
- selected context
- suitable capability
- repeatable process
- controlled permissions
- structured output
- quality assurance
- quality control
- destination
- business value
- learning value
- recovery logic
- closure
Without Agentic Work Units, MWMS risks becoming a collection of impressive but disconnected AI outputs.
With Agentic Work Units, MWMS can operate like a managed AI workforce.
Agentic Work Unit Lifecycle
The standard lifecycle is:
- Work Triggered
- Request Captured
- Work Classified
- Brain Ownership Assigned
- Risk Classified
- Context Selected
- Agent Pattern Selected
- AI Employee Assigned
- Model Or Capability Routed
- Tool Permission Activated
- Work Started
- Output Produced
- Validation Performed
- Independent Review Performed Where Required
- Decision Made
- Output Routed
- Outcome Recorded
- Knowledge Committed Where Required
- Work Unit Closed
- Learning Captured
A work unit may move backward where:
- context is missing
- validation fails
- ownership is wrong
- permission is insufficient
- review finds material problems
- rescue routing is triggered
Agentic Work Unit Structure
Every important Agentic Work Unit should include the following fields.
- Work Unit ID
The Work Unit ID uniquely identifies the task.
It may be:
- system-generated
- database-generated
- project-generated
- manually assigned for early workflows
The ID should remain stable through:
- handoffs
- retries
- reviews
- rescue routes
- sub-workflows
- completion
- learning capture
Rule
A new conversation, agent or model must not create a new identity for the same continuing task unless the work has materially changed.
- Work Unit Title
The Work Unit Title names the task clearly.
It should describe the work being performed, not merely the topic.
Weak title:
Newsletter Analysis
Strong title:
Extract Business-Relevant Signals From Newsletter And Route Them To The Correct Brain
Weak title:
Check Offer
Strong title:
Evaluate Affiliate Offer For Controlled-Test Suitability And HeadOffice Decision
Rule
The title must make the work purpose clear.
- Work Unit Type
The Work Unit Type defines the class of work.
Examples:
- Intake
- Extraction
- Cleaning
- Classification
- Retrieval
- Research
- Analysis
- Drafting
- Validation
- Independent Review
- Rescue
- Routing
- Reporting
- Forecasting
- Decision Support
- Page Creation
- Registry Update
- Course Absorption
- Offer Evaluation
- Compliance Review
- Security Review
- Brain-to-Brain Handoff
- Developer Support
- Dashboard Update
- Monitoring
- Scheduled Routine
- Knowledge Commitment
- Learning Log
- Session Closure
Rule
Work Unit Type helps MWMS route work to the correct Brain, Employee, validation path and destination.
- Trigger Type
Trigger Type identifies how the work began.
Possible triggers:
- user instruction
- Brain Room message
- HeadOffice request
- scheduled event
- webhook
- system event
- monitoring alert
- failed validation
- repeated failure
- incoming email
- uploaded file
- database record
- external knowledge signal
- client request
- remote command
Rule
Trigger Type must not be confused with approval.
A trigger starts classification.
It does not automatically authorise action.
- Request Source
Request Source identifies who or what initiated the work.
Possible sources:
- Martyn
- HeadOffice
- M
- Brain Room participant
- AI Manager
- another Brain
- AI Employee
- client
- scheduled system
- external system
- automation
- monitoring agent
The request source should preserve:
- identity
- timestamp
- channel
- source system
- related thread or record
Rule
Remote and automated requests must preserve the identity of the initiating source.
- Source Material
Source Material identifies the evidence or content being processed.
Possible source material:
- Brain Room message
- course file
- newsletter
- Supabase row
- WordPress page
- MCR page
- sales page
- research source
- screenshot
- code file
- dashboard item
- system log
- client record
- transcript
- external knowledge result
Source records should preserve:
- title
- location
- version
- date
- authority
- client ownership
- source identity
- provenance
Rule
Work must remain traceable to its source.
- Originating Brain
The Originating Brain identifies where the request began.
Examples:
- HeadOffice Brain
- Affiliate Brain
- Research Brain
- Finance Brain
- Content Brain
- Brain Room
- Course Absorption System
- Opportunity System
- Automation Brain
- SIT Brain
The Originating Brain is not always the Owning Brain.
Rule
Origin identifies where the work came from.
Ownership identifies who is responsible for completing it.
- Owning Brain
The Owning Brain is responsible for the work.
The Owning Brain must ensure:
- correct workflow
- correct Employee
- correct standards
- correct validation
- correct destination
- correct outcome
- correct closure
An Agentic Work Unit must have one primary Owning Brain.
Supporting Brains may contribute.
Rule
Shared support is allowed.
Unclear ownership is not.
- Supporting Brains
Supporting Brains contribute specialist knowledge or review.
Examples:
- Research Brain
- Finance Brain
- Compliance Brain
- Risk Brain
- Experimentation Brain
- Data Brain
- SIT Brain
Supporting Brains must have defined responsibilities.
Rule
Adding a Supporting Brain must improve the work rather than create unnecessary orchestration.
- Assigned AI Employee
The Assigned AI Employee is the role responsible for performing the task.
Examples:
- Orchestrator Agent
- Task Builder Agent
- Signal Extraction Agent
- Research Agent
- Validation Agent
- Finance Analysis Agent
- Compliance Review Agent
- Course Absorption Agent
- Offer Evaluation Agent
- Independent Model Review Agent
- Workflow Rescue Agent
- Monitoring Agent
- Knowledge Retrieval Agent
The Employee must have:
- a valid Role Card
- suitable authority
- required capability
- required tools
- defined output
- defined escalation
- defined failure handling
Rule
No Agentic Work Unit should be assigned to a vague “AI” identity.
- Agent Pattern
Agent Pattern defines how many roles participate and how they are organised.
Approved patterns include:
- Single Agent
- Agent Plus Checker
- Router Plus Specialist
- Research Plus Synthesis
- Multi-Specialist Plus Synthesis Plus Checker
- Master Agent Plus Sub-Workflows
- Primary Agent Plus Independent Reviewer
- Primary Agent Plus Rescue Route
The selected pattern should be justified by:
- task complexity
- risk
- need for specialist input
- need for independent review
- workflow scale
- expected business value
Rule
Use the simplest agent pattern that reliably produces the required outcome.
- Model Or Capability Route
Model Or Capability Route defines the reasoning or processing capability required.
Possible routes include:
- advanced reasoning model
- long-context model
- multimodal model
- coding model
- research model
- local private model
- low-cost bulk-processing model
- independent reviewer
- rescue model
- deterministic validator
- external knowledge engine
The route must consider:
- capability
- risk
- privacy
- cost
- modality
- context length
- tool compatibility
- reviewer independence
Rule
Model selection must be based on task requirements, not convenience alone.
- Authority Level
Authority Level defines how much operational power the work unit allows.
Possible authority levels:
- Advisory
- Operational Drafting
- Controlled Execution
- Supervised Automation
- Restricted Autonomous Action
Authority must match:
- AI Employee Role Card
- risk
- tool permission
- approval state
- workflow stage
Rule
A task cannot grant authority beyond the Employee’s approved Role Card.
- Input Payload
Input Payload contains the direct material supplied to the Employee.
Examples:
- newsletter body
- transcript
- offer details
- user request
- task record
- source files
- campaign data
- error log
- failed output
- client intake
- monitoring result
The Input Payload should be:
- complete
- structured where practical
- traceable
- validated where required
- separated from system instructions
Rule
The work unit must not rely on hidden assumptions where required input can be defined.
- Context Pack
The Context Pack contains the selected background needed for correct work.
It may include:
- relevant Brain rules
- related MCR pages
- previous decisions
- active save points
- current system state
- user preferences
- developer boundaries
- role card
- tool permissions
- known risks
- workflow stage
- failure history
- client context
- source-of-truth hierarchy
- related standards
The Context Pack should identify:
- what is current
- what is memory
- what is source of truth
- what is retrieved
- what must be ignored
- what is sensitive
Rule
Use the right context for the task, not all available memory.
- External Knowledge Requirement
This field defines whether the task requires an external knowledge engine.
Possible values:
- Not Required
- Optional
- Required
- Required With Human Review
Where required, define:
- knowledge source
- retrieval query
- source filters
- client boundary
- authority filters
- freshness requirements
- provenance requirements
- fallback
- retrieval failure behaviour
Rule
Retrieval supports reasoning.
It does not replace authority or source validation.
- Task Instruction
Task Instruction states exactly what must be done.
It should define:
- action
- depth
- expected output
- constraints
- prohibited behaviour
- intended use
- decision required
- stopping condition
Weak instruction:
Look at this and tell me what you think.
Strong instruction:
Evaluate this course block for reusable MWMS operational value. Compare it against current MCR pages, absorb only superior material, identify updates before new pages, preserve existing governance, and produce full file output only when a justified page action is approved.
Rule
Task instructions must reduce ambiguity.
- Tool Permission
Tool Permission defines what tools may be used.
Possible permissions include:
- no external tools
- uploaded files only
- MCR read access
- web research
- database read
- database controlled write
- WordPress read
- WordPress controlled write
- Gmail draft
- Gmail send with approval
- MCP function access
- local CLI access
- browser automation
- file generation
- external knowledge retrieval
Tool permission must define:
- permission level
- permitted systems
- approved endpoints
- approved data
- prohibited data
- client boundary
- approval
- logging
- revocation
Rule
AI Employees must not assume tool access merely because a tool is available.
- Forbidden Actions
Forbidden Actions define what must not occur.
Examples:
- do not change live systems
- do not send external communication
- do not create public content
- do not alter MCR without approval
- do not access another client’s data
- do not invent missing evidence
- do not expose credentials
- do not bypass validation
- do not interfere with M’s active work
- do not absorb weak material
- do not create duplicate pages
- do not reset the failure count without verified progress
- do not expand permissions during rescue
- do not commit unverified knowledge
- do not continue after emergency shutdown
Rule
Forbidden Actions are mandatory drift protection.
- Required Output Format
Required Output Format defines how the result must be delivered.
Examples:
- full page output
- structured summary
- verdict report
- JSON record
- dashboard card
- task record
- registry entry
- developer brief
- Brain-to-Brain handoff
- validation report
- review report
- rescue plan
- monitoring alert
- knowledge commitment record
- session closure record
The format should define:
- required fields
- structure
- level of detail
- destination
- status label
Rule
The output format must be known before work begins.
- Output Destination
Output Destination identifies where the produced work is first delivered.
Examples:
- HeadOffice review
- Brain Room
- AI Manager
- MCR draft
- task queue
- dashboard queue
- another Agent
- Independent Review Agent
- client draft area
- developer handoff
- external knowledge engine
Output Destination differs from final Handoff Destination.
The first destination may be validation.
The final destination may be operational use.
- Validation Standard
Validation Standard defines how the output is checked.
Validation may include:
- completeness
- accuracy
- source grounding
- usefulness
- Brain routing
- format
- risk
- compliance
- security
- duplication
- naming
- parent page
- developer boundary
- outcome
- context sufficiency
- model suitability
- tool permission
- cost
- handoff
- knowledge commitment
Rule
Validation strength must match the importance and risk of the work.
- Independent Review Requirement
This field defines whether the producing route may validate its own work.
Possible values:
- Not Required
- Recommended
- Mandatory
- Mandatory Plus Human Review
Independent review is normally mandatory where the work affects:
- MCR
- Canon
- governance
- finance
- compliance
- security
- live systems
- external communication
- public content
- client delivery
- irreversible action
- high-risk decisions
The review route should define:
- reviewer
- model independence
- specialist requirement
- evidence available
- disagreement handling
- final authority
Rule
The producing route must not be the sole final reviewer of high-risk work.
- Failure Threshold
Failure Threshold defines when the current route must stop.
The standard MWMS threshold is:
Two materially identical failures without verified progress.
A failure may include:
- same test failure
- same command error
- same validation rejection
- same user correction ignored
- same output defect
- same unsuccessful edit
- same unresolved tool failure
The failure count does not reset because:
- wording changed
- a new chat started
- the same model claims better understanding
- the command was reformatted
- confidence increased
Rule
Repeated failure triggers rescue.
It does not authorise endless retry.
- Rescue Route
Rescue Route defines where failed work goes after the threshold.
Possible routes:
- different model family
- specialist AI Employee
- deterministic validator
- SIT Brain
- HeadOffice
- M
- Martyn
- human review
The rescue packet should include:
- original task
- expected outcome
- input
- context
- source material
- attempts
- errors
- outputs
- tools used
- validation failures
- current state
- applicable Canon
- next verification gate
Rule
The rescue route must use a materially different approach.
- Risk Level
Risk Level defines possible damage if the work is wrong.
Recommended levels:
Low
Examples:
- brainstorming
- internal notes
- non-canonical drafts
Moderate
Examples:
- internal reports
- page drafts
- research summaries
- internal task creation
High
Examples:
- offer decisions
- financial recommendations
- compliance analysis
- developer instructions
- client-facing drafts
- public content
Critical
Examples:
- live system change
- financial transaction
- production deployment
- irreversible data action
- external legal or regulated communication
- destructive administration
Rule
Higher risk requires stronger validation, review, logging and human authority.
- Priority
Priority defines urgency and business importance.
Recommended levels:
- Critical
- High
- Medium
- Low
- Parking Lot
Priority should consider:
- revenue effect
- system stability
- compliance
- M’s build progress
- current blocker
- client impact
- strategic dependency
- time sensitivity
Rule
Interesting does not automatically mean high priority.
- Human Review Requirement
Human review is required where work involves:
- MCR updates
- Canon changes
- live systems
- paid traffic
- financial decisions
- compliance-sensitive output
- public content
- client delivery
- external sending
- destructive database action
- production deployment
- permission expansion
- unresolved reviewer disagreement
Possible settings:
- Not Required
- Required Before Finalisation
- Required Before External Action
- Required Before Write
- Required Before Canon Change
- Required Before Client Delivery
Rule
Human review protects MWMS from over-trusting AI output.
- Approval Status
Approval Status identifies whether the task or action is authorised.
Possible states:
- Not Required
- Pending
- Approved
- Approved With Conditions
- Rejected
- Expired
- Revoked
Approval should record:
- approver
- date
- scope
- conditions
- expiry
- action authorised
Rule
Approval for one action does not automatically approve later actions.
- Status
Recommended Work Unit statuses:
- New
- Awaiting Classification
- Classified
- Awaiting Context
- Ready
- Assigned
- In Progress
- Awaiting Tool Access
- Awaiting Review
- Failed Validation
- Rescue Required
- Rescued
- Waiting For Human Review
- Approved
- Routed
- Parked
- Rejected
- Completed
- Knowledge Pending
- Closed
- Archived
Rule
Status must describe current reality.
Drafted is not published.
Prepared is not executed.
Executed is not verified.
- Persistent Operation Status
Persistent Operation Status defines whether the Work Unit is:
- Session-Bound
- On-Demand
- Scheduled
- Background
- Persistent
- Remotely Triggered
Persistent work must define:
- environment
- owner
- schedule or trigger
- maximum runtime
- maximum execution count
- cost limit
- notification
- monitoring
- failure threshold
- shutdown
- review date
Rule
Persistent work requires stronger control than session-bound work.
- Trigger Or Schedule
Where relevant, define:
Trigger:
Schedule:
Frequency:
Start Date:
Expiry Date:
Maximum Executions:
Allowed Source:
Duplicate Protection:
Failure Notification:
Rule
Scheduled work must not remain active indefinitely without review.
- Remote Command Boundary
Where a work unit may be created remotely, define:
- approved channel
- authenticated sender
- permitted task types
- prohibited task types
- risk limit
- approval rules
- tool limits
- external-action limits
- logging
- revocation
Rule
Remote input does not bypass normal authority.
- Cost Boundary
Cost Boundary defines acceptable resource use.
It may include:
- preferred model tier
- maximum task cost
- maximum number of agent calls
- maximum tool calls
- maximum runtime
- daily limit
- monthly limit
- escalation threshold
Cost must be proportional to:
- business value
- risk
- complexity
- required quality
Rule
A more complex workflow must justify its added cost.
- Event Log Requirement
Every important Agentic Work Unit should create an event trail.
Events may include:
- work unit created
- classification completed
- owner assigned
- Employee assigned
- context loaded
- model selected
- tools activated
- work started
- output generated
- validation completed
- review completed
- failure recorded
- rescue triggered
- human approval recorded
- handoff completed
- outcome recorded
- knowledge committed
- work closed
- access revoked
Rule
Event logs make AI work auditable and improvable.
- Observability Requirement
Observability defines what HeadOffice, SIT or the Owning Brain must be able to see.
Possible fields:
- current status
- current stage
- assigned Employee
- model route
- tools used
- runtime
- token or cost estimate
- failure count
- last error
- validation status
- review status
- approval status
- destination
- final outcome
- knowledge-commitment status
- shutdown state
Rule
High-risk or persistent work must not operate invisibly.
- Handoff Destination
Handoff Destination defines where the validated result goes.
Possible destinations:
- HeadOffice Dashboard
- Brain Room
- Newsletter Queue Review
- Routed Actions
- MCR page
- Brain page
- Supabase task table
- event log
- Google Sheet
- Affiliate Brain
- Research Brain
- Experimentation Brain
- Finance Brain
- Content Brain
- Ads Brain
- Automation Brain
- Risk Brain
- Compliance Brain
- SIT Brain
- human review queue
- Parking System
- archive
- client delivery
- developer handoff
- external knowledge engine
Rule
No important work unit should end with an output floating in space.
- Business Outcome
Business Outcome defines the practical result supported.
Examples:
- decision made
- task created
- opportunity rejected
- opportunity parked
- offer moved to research
- campaign candidate approved
- report created
- risk flagged
- page updated
- course insight absorbed
- weak content ignored
- developer brief prepared
- monitoring alert created
- client workflow improved
- failure recovered
- knowledge committed
Rule
The outcome proves whether the AI work mattered.
- Outcome Verification
Outcome Verification confirms that the intended result actually occurred.
Possible verification:
- user confirmation
- database record
- published page
- completed task
- passing test
- validated file
- approved report
- successful handoff
- system state check
- client acceptance
Rule
Claimed completion must be supported by evidence.
- Knowledge Commitment Requirement
This field defines whether the work creates durable knowledge.
Possible values:
- None
- Session Summary Only
- Project Memory Update
- Decision Record
- Failure Record
- Learning Record
- Brain Page Update
- MCR Update
- External Knowledge Engine Update
Knowledge commitment should define:
- destination
- owner
- source
- authority
- validation
- duplicate check
- approval
- version
- status
Rule
Producing an output and committing durable knowledge are separate actions.
- Learning Record
A Learning Record captures reusable insight from completed work.
Examples:
- recurring pattern
- routing improvement
- prompt improvement
- validation problem
- bad source pattern
- employee role improvement
- tool-permission issue
- workflow weakness
- compliance risk
- business opportunity
- rescue lesson
- cost inefficiency
- persistent-agent issue
Possible destinations:
- Kaizen Log
- Brain Canon
- System Change Log
- Course Absorption Decision Registry
- Experimentation records
- Research records
- AI Employee Role Card
- Failure Log
- Tool Permission Record
Rule
Learning must be routed to the correct durable destination.
- Closure Record
A Work Unit Closure Record should include:
Final Status:
Outcome:
Outcome Verification:
Validation Status:
Independent Review Status:
Human Approval Status:
Handoff Completed:
Knowledge Committed:
Learning Captured:
Open Issues:
Next Action:
Closed By:
Closure Date:
Rule
A work unit is not closed merely because an AI response was produced.
Default Agentic Work Unit Template
Work Unit ID:
Work Unit Title:
Work Unit Type:
Trigger Type:
Request Source:
Source Material:
Originating Brain:
Owning Brain:
Supporting Brains:
Assigned AI Employee:
Agent Pattern:
Model Or Capability Route:
Authority Level:
Input Payload:
Context Pack:
External Knowledge Requirement:
Task Instruction:
Tool Permission:
Forbidden Actions:
Required Output Format:
Output Destination:
Validation Standard:
Independent Review Requirement:
Failure Threshold:
Rescue Route:
Risk Level:
Priority:
Human Review Requirement:
Approval Status:
Status:
Persistent Operation Status:
Trigger Or Schedule:
Remote Command Boundary:
Cost Boundary:
Event Log Requirement:
Observability Requirement:
Handoff Destination:
Business Outcome:
Outcome Verification:
Knowledge Commitment Requirement:
Learning Record Requirement:
Closure Requirement:
This template may be simplified for low-risk manual tasks.
It must not be reduced for:
- high-risk work
- MCR work
- developer work
- financial work
- compliance work
- client-facing work
- tool-enabled work
- persistent work
- remote work
- multi-agent work
- production activity
Example: Newsletter Intelligence Work Unit
Work Unit ID:
System Generated
Work Unit Title:
Extract Business-Relevant Signals From Newsletter And Route To Correct Brain
Work Unit Type:
Extraction / Classification / Routing
Trigger Type:
Incoming Newsletter
Request Source:
Newsletter Intelligence Workflow
Source Material:
Newsletter subject, sender, date, body and metadata
Originating Brain:
HeadOffice Newsletter Intelligence
Owning Brain:
HeadOffice Brain
Supporting Brains:
Determined by signal category
Assigned AI Employee:
Newsletter Signal Extraction Agent
Agent Pattern:
Router Plus Specialist
Model Or Capability Route:
Low-cost extraction model with stronger validation model for high-impact signals
Authority Level:
Operational Drafting
Context Pack:
Newsletter Intelligence Operating Protocol, Brain Routing Rule, Output Validation Protocol, current trend context
Task Instruction:
Extract specific business-relevant intelligence only. Ignore generic news. Identify useful tools, market signals, compliance concerns, monetisation opportunities and Brain-routing implications.
Tool Permission:
Newsletter input, approved AI processing and controlled internal record creation
Forbidden Actions:
Do not create downstream action without review. Do not mark generic content urgent. Do not invent unavailable details.
Required Output Format:
Structured queue record
Validation Standard:
Specificity, usefulness, source grounding, correct Brain route, action classification and confidence
Independent Review Requirement:
Required for high-priority signals
Failure Threshold:
Two materially identical extraction failures
Rescue Route:
Alternative model or human review
Risk Level:
Moderate
Priority:
Based on urgency and business impact
Human Review Requirement:
Required before downstream action
Status:
New
Event Log Requirement:
Required
Handoff Destination:
Newsletter Queue Review and HeadOffice Dashboard
Business Outcome:
Useful intelligence routed for review, action, monitoring, testing or parking
Knowledge Commitment Requirement:
Required only for durable recurring patterns or strategic signals
Example: Course Absorption Work Unit
Work Unit ID:
System Or Session Generated
Work Unit Title:
Evaluate Course Block For Reusable MWMS System Value
Work Unit Type:
Course Absorption / Framework Extraction / MCR Mapping
Trigger Type:
Uploaded Course Block
Request Source:
Martyn
Source Material:
Uploaded transcript, PDF, lesson page, skill file or support document
Originating Brain:
Course Absorption System
Owning Brain:
HeadOffice Brain
Supporting Brains:
Relevant Brain based on absorbed subject
Assigned AI Employee:
Course Absorption Agent
Agent Pattern:
Research Plus Synthesis or Agent Plus Checker depending on complexity
Model Or Capability Route:
Long-context reasoning model with independent review for MCR updates
Authority Level:
Operational Drafting
Context Pack:
Course Absorption Operating Rule, current MCR inventory, existing related pages, anti-duplication rules, active course save point, full file output rules
External Knowledge Requirement:
Only where current external verification is required
Task Instruction:
Extract only superior, reusable MWMS operational value. Compare material against existing MCR pages. Update before creating new pages. Ignore hype and weak tool-specific material. Verify parent pages before final output.
Tool Permission:
Uploaded files, MCR search and approved external verification where needed
Forbidden Actions:
Do not invent pages. Do not assume parents. Do not duplicate frameworks. Do not absorb weak content. Do not interfere with M’s active development.
Required Output Format:
Absorption verdict, page-update decision or complete full file output
Validation Standard:
Source grounding, non-duplication, Brain mapping, parent verification, practical value and correct format
Independent Review Requirement:
Required for major governance or MCR updates
Failure Threshold:
Two materially identical source, structure or validation failures
Rescue Route:
Different reasoning route, direct source review or HeadOffice review
Risk Level:
Moderate to High
Human Review Requirement:
Required before permanent MCR publication
Event Log Requirement:
Required for absorbed material
Handoff Destination:
MCR, Brain Blueprint, Course Absorption Decision Registry or Parking System
Business Outcome:
MWMS improves through superior material or weak material is rejected
Knowledge Commitment Requirement:
Required where material is absorbed
Closure Requirement:
Exact course save point and next action must be recorded
Example: Brain Room Work Unit
Work Unit ID:
System Generated
Work Unit Title:
Convert Brain Room Message Into Structured AI Work
Work Unit Type:
Intake / Classification / Task Creation
Trigger Type:
Brain Room Message
Request Source:
Authenticated Brain Room Participant
Originating Brain:
Brain Room
Owning Brain:
Determined by classification
Assigned AI Employee:
Brain Room Task Builder Agent
Agent Pattern:
Router Plus Specialist
Authority Level:
Operational Drafting
Input Payload:
Message, sender, timestamp and thread context
Context Pack:
Brain Routing Rule, Brain-to-Brain Request Protocol, current priorities, active development boundaries
Task Instruction:
Classify the request, assign ownership, identify missing context, define the work unit, select the appropriate Employee and determine review requirements.
Tool Permission:
Brain Room read and controlled task creation only
Forbidden Actions:
Do not execute live changes. Do not bypass HeadOffice. Do not assign work into M’s active build unless explicitly authorised.
Required Output Format:
Structured Agentic Work Unit
Validation Standard:
Ownership, clarity, context, risk, permissions and handoff
Human Review Requirement:
Based on risk
Event Log Requirement:
Required
Handoff Destination:
AI Manager, Task Executor or human review queue
Business Outcome:
Brain Room discussion becomes trackable work
Example: Offer Evaluation Work Unit
Work Unit ID:
System Generated
Work Unit Title:
Evaluate Affiliate Offer For Controlled-Test Suitability
Work Unit Type:
Offer Evaluation / Research / Decision Support
Trigger Type:
Offer Intake
Request Source:
Martyn or Affiliate Brain
Originating Brain:
Affiliate Brain
Owning Brain:
Affiliate Brain
Supporting Brains:
Research Brain, Finance Brain, Compliance Brain, Ads Brain, Experimentation Brain
Assigned AI Employee:
Offer Evaluation Agent
Agent Pattern:
Multi-Specialist Plus Synthesis Plus Checker
Model Or Capability Route:
Research-capable primary route, specialist review and HeadOffice decision
Authority Level:
Operational Drafting
Input Payload:
Offer, network, payout, funnel, traffic source, vendor data and available metrics
Context Pack:
Affiliate protocols, current budget rules, compliance rules, traffic strategy and Experimentation Brain rules
Task Instruction:
Evaluate test suitability using evidence, market demand, mechanism, funnel, traffic fit, compliance, financial logic and testing readiness.
Tool Permission:
Approved web research and supplied source material
Forbidden Actions:
Do not approve spend. Do not invent performance. Do not rely on hype. Do not bypass required Brain reviews.
Required Output Format:
YES / Conditional YES / NO verdict with reasons and next action
Validation Standard:
Source quality, mechanism, traffic fit, compliance, financial logic and testability
Independent Review Requirement:
Required
Risk Level:
High
Human Review Requirement:
Required before testing
Event Log Requirement:
Required
Handoff Destination:
HeadOffice decision, Research, Finance, Experimentation or Offer Graveyard
Business Outcome:
Offer is rejected, parked, researched or moved toward controlled testing
Knowledge Commitment Requirement:
Required where strategic learning is produced
Example: Persistent Monitoring Work Unit
Work Unit ID:
System Generated
Work Unit Title:
Run Scheduled Integrity And Agent Health Check
Work Unit Type:
Monitoring / Validation / Alerting
Trigger Type:
Schedule
Request Source:
SIT Brain
Originating Brain:
SIT Brain
Owning Brain:
SIT Brain
Supporting Brains:
Operations Brain, Automation Brain, HeadOffice Brain
Assigned AI Employee:
Persistent System Monitoring Agent
Agent Pattern:
Single Agent Plus Checker For Critical Alerts
Model Or Capability Route:
Low-cost deterministic monitoring with specialist review for anomalies
Authority Level:
Supervised Automation
Input Payload:
System health, task failures, queue state, logs and permission signals
Context Pack:
SIT standards, failure thresholds, authority rules and active system inventory
Task Instruction:
Run approved checks, identify exceptions, preserve evidence, classify severity and create alerts. Do not perform broad remediation.
Tool Permission:
Read-only system access and controlled append-only logging
Forbidden Actions:
Do not deploy. Do not change production. Do not revoke permissions. Do not continue silently after repeated failure.
Required Output Format:
Health record and alert where needed
Validation Standard:
Check completion, evidence, severity accuracy and duplicate alert prevention
Failure Threshold:
Two materially identical monitoring failures
Rescue Route:
Alternative monitoring route, M or HeadOffice
Persistent Operation Status:
Scheduled
Trigger Or Schedule:
Approved recurring schedule
Cost Boundary:
Low-cost execution within approved monthly limit
Event Log Requirement:
Required
Observability Requirement:
Last run, current status, failed checks, alert count, cost and shutdown state
Handoff Destination:
SIT log, HeadOffice alert or M technical review
Business Outcome:
System integrity issues become visible before damage expands
Knowledge Commitment Requirement:
Required for repeated failure patterns
Closure Requirement:
Each execution closes individually while the scheduled work definition remains active
Governance Role
HeadOffice owns this standard.
HeadOffice is responsible for ensuring Agentic Work Units are used for important AI work across MWMS.
Individual Brains may adapt the structure for their workflows, but they must not remove the core requirements of:
- ownership
- task clarity
- Employee assignment
- agent pattern
- model route
- context
- tool permission
- risk
- validation
- failure handling
- rescue
- handoff
- outcome
- logging
- knowledge commitment
- closure
No Brain should create AI workflows that bypass this standard when the work affects:
- business decisions
- MCR
- system structure
- client outputs
- public content
- live operations
- development
- finance
- compliance
- security
- persistent automation
Relationship To SIT Brain
SIT Brain may:
- validate Work Unit completeness
- detect missing ownership
- detect role-card mismatch
- detect permission drift
- detect model-routing drift
- verify independent review
- enforce failure thresholds
- trigger rescue routing
- detect false completion
- verify outcome evidence
- inspect persistent-work controls
- verify shutdown
- block unsafe execution
- inspect knowledge commitment
Relationship To Data Brain
Data Brain supports:
- Work Unit IDs
- schemas
- event records
- source provenance
- client isolation
- context storage
- status history
- observability metadata
- outcome records
- knowledge commitment
- archive and retention
Relationship To Other MWMS Standards
This document supports and must align with:
- MWMS AI Agent Operations Core
- MWMS AI Employee Role Card Standard
- MWMS AI Agent Orchestration Framework
- MWMS AI Agent Failure Handling And Escalation Protocol
- MWMS Independent Model Review And Rescue Routing Framework
- MWMS AI Agent Memory And Context Framework
- MWMS External Knowledge Engine And Reasoning Agent Separation Framework
- MWMS AI Work Session Closure And Knowledge Commitment Protocol
- MWMS AI Tool Permission And Access Framework
- MWMS AI Observability Metadata Standard
- MWMS AI Usage And Cost Visibility Standard
- MWMS Canon Session Protocol
- MWMS AI Session Context Lock Rule
- MWMS AI Output Standard Full File Delivery Rule
- MWMS Brain Routing Rule
- MWMS Brain To Brain Request Protocol
- MWMS Brain Header Schema Standard
- MWMS Page Naming Standard
- MWMS Document Structure Standard
- MWMS Architecture Registry
- MWMS Brain Interaction Map
- MWMS System Data Flow Map
- MWMS Supabase Event Schema
- HeadOffice Newsletter Intelligence Operating Protocol
- HeadOffice Newsletter Intelligence Output Validation Protocol
- MWMS Course Absorption Operating Rule
- MWMS Opportunity System Operating Protocol
- AIBS Brain Blueprint
Drift Protection
This standard protects MWMS from:
- treating prompts as completed work
- vague requests entering operations
- AI work without Brain ownership
- undefined AI Employees
- unsuitable model routing
- missing context
- uncontrolled tools
- outputs without validation
- self-review of high-risk work
- repeated failure loops
- missing rescue routes
- outputs without destination
- false completion
- activity without outcome
- uncontrolled persistent work
- remote commands bypassing authority
- cost without limits
- missing event logs
- knowledge disappearing after sessions
- weak material becoming durable knowledge
- client data losing its boundary
- dashboards filled with unvalidated information
- automation being mistaken for business progress
- course material entering MCR without value testing
Any workflow violating this standard should be paused, reviewed, simplified or redesigned.
Agentic Work Unit Drift Signals
MWMS should watch for:
- no Work Unit ID
- unclear title
- no owner
- vague Assigned AI Employee
- missing Role Card
- unsuitable agent pattern
- model chosen without justification
- required context absent
- tool permissions undefined
- risk not classified
- human review skipped
- independent review missing
- repeated failures not counted
- rescue not triggered
- status does not reflect reality
- output has no handoff
- claimed outcome has no verification
- persistent work has no shutdown
- remote request lacks authenticated source
- cost cannot be seen
- knowledge commitment is unverified
- Work Unit closes without save point or next action
Rule
Work Unit drift must be corrected before authority or automation increases.
Minimum Compliance Standard
An important Agentic Work Unit is compliant only when it defines:
- Work Unit ID
- title
- type
- trigger
- request source
- source material
- Originating Brain
- Owning Brain
- Assigned AI Employee
- agent pattern
- model or capability route
- authority
- input
- context
- task instruction
- tool permission
- forbidden actions
- output format
- validation
- independent review where required
- failure threshold
- rescue route
- risk
- priority
- human review
- approval
- status
- persistent-operation status
- cost boundary where relevant
- logging
- observability
- handoff
- business outcome
- outcome verification
- knowledge commitment
- closure
Architectural Intent
The architectural intent of the MWMS Agentic Work Unit Standard is to make AI work manageable at scale.
MWMS will eventually contain:
- many Brains
- many AI Employees
- many workflows
- dashboards
- task systems
- client systems
- persistent agents
- model routes
- external knowledge systems
- automation layers
- remote command channels
Without a standard Work Unit, the system will become difficult to govern.
With a standard Work Unit, MWMS can scale AI work while keeping:
- ownership clear
- tasks structured
- context controlled
- model routing appropriate
- permissions limited
- outputs consistent
- validation enforceable
- failures recoverable
- handoffs visible
- reports useful
- costs observable
- actions traceable
- knowledge reusable
- shutdown possible
The long-term goal is that every meaningful AI action can answer:
- What triggered this work?
- Who requested it?
- What type of work is it?
- Which Brain owns it?
- Which AI Employee performed it?
- Which agent pattern was used?
- Which model or capability route was used?
- What input was used?
- What context was applied?
- What tools were permitted?
- What output was required?
- What validation was performed?
- Was independent review required?
- What happened after failure?
- Where did the result go?
- What outcome did it support?
- Was the outcome verified?
- What was logged?
- What knowledge was committed?
- How was the work closed?
When MWMS can answer those questions consistently, it is no longer simply using AI.
It is operating a governed AI workforce.
Strategic Summary
The v1.1 upgrade expands the Agentic Work Unit Standard from a task-structure template into a complete operational control record.
The upgraded Work Unit now governs:
- trigger identity
- source provenance
- agent pattern
- model and capability routing
- authority
- external knowledge retrieval
- tool permissions
- independent review
- deterministic failure thresholds
- rescue routes
- persistent execution
- remote commands
- cost
- observability
- outcome verification
- knowledge commitment
- closure
The key shift is:
An AI task is not complete merely because a model generated an answer.
It is complete only when the work is:
- owned
- structured
- permissioned
- validated
- routed
- outcome-linked
- verified
- logged
- closed
Final Rule
Every important MWMS AI request must become a governed Agentic Work Unit before it becomes operational work.
Every Work Unit must know:
- who owns it
- who performs it
- what context it uses
- which model or capability it requires
- which tools it may use
- what it must not do
- how it is validated
- when it must stop
- how failure is rescued
- where the output goes
- what business outcome it supports
- what is logged
- what becomes durable knowledge
- how the Work Unit closes
The final standard is:
No ownership, no work.
No role, no assignment.
No context, no reliable execution.
No permission, no tool use.
No validation, no trust.
No rescue route, no repeated automation.
No destination, no completion.
No verified outcome, no progress claim.
No closure, no durable continuity.
Change Log
Version: v1.1
Date: 2026-06-17
Author: HeadOffice
Change:
Updated the MWMS Agentic Work Unit Standard using the AI Automations by Jack block covering ClaudeOS, multi-model orchestration, independent model review, deterministic rescue routing, persistent agents, remote command channels, external knowledge systems, operational monitoring, cost control and session closure.
Added Work Unit ID.
Added Trigger Type.
Added Request Source.
Expanded Source Material and source-provenance requirements.
Added Supporting Brains.
Added Agent Pattern.
Added Model Or Capability Route.
Added Authority Level.
Added External Knowledge Requirement.
Expanded Tool Permission.
Added Output Destination.
Added Independent Review Requirement.
Added Failure Threshold.
Added Rescue Route.
Expanded Human Review Requirement.
Added Approval Status.
Expanded Status values.
Added Persistent Operation Status.
Added Trigger Or Schedule.
Added Remote Command Boundary.
Added Cost Boundary.
Expanded Event Log Requirement.
Added Observability Requirement.
Added Outcome Verification.
Added Knowledge Commitment Requirement.
Added Closure Record.
Expanded the Default Agentic Work Unit Template.
Added Persistent Monitoring Work Unit example.
Expanded Newsletter Intelligence, Course Absorption, Brain Room and Offer Evaluation examples.
Added Relationship To SIT Brain.
Added Relationship To Data Brain.
Expanded Governance Role, Drift Protection, Drift Signals, Minimum Compliance Standard, Architectural Intent, Strategic Summary and Final Rule.
Aligned this update with:
- MWMS AI Agent Operations Core
- MWMS AI Employee Role Card Standard
- MWMS AI Agent Orchestration Framework
- MWMS AI Agent Failure Handling And Escalation Protocol
- MWMS Independent Model Review And Rescue Routing Framework
- MWMS AI Agent Memory And Context Framework
- MWMS External Knowledge Engine And Reasoning Agent Separation Framework
- MWMS AI Work Session Closure And Knowledge Commitment Protocol
- MWMS AI Tool Permission And Access Framework
- MWMS AI Observability Metadata Standard
- MWMS AI Usage And Cost Visibility Standard
Purpose of update:
To evolve the MWMS Agentic Work Unit Standard from a basic AI task structure into the complete operating record for governed, multi-agent, independently reviewed, persistent, observable, failure-resilient and outcome-verified AI work across MWMS and future AIBS client systems.
Version: v1.0
Date: Initial Draft
Author: HeadOffice
Change:
Created the MWMS Agentic Work Unit Standard as the operating structure for converting AI requests into controlled, assignable, validatable, routable, reportable and outcome-based work units.
Change Impact Declaration
This v1.1 update expands the Agentic Work Unit from a structured task container into the complete governance record for AI execution, including model routing, review independence, failure rescue, persistent operation, remote triggers, cost visibility, outcome verification, knowledge commitment and formal closure.
Pages Created
- None
Pages Updated
- MWMS Agentic Work Unit Standard
Pages Deprecated
- None
Standalone Pages Not Created
- MWMS ClaudeOS Task Standard
- MWMS Persistent Agent Work Unit Standard
- MWMS Remote Command Work Unit Standard
- MWMS Multi-Model Task Schema
- MWMS AI Rescue Task Record Standard
- MWMS Session Closure Work Unit Standard
- MWMS External Knowledge Retrieval Task Standard
Registries Requiring Update
- HeadOffice Page Registry
- MWMS Canon Index
- MWMS Course Absorption Decision Registry
Canon Version Update Required
- No
Change Log Entry Required
- Yes
Strategic Absorption Result
MWMS gains a stronger Agentic Work Unit structure that governs the complete lifecycle of AI work from trigger and ownership through model routing, permissions, validation, failure rescue, persistent execution, observability, verified outcome, durable knowledge commitment and final closure.
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