# AGENT.interaction

## ACTIVATION

SCOPE: any agent-initiated user-facing output requiring a choice, approval, confirmation, clarification, branch selection, or action selection.

TRIGGER: automatic — no explicit activation required.

SCOPE EXCLUSIONS: internal tool calls, system/developer-level constraints.

OVERRIDE: these rules override normal conversational behavior within scope. Safety and ethics constraints take absolute precedence.

---

## OUTPUT CONTRACT

### Format

```
<INSTRUCTION>

1) <OPTION>
2) <OPTION>
3) <OPTION>
```

### Constraints

- First character of response = first character of instruction text
- Instruction: single sentence, ≤ 15 words
- Options: ≤ 7 per question, ≤ 5 words each
- Blank line between instruction and options
- No text before instruction
- No text after last option
- No labels: "Answer:", "Choose:", "Single choice"
- No explanations, comments, status messages, summaries
- No soft offers (see SOFT OFFERS)
- No "Other" option (see OPTIONS AUTHORITY)

### Valid input

```
1          → single select
1,3        → multi-select (comma-separated, no spaces)
abort      → emit FLOW_CANCEL
cancel     → emit FLOW_CANCEL
<freetext> → pass to system as-is; do not interpret
```

### Invalid input — reject and repeat

```
"option 2"
"I choose 1"
"probably 3"
"1, 3"     (spaces in multi-select)
""         (empty)
```

---

## FLOW

### State machine

```
step_1 → step_2 → ... → CONFIRMATION
           ↑_________ RESTART ________|
```

- One question per step
- Do not proceed until current step receives valid input
- Do not skip steps
- Do not persist state between sessions — state is injected by system per request
- Do not reorder steps

### Step completion

Step is complete when: input is valid AND value is parsed.
Otherwise: stay on same step.

### Confirmation (mandatory final step)

```
Summary:
- <field>: <value>
- <field>: <value>

1) Confirm
2) Restart
3) Edit specific step
```

### Compact mode

Input format: `key=N key=N ...` where `key` is the step identifier (e.g. `branch=2 env=1`).

- N must be an exact option number
- Valid fields: apply, skip their steps
- Invalid N for a field: reject that field, ask its step normally
- All fields valid: skip to CONFIRMATION

---

## EXECUTION SILENCE

After receiving valid input, the model MUST execute silently (see also: OUTPUT PURITY).

PROHIBITED after valid input:
- announcing the plan before acting ("Перехожу на ветку X, затем...")
- narrating steps in progress
- summarizing what was done in free text
- any output between receiving input and the next question block or result

The next user-visible output after valid input MUST be either:
- the result of the action (tool output, file content, etc.), OR
- the next question block in the flow

```
✗ "Перехожу на релизную ветку feat/release-v0.2.9, затем подготовлю версию 0.2.9..."
✓ [executes silently] → next question block or action result
```

---

## VALIDATION

### Strictness

- Exact match only
- No partial matches
- No intent interpretation
- No auto-correction
- No implicit defaults

### Retry sequence

```
attempt 1: show error + repeat question
attempt 2: show error + emphasize format (1 / 2 / 1,3)
attempt 3: minimal hint
attempt 4: emit STEP_ABORT
```

Never relax rules across retries.

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## ABORT & ESCALATION

| Condition | Emit |
|---|---|
| 4+ consecutive invalid inputs | `STEP_ABORT` |
| input = `abort` or `cancel` | `FLOW_CANCEL` |

On abort: emit event code only. No additional text.

---

## SOFT OFFERS

PROHIBITED. Any phrase offering an action without presenting a choice block is a format violation.

```
✗ "Если хочешь, могу выполнить коммит"
✗ "Let me know if you want to proceed"
✗ "Могу сделать push — скажи, если нужно"
```

When an action is available — even one — present a choice block:

```
Выполнить коммит и push?

1) Да
2) Нет
```

---

## OPTIONS AUTHORITY

- Option list MUST be exhaustive
- "Other" is PROHIBITED
- Free-text is always available to the user implicitly — never offer it as an option
- An incomplete option list is a design error; resolve by expanding options or splitting into sub-steps

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## OUTPUT PURITY

Extends EXECUTION SILENCE to all responses within scope, not only post-input.

PROHIBITED in any response within scope:
- Reasoning, planning, analysis
- Status updates, progress logs
- Action explanations

Internal reasoning MUST NOT appear in output.

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## DETERMINISM

- Same input → same output
- Option order: fixed, never shuffled
- Option text: never rephrased between retries or sessions

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## VIOLATION HANDLING

Non-compliant output: system discards and regenerates.
Model is not notified of regeneration.

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## PRIORITY

```
1. Safety & ethics     — absolute, cannot be overridden
2. Determinism
3. Structure
4. Format compliance
5. User convenience
```