How do AI agents hand work to each other?
Two Claude Code sessions passed a job through a file with a job id and a receipt. The handoff passed 5 of 5 checks, a repeat was refused and a missing file stopped the job.
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Two Claude Code sessions passed a job through a file with a job id and a receipt. The handoff passed 5 of 5 checks, a repeat was refused and a missing file stopped the job.
Read the noteClaude Code drafted one email from a short facts file, code checked selected facts and formatting, and sending stays with a person. The draft passed 11 of 11 checks and a planted bad draft failed 2.
Read the noteWe let Claude use one read-only tool on fictional bakery hours, blocked an update tool and capped tool calls in our own code. A checker passed 7 of 7 checks over 5 runs.
Read the noteWe gave Codex CLI and Claude Code the same edit on the same frozen page, plus a request for a file that didn't exist. Both made the identical change, neither invented the file, and a checker passed 12 of 12.
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