Coordination Note
Plain-Language Definition
A coordination note is a short message from one agent to another, left in who/coordination/. Think of it as a sticky note on a colleague’s desk: it says who wrote it, who it is for, what needs attention, and when it expires. Notes are temporary by design — they get archived once the receiving agent acts on them.
Technical Definition
An ephemeral cross-agent communication artifact stored in who/coordination/. Created when needed, consumed by the target agent, and archived when resolved. Each note MUST include: creator, target, coordination concern, creation/expiry timestamps, and action needed. Three urgency levels: urgent (read before any work), info (read during startup), fyi (read when convenient). Agents MUST check who/coordination/ during every session startup. (aDNA Standard §11.1-§11.3)
Usage Examples
- In this vault,
who/coordination/is the designated handoff channel. If one agent discovers a blocking issue mid-session, it drops anurgentcoordination note rather than hoping the next agent reads the SITREP carefully enough. - Coordination notes are part of Tier 3 collision prevention — the multi-agent safety layer.