What Flows just did
Based on your request to build Sub-Agent Delegation with Context Isolation, Flows created 4 implementation stages and 12 checks.
You asked for: Implement a dispatch tool: the main agent delegates a bounded task to a sub-agent with a fresh context, and receives only the final distilled report.. Flows generated 4 stages because the application requires A dispatch_agent tool: task description in, final report out; Sub-agent runs its own loop with its own message history; Sub-agent gets a restricted tool set (read-only by default). Each stage tells your AI builder what to do, tests whether it actually worked, and gives a repair instruction when it fails. These checks are designed to catch: Returning the sub-agent's whole transcript, defeating the purpose of isolation; Vague task prompts producing vague reports the parent cannot use; Unlimited recursion: sub-agents spawning sub-agents until the budget burns.
Example failure
The form reported success, but no database record was created.
What Flows does
Flows detects the failure, generates a repair instruction, reruns the test, and stores the passing evidence.
Stages — Plan → Build → Test → Fix → Prove → Ship
4 stages · 12 checks · progressive disclosure — open a stage for details
Copy to external builder
Copies a prompt for Claude/Cursor/etc. Records prompt_copied only — not execution, commits, or checks.
Execute through Oort
Requires Sign in with Oort + a provider connection (BYOK). Keys stay on Oort. A model name in the dropdown is not the same as a live connection.
Next
Check off: Task prompt must specify the deliverable
Add a proof note on each check — a checkbox alone is weak proof.
Probes & advanced tools are under “More verification tools”. Experience level: Settings.
Project (saved with proof)
Project binding: Unbound — complete project binding before trusting this run · missing repositoryUrl, repositoryStartCommit, environment, stack
More verification tools (probes, timeline, adapters)Show
App persistence (create → read → assert token)
Body template: {"probe":"{{token}}","title":"flows-probe-{{token}}"}. Needs CORS-readable public create/list endpoints (or inconclusive). Badge only when create→read→refresh finds the token (detects false success).
Two-account authorization (User B cannot see/change User A)
Authorization evidence source: Cross-account ownership test (trust level 5/6). These are not equivalent. Unauthenticated probe alone is weaker (source: unauthenticated API probe). Tokens stay in this browser session only — not uploaded to Flows servers.
Generated edge-case tests (review / approve)
- api_probe Submitting the form empty is rejected with a clear error
- api_probe Each required field can be omitted and fails validation
- api_probe Malformed email is rejected
- api_probe Logged-out users cannot open protected pages
- api_probe Protected API rejects requests without credentials
Generated from this route’s signals — you approve; you do not invent security tests.
Content probe (GET body contains text)
In-product content probe reads response text when CORS allows — not full DOM/click automation. Playwright script is optional and external.
Proof strength
thin · 0/100
Heuristic from notes + probes + gates — not a production certification.
Verification adapters
- ● Deploy URL probe · idle
- ● API path probe · idle
- ● Authz probe (unauth → 401/403) · idle
- ● Browser persistence · idle
- ● App persistence (create→read) · idle
- ● Content / body text probe · idle
- ○ In-product Playwright DOM · not embedded (download external script)
Filled circles = available here. Empty = not shipped. Probes are not a production audit. Adapter docs
Step 1 of 4
Not startedSpecify the delegation contract
Isolation only works if the interface between agents is narrow and typed.
Flows keeps plan, checks, failures, and next steps connected
Your AI tool writes or changes the code
Repository grounds the plan only after inspect
Checks always carry a validation tier
How this plan was created
Plan from project details
Flows creates steps using the goal, requirements, stack, platform, and details you provide.
- Project description
- Selected template / route
- User-entered stack
- Constraints and notes
- Sub-Agent Delegation with Context Isolation
No repository inspection implied. Connect and inspect a codebase to ground steps in real files.
Codebase access
Checking GitHub…
Or paste a repository URL manually
Use these instructions in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Emergent, or another builder.
Design the dispatch_agent tool contract. Input: a task prompt that must contain (a) the question or job, (b) the exact deliverable format (e.g. 'a list of file paths with one-line reasons'), and (c) what to do if the answer cannot be found. Output: a single report string plus metadata (turns used, tools called, truncated: bool). Rules: sub-agent receives its own system prompt describing it as a focused researcher; it gets read-only tools unless the parent explicitly grants more; depth limit 1; turn budget 10. Write this contract as the tool description the parent model will read.
Project context
Copies the project goal, technical details, current step, previous progress, and checks so your AI tool understands what it is working on.
Expected after this step
A dispatch tool contract with deliverable-format requirements built in.
Should not happen
- ✕Returning the sub-agent's whole transcript, defeating the purpose of isolation
- ✕Vague task prompts producing vague reports the parent cannot use
- ✕Unlimited recursion: sub-agents spawning sub-agents until the budget burns
- ✕Giving sub-agents full write access for what should be a research errand
Verify gate — prove this step works before continuing
Do not move on until every check is true. Add proof notes — a checked box alone is weak proof. Checks are manual by default; deploy/API probes live under “More verification tools” and do not auto-check boxes.
Do not continue if…
- !Returning the sub-agent's whole transcript, defeating the purpose of isolation
- !Vague task prompts producing vague reports the parent cannot use
- !Unlimited recursion: sub-agents spawning sub-agents until the budget burns
- !Giving sub-agents full write access for what should be a research errand
Repair path — if this step fails
Use the Repair Prompt when a verify gate fails. Loop: Detected → Diagnosed → Repair issued → Changed → Retested → Resolved
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Sub-agent reports are rambling and unusable. Enforce the contract at dispatch time: reject task prompts that do not state a deliverable format, returning a corrective message to the parent model.
Your notes for this step
Definition of Done
Final route-level requirements. Manual checks — separate from per-step verify gates. Completing step gates does not auto-check these. Route completion is not a production-ready claim.