# Write a task brief for an agent

Taiga Learning · Worksheet
https://taiga.training/en/lessons/task-brief/

Use fictional or approved information. Do not put secrets in this worksheet.

## Learning objectives
- Convert a general request into observable acceptance criteria.
- State constraints without prescribing unnecessary implementation details.
- Define the information a reviewer needs at completion.

## Exercise
Rewrite “add customer export” as a brief. Specify the permitted actor, data scope, output, failure behavior, and verification. Include one action the agent must not perform. Ask a colleague to identify an ambiguity before implementation.

## Your response
- Scenario and scope:
- Assumptions and open questions:
- Proposed answer or decision, with reasons:

## Verify your response
| Claim or criterion | Evidence or test | Result or gap | Owner |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
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## Next action
- Action, owner, and date:
- When will you review this response?

## Principle to retain
A useful brief states the required behavior and how to verify it. It also defines the limits of the task.

## Sources
- [Google Engineering Practices: Change descriptions](https://google.github.io/eng-practices/review/developer/cl-descriptions.html)

This worksheet supports learning. Completing it does not itself authorize a production change.