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- Update all factor file names to use two-digit numbering (e.g., factor-01, factor-02) - Update all internal links to reflect new file naming convention - Update image references to match new naming pattern - Maintain consistent navigation links across all factor documents This change improves file organization and makes the documentation structure more maintainable.
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6. Launch/Pause/Resume with simple APIs
Agents are just programs, and we have things we expect from how to launch, query, resume, and stop them.
It should be easy for users, apps, pipelines, and other agents to launch an agent with a simple API.
Agents and their orchestrating deterministic code should be able to pause an agent when a long-running operation is needed.
External triggers like webhooks should enable agents to resume from where they left off without deep integration with the agent orchestrator.
Closely related to factor 5 - unify execution state and business state and factor 8 - own your control flow, but can be implemented independently.
Note - often AI orchestrators will allow for pause and resume, but not between the moment of tool selection and tool execution. See also factor 7 - contact humans with tool calls and factor 11 - trigger from anywhere, meet users where they are.