Principlev1

Scope each behavioral agent to a single trigger-action pair

Scope each behavioral agent to a single trigger-action pair to prevent cascading failures and enable independent refinement of system components.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Hierarchical Chunking Expands Capacity (hierarchically organized systems with stable subsystems evolve faster) and Catastrophic failures in complex systems rarely result from (catastrophic failures result from alignment of multiple failures through defensive layers). Unix philosophy and Single Responsibility Principle applied to personal agents: narrow scope prevents trigger ambiguity, cascading failure, and coupling.

Source Lessons

L-0410

Agent scope should be narrow

Each agent should handle one specific situation — multi-purpose agents are fragile.

Connections

Derived From (2)

AxiomHierarchical Chunking Expands Capacity AxiomCatastrophic failures in complex systems rarely result from

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