Defined term / workflow

Phase

A typed segment of the agent run — intake_plan, specify, execute, diagnose, validate, report.

Definition

Every chat turn runs through a typed phase with its own prompt, tool budget, approval policy, and exit conditions. A run that violates a phase contract pauses for review rather than silently retrying.

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The Agent Runtime

How SimPilot acts like an engineering agent: phases, typed events, tools, approvals, subagents, and replay.

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Phases & the 23-Step Lifecycle

Every case moves through 23 typed lifecycle steps, each with a Gate, Acceptance, Invalidation contract. This is how the agent stays disciplined.

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