[PROTOCOL] Design Execution Semantics

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Objective

Define how tasks are executed, tracked, and completed in the TodoAI system.

Requirements

• Execution States: Define task lifecycle states (pending, running, completed, failed, etc.)
• State Transitions: Valid state transitions and triggers
• Execution Context: What information is available during execution
• Result Handling: How task results are captured and propagated

Key Areas

1. Task States

   • Define complete state machine
   • Transition rules and guards
   • State persistence requirements

2. Execution Context

   • Environment variables
   • Input/output handling
   • Resource access controls

3. Result Types

   • Success/failure semantics
   • Partial completion handling
   • Error propagation

4. Concurrency

   • Parallel task execution
   • Dependency management
   • Resource locking

Deliverables

• Execution state machine specification
• Context and environment specification
• Result type definitions
• Reference implementation guidelines

Related to: Task Specification Language