Concept

Run

You might say: execution, agent run, session, AFK session

One execution of one task. The agent uses tools in a loop, then the run ends and leaves anything needed later in backing services such as the tracker and the git host.

What it does

Gives each task a clear start and end, and an outcome that the next step can act on.

Ask

What started this run, what changed, what evidence did it leave, and what event follows?

What to look for

1. A run page with trigger, timestamps, status, logs, and artifacts
2. A link from one ticket or pull request to one execution
3. A finished status with a next event or human handoff

Pattern

Stateless worker with external memory

Connections

• See also: Runner
• Measured by: Run state
• Made by: Agent harness
• See also: Human re-entry

Sources

1. Anthropic, Building effective AI agents, AgentsThey are typically just LLMs using tools based on environmental feedback in a loop.
2. Adam Wiggins, The Twelve-Factor App: Processes, VI. ProcessesTwelve-factor processes are stateless and share-nothing. Any data that needs to persist must be stored in a stateful backing service, typically a database.
3. Factory, Software Factory documentation, Events feedRuns Each run's outcome and duration, with a link to its session.
4. Factory, Software Factory documentation, What an automation isEach automation starts a Droid session when its trigger fires: on a schedule, when a message lands in a Slack channel, on a GitHub event, or when another service sends a webhook.
5. Matt Pocock, AI Coding Dictionary, SessionOne bounded run of interaction with an agent. Starts empty, accumulates messages, tool results, and files read, and ends when cleared, closed, or compacted into a fresh session.
6. Matt Pocock, AI Coding Dictionary, AFKAway from keyboard. A working pattern where the user kicks off a session and leaves the agent to run unattended.
7. Matt Pocock, AI Coding Dictionary, StatelessAn agent is stateless across sessions by default: a new session starts empty, with no trace of prior ones.

Use it on your project

teardown-apply: hold "Run" (run) from the teardown at https://teardownatlas.com/software-factory/ against my project

Paste it into a coding agent that has the teardown skills.

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