How it works

Evidence crosses the handoff.

Managed interruption

Dovet controls only workers it starts in an approved isolated worktree. It confirms that the owned process has stopped before another writer can begin.

Immutable checkpoint

Selected file bytes are stored by content hash. A canonical manifest binds the objective, source revision, evidence and scope.

Advisory recovery

A Strands supervisor evaluates observed evidence. Deterministic policy still decides whether the proposal has an authorized worker, workspace lease and budget.

Independent verification

Protected commands run outside worker write scope against the exact candidate snapshot. An agent completion message never substitutes for a passing receipt.