{ "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema", "$id": "https://github.com/LucioLiu/handoff-protocol/contracts/handoff-packet.schema.json", "title": "Handoff packet", "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": ["goal", "context_constraints", "acceptance_criteria", "known_pitfalls"], "properties": { "goal": {"type": "string", "minLength": 1}, "context_constraints": {"type": "array", "minItems": 1, "items": {"type": "string", "minLength": 1}}, "acceptance_criteria": {"type": "array", "minItems": 1, "items": {"type": "string", "minLength": 1}}, "known_pitfalls": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string", "minLength": 1}}, "handoff_id": {"type": "string", "minLength": 1}, "execution_mode": { "description": "Host execution container only. Durable writes are governed separately by persistence_contract.", "enum": ["bounded_subagent", "independent_task"], "default": "bounded_subagent" }, "continuity_required": {"type": "boolean", "default": false}, "allow_mode_degradation": {"type": "boolean", "default": false}, "persistence_contract": { "description": "Durable artifact obligations, orthogonal to execution_mode. A bounded_subagent may carry required targets.", "$ref": "persistence-contract.schema.json" } }, "allOf": [ { "if": { "properties": {"execution_mode": {"const": "independent_task"}}, "required": ["execution_mode"] }, "then": {"required": ["persistence_contract"]} }, { "if": { "properties": {"continuity_required": {"const": true}}, "required": ["continuity_required"] }, "then": { "properties": {"execution_mode": {"const": "independent_task"}}, "required": ["execution_mode", "handoff_id"] } }, { "if": {"required": ["persistence_contract"]}, "then": {"required": ["handoff_id"]} } ] }