MANDATORY PREPARATION Invoke /agent-workflow — it contains workflow principles, anti-patterns, and the Context Gathering Protocol . Follow the protocol before proceeding — if no workflow context exists yet, you MUST run /teach-maestro first. Consult the guardrails-safety reference in the agent-workflow skill for defense-in-depth patterns and error boundary design. --- Make the workflow resilient. Every external call will fail eventually — model APIs, tools, databases, third-party services. Fortify ensures the workflow handles failure gracefully. Fortification Layers Layer 1: Input Validation…