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Workflow pattern-matching words and a budget-starvation protocol

Workflow pattern matching gained variable binding and count matching, and starved agents now wait for budget.

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What

The workflow sandbox gained two pattern-matching words, one that binds a variable and one that matches at least N items, each with its own validation error, and rule callbacks now receive the bindings as a second argument. Separately, an agent whose run has exhausted its budget is parked as starved and waits for more instead of failing.

Details
  • A starved agent resumes when a budget top-up arrives; the message tells the model to put {topic:'budget', units:N} to continue.
  • Starved rows are surfaced in the workflow status report.
  • All of this lives in the Workflow tool, which is only registered when it is present in the build.
Evidence

put {topic:'budget', units:N} to continue

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

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