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Tool Registry Planning Template

Give agentic workflows a deterministic operating layer so tools carry state, permissions, validation, execution, and evidence.

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Read tool

What state can the system retrieve safely?

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Write tool

What state can the system change, create, send, or assign?

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Validation

What schema, permission, or business rule must pass first?

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Approval

Which actions need human approval before execution?

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Receipt

What result proves the tool completed correctly?

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Tool owner

Who owns each tool contract and its failure behavior?

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Frame the decision

Name the real operating need before designing a solution.

Name the workflow this registry enables.

CRM, inbox, database, calendar, documents, analytics, or internal tools.

Name the action that most needs approval, validation, or fallback.

How to use it

Start with one real decision.

Complete the canvas with the workflow owner, then use the blank areas to expose missing context and controls.

Need a starting point?

Place this workflow in your architecture.

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