Add failure conditions to agentic commerce links

Reliable automation starts with planned failure handling.

Useful for: AI engineers, independent builders, support automation teams

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Where the workflow shifted

AI workflow readers need confidence in the handoff path when automation fails.

Define explicit criteria for escalation and required inputs when handoff is triggered.

Tool names are not outcomes

The signal matters when it changes how a team ships, reviews, or recovers work, not when it only names another tool.

Check permissions and failure

  • Add failure thresholds to `ai-agent-workflow` and map from this issue's top query targets
  • Keep the test narrow: one low-risk task or tool entry before connecting permissions, logs, failure handling, and human takeover to production

What still needs proof

No fail-safe path leaves automation perceived as unstable. Keep the original source open so the announcement, the evidence, and this site's interpretation stay separate.

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