Designing agentic development workflows: what a workflow is, and what it is made of

Designing agentic development workflows addresses the lack of standardized working methods when teams use AI coding tools. Without defined workflows, engineers apply inconsistent processes for planning, coding, and testing. The goal is to move these phases from individual intuition into structured systems. This involves implementing specific machinery and doctrine to ensure correctness over agreeability. Key components include the orchestrator, skill, agent definition, channel adapter, deterministic primitive, and the run directory to maintain operational order.