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What is agentic process specification?
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Agentic process specification is a way of defining AI processes so that our platform's agents produce the first version of the specification from expert input, and the client's people review, approve and complete it. The result is a machine-readable, technology-independent specification that acts as an owner's representative in an AI programme: it states what gets built, under what conditions it is accepted and how the implementation is verified. The owner's-representative role has moved into the platform and the agents, which do the specification work faster and more repeatably than human effort alone.
Why AI programmes need an independent specification
Between an AI buyer and a vendor there is deep information asymmetry: the buyer cannot judge whether the proposed solution is correctly sized, correctly priced or even necessary. A vendor selling implementation has an incentive to grow the implementation. An independent specification dissolves the setup: when the specification exists before the offers, offers can be compared, scope can be controlled and the outcome can be verified against something.
How agents and people share the work
Three stages. Elicitation: in workshops and interviews, expert knowledge is gathered and agents identify process steps, decision points and approval gates. Specification: agents write the first version of a machine-readable specification that includes human approval points, risk classifications and an audit trail. Validation: the client's experts review, approve and complete the specification, which can then be compared against implementation and used in procurement.
What the client owns
The specifications, process descriptions, work instructions and governance documents are the client's property. This is the core of the model: the knowledge and the specification do not remain inside a vendor's systems; they travel with the client from vendor to vendor and make building an in-house team possible.
What we do not do
We do not implement or operate runtimes, and we do not sell licences to implementation platforms. This is a boundary, not a gap: independence is possible only if the verifier has no implementation of its own to defend. If you only need an implementer for a finished specification, we would rather help you find one than do the work ourselves.
Frequently asked questions
Q:How does this differ from ordinary AI consulting?
Ordinary consulting usually sells implementation or the work leading to it. Agentic process specification is not implementation, so specification and verification are done for the client's benefit, not as a sales funnel.
Q:Do we need this if we already have a good IT partner?
Even a good implementer benefits from a clear order. Independent specification gives your partner an unambiguous job and gives you a way to verify the result.
Q:Does the model suit small projects?
For specifying a single workflow, yes. If the need is one light automation for a few users, an off-the-shelf product may be cheaper, and we will say so directly.
Q:Where does the idea come from?
From the owner's representative in construction. That role safeguards the client's interest on a building project, and the same need exists in AI programmes. In agentic process specification, the safeguard is built into the platform and the specifications it produces.
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