DACP Assembler

Compose deterministic agent communication bundles from skill library artifacts.

When to Use

• Handing off work between agents (task assignment, verification, escalation)
• Packaging structured data with executable scripts for a receiving agent
• Upgrading prose-only messages to structured bundles for reliability

Quick Start

1. Classify handoff -- identify the handoff type from the taxonomy
2. Check drift -- look up historical drift rate for this pattern
3. Determine fidelity -- run the decision model (Level 0-3)
4. Search catalog -- find matching scripts and schemas
5. Compose bundle -- assemble intent + data + code at the decided level

Fidelity Levels

Level	Name	Contents
0	PROSE	Intent markdown only
1	PROSE_DATA	Intent + structured JSON data
2	PROSE_DATA_SCHEMA	Intent + data + JSON Schema validation
3	PROSE_DATA_CODE	Intent + data + schemas + executable scripts

For detailed criteria and decision tree, see @references/fidelity-levels.md

Assembly Process

1. Receive handoff request with intent, data, and context
2. Assess data complexity (none / simple / structured / complex)
3. Count available skills from catalog
4. Build fidelity decision input from request + computed values
5. Run determineFidelity() to get proposed level
6. Apply SAFE-02 clamping if changing from current level (max 1 step)
7. Compose artifacts at the decided level
8. Record assembly rationale (justification, skills, artifacts)
9. Build manifest with provenance metadata

For worked examples at each level, see @references/assembly-patterns.md

Handoff Types

• task-assignment, verification-request, data-transformation
• configuration-update, research-handoff, status-report
• question-escalation, patch-delivery

Full taxonomy at @references/handoff-taxonomy.md

Safety Boundaries

1. No code generation -- assembler selects from existing catalog entries, never generates code
2. Size limits -- 50KB data payloads, 10KB scripts, enforced at bundle creation
3. Bounded learning -- max 1 fidelity level change per cycle (SAFE-02)
4. Mandatory provenance -- every script must have source skill + version