Need Minimum Agent Operational Documentation
Repositories can look documented but still fail basic agent tasks because the docs were written for humans, not for agent execution.
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Persona Story:
Nina, the context engineer, finds that repositories can look “documented” but still fail basic agent tasks because the docs were written for humans, not for agent execution.
Problem Context
- Many repos have README/CONTRIBUTING/AGENTS present, but content is incomplete for execution
- Documentation is often descriptive, not procedural
- Agents need explicit operational constraints and step order
Problem Impact
- Agents fail simple workflows (build/test/run/contribute), wasting developer time
- Teams revert to Slack/tribal knowledge
- Higher support burden for platform and senior engineers
Naftiko Today
- Executable YAML capability specs are inherently agent-readable – they define inputs, outputs, steps, and constraints in a structured, procedural format
- MCP exposure turns capability specs into tools that agents can discover and invoke without needing to parse human-written documentation
- Agent Skills exposure provides business-level skill groupings with auto-generated HTTP APIs for skill discovery and download
- OutputParameters with explicit JSONPath mappings, field renaming, and type handling give agents precise operational contracts rather than ambiguous descriptions
Naftiko Tomorrow
- Tool annotations for readOnly/destructive/idempotent (Second Alpha) would give agents the operational safety metadata they need to execute confidently
- Mock mode (Second Alpha) would let agents validate their understanding of a capability before executing against production
- Starter templates (Second Alpha) would establish minimum documentation patterns that are agent-execution-ready from the start
- HTML/Markdown format support (Second Alpha) would enable capabilities to return structured operational context alongside data responses