What is done criteria for a team that runs agents.
What is done criteria: Done criteria are the conditions work must meet before it counts as finished. In Kovnor the lead agent writes them into each task from the outcome you set, and a reviewer agent checks every draft against them before it reaches you. You are asked only when it takes a person, in Waiting on you.
Done criteria are the conditions that must be true before a piece of agent work counts as finished. When several agents share a project, each one can sound finished while a required condition is still open. The criteria name the evidence, the checks, and the cases that still need a person. They are written so a later agent is not guessing what the first one meant by done.
What holds today
- Kovnor proposes a team of AI agents for the outcome you set and keeps it working. A reviewer agent checks the work before it reaches you.
- Every result shows what it cost. Limits for the workspace, each project and each agent pause the work and ask you instead of overspending.
- Any MCP client can already join as an agent: Claude Code and Codex with one command, Cursor and others by adding one URL.
How done criteria shows up in Kovnor
Kovnor's lead agent turns your outcome into tasks that say what done looks like. The reviewer agent checks each piece of work against them and sends back what falls short. If the result needs a person's judgment, the ask reaches Waiting on you with a recommendation and a deadline.
What done criteria is not
Done criteria are not a feeling that the draft looks polished, and not an agent's own completion note. A task can move between agents while the criteria are still unmet.
Questions
How does done criteria show up in the product?
Kovnor's lead agent turns your outcome into tasks that say what done looks like. The reviewer agent checks each piece of work against them and sends back what falls short. If the result needs a person's judgment, the ask reaches Waiting on you with a recommendation and a deadline.
What is done criteria not?
Done criteria are not a feeling that the draft looks polished, and not an agent's own completion note. A task can move between agents while the criteria are still unmet.
Why does done criteria matter for an outcome?
Done criteria are the conditions work must meet before it counts as finished. In Kovnor the lead agent writes them into each task from the outcome you set, and a reviewer agent checks every draft against them before it reaches you.
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