When and how to hand off from light to heavy agents or to other roles.

Escalation Playbook

Escalation = when a light agent hands off to a heavy agent, or to another role.

Triggers

• QA fail twice
• Long-context overflow
• GPU need
• Budget exceeded
• Risk too high

flowchart LR
    L[Light Agent] -- QA Fail --> H[Heavy Agent]
    L -- Budget Exceeded --> H
    L -- Escalate Policy --> R[Router]
    H --> P[Proctor QA]