Violetta ai task skill

VIOLETTA — AI-native task standard

Mnemonic: every task must be verifiable, integrated, observable, living, executable, transferable, trainable, and aware — V I O L E T T A.

Methodology: Medium (EN) · vc.ru (RU)

Where this skill shines

Anywhere tasks go beyond simple CRUD:

• Admin panels / back-office — permissions, entities, bulk operations, audit → Observable, Verifiable
• Business processes & approvals — multi-step chains, escalations, context shifts → Living, Transferable
• B2B portals & client dashboards — integrations, SLA, contract context → Integrated, Aware
• Internal systems (CRM, billing, support, data pipelines) — handoffs between people and agents, incident learning → Transferable, Trainable, Executable

A task for an agent is a living, autonomous unit of work, not a static ticket. Without the properties below it is closer to a note than an AI-native task.

Eight properties

Letter	Property	Meaning
V	Verifiable	Measurable success criterion; can be checked programmatically or via checklist
I	Integrated	Connected to the ecosystem. Straight-through processing (STP): the task runs end-to-end without manual steps. Data sources, APIs, tools, result format, and downstream actions are stated explicitly — the agent does not search for information, the task brings it
O	Observable	Real-time status + full decision history (audit trail)
L	Living	Updates when context changes, or the context is explicitly marked as stable
E	Executable	Agent can execute without clarifications; HITL only at declared points
T	Transferable	Handoff to another agent/person without losing history or artifacts
T	Trainable	After failure the cause and lesson are recorded; next run is smarter
A	Aware	The "why", constraints, prior attempts, and decisions live inside the task

Living and Trainable fundamentally rely on AI capabilities by design.

Checklist (V-I-O-L-E-T-T-A)

• V — Is it clear when to stop and what counts as success?
• I — Are systems, data, tools, and result format specified?
• O — Is progress visible, with a trail of actions and decisions?
• L — How does the task update when context changes (or is context explicitly stable)?
• E — Can it execute right now automatically (with declared HITL points)?
• T Transferable — Can another executor pick it up without a briefing?
• T Trainable — Is there something to record after failure?
• A — Will the agent understand without a series of clarifying questions?

All 8 out of 8 must be checked. Any unchecked item → the task is not ready; refine the formulation or label it as a spike/note, not a production task for an agent.

How the agent should respond (required structure)

1. Formulation / review — table or list: one line per VIOLETTA letter — "covered / gap".
2. Reviewing someone else's task — list gaps by property + suggest concrete fixes (criteria, links, artifacts).
3. Decomposition — each sub-task must be at least E + V; keep shared context in the parent's A.

Task template (copy-paste)

## Task (VIOLETTA)
**Aware — why / context:**
**Verifiable — definition of done:**
**Integrated — data, systems, format:**
**Observable — how progress and history are tracked:**
**Executable — trigger; HITL only if:**
**Living — what to do when priorities/data change:**
**Transferable — what to hand off to the next executor:**
**Trainable — what to record after failure:**

Trigger phrases

• "Check this task against VIOLETTA"
• "Formulate a VIOLETTA-compliant ticket"
• "Review this ticket for agent readiness"
• "Is this task AI-native?"
• "Break down this goal using VIOLETTA"

Examples: weak vs strong

• Weak: "Improve onboarding."

• Stronger: "Raise registration → first-action conversion from 23% to 35% in 30 days; funnel in analytics X; do not touch the payment flow."

• Weak: "Prepare the quarterly report."

• Stronger: "Pull metrics from [BI/table], use template Y, send to Z by [date]; if access is missing → record in task and stop (HITL)."

More examples (admin panels, B2B, pipelines): examples.md.

Anti-patterns

• A single abstract verb with no criterion ("improve", "optimize", "fix").
• A link to "the docs" without path, version, or section.
• "Do it like the competitor" without an artifact or comparison metric.
• No scope boundary (what is not part of the task).

Limitations

• VIOLETTA is about task formulation quality; it does not replace security reviews, access controls, or risk approvals.
• Destructive or bulk changes to production require explicit permission and scoped boundaries per repository policies.