Select and claim the next high-value work item from current product and repository state. Use when the user wants the agent to choose from an existing backlog. Do not use to finish an already accepted objective.
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name: select-next-work
description: "Select and claim the next high-value work item from current product and repository state. Use when the user wants the agent to choose from an existing backlog. Do not use to finish an already accepted objective."
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# Select Next Work
Do not invent a second graph, coverage table, or coordination ledger. Claim through the team's existing tracker when claim authority exists. Highest theatre is not highest value. Prefer the item that unblocks the current destination with the least new surface.
Use `bound-request-scope` when the request is still mixed. Use `drive-to-delivery` once one objective is accepted.
