# Productivity Protocols

> Open, tested workflows for getting useful work done with AI agents.

An open, evaluated library of downloadable workflows for using AI agents to complete useful work. Each protocol states what it does, what it may access, where a person must approve, how it was tested, and honestly whether it improved the work. Methods, not papers — published with the evidence attached.

## Protocols

- [adversarial-output-review 0.1.0](https://evidencepress.org/protocols/p/adversarial-output-review/) — Challenge a supplied draft or analysis rather than confirm it. Produce findings ranked by severity, each tied to a specific claim in the draft, each framed to refute — stating why the claim may be wrong and what would verify or falsify it — plus a limitations note and a compact receipt. It transfers the Evidence Press discipline of adversarial, refute-framed review into everyday work. (assurance: EXAMPLE_CONFORMANCE_VALIDATED; evidence: NO_IMPACT_EVIDENCE)
- [decision-memo-under-uncertainty 0.1.0](https://evidencepress.org/protocols/p/decision-memo-under-uncertainty/) — Turn a decision question into a memo that separates what the supplied materials establish from what the reasoning assumes. It sets out the sourced facts, the labelled assumptions, the options, the facts and assumptions each option is most sensitive to, and which actions are reversible — so a decision-maker sees what is known versus assumed before choosing. (assurance: EXAMPLE_CONFORMANCE_VALIDATED; evidence: NO_IMPACT_EVIDENCE)
- [document-to-action-plan 0.1.0](https://evidencepress.org/protocols/p/document-to-action-plan/) — Read supplied documents and extract the decisions already made, the obligations and commitments, the deadlines, the open uncertainties, and the concrete next actions — each item traceable to a location in the source. The protocol is read-only; it produces a structured action plan, open questions, limitations, and a receipt. It invents nothing the documents do not contain. (assurance: TASKSET_PASSED; evidence: NO_CLEAR_GAIN)
- [evidence-backed-brief 0.1.0](https://evidencepress.org/protocols/p/evidence-backed-brief/) — Produce a concise briefing on a question from supplied sources, in which every claim is labelled by type (fact, estimate, opinion, assumption), carries its source, states its uncertainty, and where relevant surfaces contrary evidence. It transfers the Evidence Press discipline — claims with the evidence attached — into everyday work. (assurance: TASKSET_PASSED; evidence: NO_CLEAR_GAIN)
- [goal-to-verified-deliverable 0.1.0](https://evidencepress.org/protocols/p/goal-to-verified-deliverable/) — Turn an unclear task into an explicit deliverable, an input and permission boundary, a checkpointed plan, and acceptance tests — then execute and hand back the deliverable with its limitations and a compact receipt. This is the foundational protocol nearly every other agent task can be run through. (assurance: CROSS_MODEL_REPRODUCED; evidence: NO_CLEAR_GAIN)
- [project-handoff 0.1.0](https://evidencepress.org/protocols/p/project-handoff/) — Turn a half-finished project into durable state another person or agent can pick up: the decisions already made and why, the questions still open, the current state of the work, and the exact next steps needed to resume. The protocol is read-only; it produces a handoff document, a limitations statement, and a receipt. It invents no decision or fact the supplied materials do not contain. (assurance: EXAMPLE_CONFORMANCE_VALIDATED; evidence: NO_IMPACT_EVIDENCE)
- [repetitive-workflow-capture 0.1.0](https://evidencepress.org/protocols/p/repetitive-workflow-capture/) — Read a description of a repeated manual process and turn it into a CANDIDATE protocol: a draft contract (deliverable, inputs, permissions, prohibited actions, steps, acceptance tests), a ten-question README skeleton, and a list of what to test. The output is a starting point for the foundry, not a finished or validated protocol. The protocol is read-only over the description; it invents no step the description does not contain and claims no maturity the candidate has not earned. (assurance: EXAMPLE_CONFORMANCE_VALIDATED; evidence: NO_IMPACT_EVIDENCE)
- [spreadsheet-quality-audit 0.1.0](https://evidencepress.org/protocols/p/spreadsheet-quality-audit/) — Audit a supplied spreadsheet or table for formula errors, unit mismatches, missing data, internal inconsistencies, and suspicious values. Each finding is located to a cell or row and rated by severity. The protocol is read-only; it produces an audit table, a limitations statement, and a receipt. It does not modify the supplied spreadsheet, and it invents no finding the data does not support. (assurance: EXAMPLE_CONFORMANCE_VALIDATED; evidence: NO_IMPACT_EVIDENCE)

## Machine-readable

- Registry: https://evidencepress.org/protocols/api/protocols.json
- Schemas: https://evidencepress.org/protocols/api/
- Kernel: https://evidencepress.org/protocols/kernel/
- Status ladders: https://evidencepress.org/protocols/status/