Decision tracking
for agents.
Docket tracks what an agent has settled, ruled out, and left open, so the next step can build on the reasoning already done.
Follow the ideaOne problem. Several possible directions.
Plan a team trip
Refundable only. Dates may change.
Illustrative agent task. Step through an example of exploration, commitment, and continuation.
The decisions so far
Decided or still open?
An agent working through a hard problem tries ideas, discovers constraints, rules things out, and changes its mind. Some questions get answers. Others need to stay open while the work moves elsewhere.
Those distinctions matter to the next step. Reopening a rejected path can undo useful work. Treating an open question as settled can build the rest of the task on a guess.
Docket gives the agent a place to record that structure as it reasons.
Settled
A commitment the next step can use.
“Refundable bookings only. The dates might change.”
Ruled out
A path the agent has already examined.
“The cheaper fixed bookings would lock us into a date.”
Open
A question that still needs an answer.
“Which dates work for everyone?”
Where plans go wrong
You ask an AI assistant to plan a trip for six people: €3,000 total, everyone there for dinner, and refundable bookings because the dates may change. It splits the search between travel, hotel, and venue agents. Do those decisions reach all three?
Refundable only
Dates may change
€3,000 total
Whole-trip budget
Six travelers
Include everyone
Arrive by 18:00
Dinner together
Find a good deal
Four tickets
Arrives too lateThe travel agent picks a deal with only four available seats and an arrival after dinner.
Prepaid rooms
Dates locked inThe hotel agent recommends a cheaper, non-refundable room rate.
Venue deposit
Trip over budgetThe venue agent selects an option whose deposit pushes the combined trip cost over the total budget.
The agents find options. The options no longer fit the plan.
Fixing the fallout
If someone catches the mistake before booking, the agents have to redo their searches. If the bookings have already been made, changing the dates can mean losing money. One forgotten choice now affects the whole trip.
The same pattern appears in larger projects. One agent makes a decision, another continues without the reason, and later tasks build on a different assumption. A long conversation may contain the answer somewhere. That does not mean the next agent will find it or recognise that it still applies.
Docket gives the agent a specific decision to carry forward: “Refundable bookings only, because the dates are provisional.” It also keeps the rejected fixed-price options and the unanswered date question visible.
Why it was decided
When things change
“Refundable only” is a choice. “Refundable only because the dates might change” tells the next agent when that choice needs another look.
A decision can link to the decisions that support it. When something changes, the agent can follow those links, check what still applies, and record a new choice without erasing the old reasoning.
The trip dates are not confirmed.
Refundable bookings only.
The team needs to be able to change the trip without losing its booking costs.
Docket keeps the reasons and earlier choices. The agent checks what needs another look; Docket does not automatically cancel related decisions.
What to record
A useful record carries the question, the current answer, and the reason. It also leaves room for the part nobody has solved yet.
- Question
- Which bookings should the agents consider?
- Settled
- Refundable options only.
- Because
- The team has not confirmed the dates.
- Ruled out
- Cheaper options that cannot be refunded.
- Still open
- Which dates work for everyone?
Picking up the work
The hotel agent can find refundable rooms without pretending the dates are final. The coordinating agent can check all three proposals against the same rule. A later agent can revisit that rule once everybody confirms their availability.
Different tasks, one recorded decision. Each agent can work on its own part while keeping track of what is settled, what was rejected, and what still needs an answer.
Illustrative record. The entries must be written and maintained by the agent; Docket does not infer the right decisions from the conversation.
Across the life of an agent task
Across sessions
A conversation can be compacted or a session can end. The recorded decisions remain available. When the agent starts or resumes, Docket loads the current choices so reasoning can continue with those commitments in view.
A ledger preserves what the agent recorded. The agent still has to make a good decision, record it honestly, and reconsider it when the evidence changes.