Anthropic CCA-F Questions & Answers

The agent lacks delegated authority for the action. Cancellation could affect regulated rights and account status beyond the assistant's delegated permissions. A support agent lacks the authority to cancel a regulated account yet can explain the process. Instead, provide accurate general steps and route the action to an authorized channel. A support assistant may explain regulated account cancellation requirements without possessing permission to execute cancellation.

Useful nonactionable information remains available. A helpful explanation of the official procedure is possible without executing the restricted action. A support assistant may explain regulated account cancellation requirements without possessing permission to execute cancellation. Instead, provide accurate general steps and route the action to an authorized channel.

A false confirmation creates legal and service risk. A false cancellation receipt may cause missed obligations or financial consequences. A support assistant may explain regulated account cancellation requirements without possessing permission to execute cancellation. A support agent lacks the authority to cancel a regulated account yet can explain the process.

Unavailable evidence must not be fabricated. Remembered topic knowledge cannot substitute for an actual search result and its provenance. Reporting no results would turn an unavailable search into false negative evidence; propagate typed timeout status instead. A research subagent reports no results but the search API actually timed out.

Without typed failure status the coordinator cannot choose recovery. Without explicit failure type the coordinator cannot schedule a bounded retry or alternate source. A research subagent reports no results but the search API actually timed out. Instead, propagate timeout status rather than representing no evidence as a negative finding.

No response is not a negative search result. A timed-out API did not return an empty result set, so absence is unproven. A research subagent reports no results but the search API actually timed out. Instead, propagate timeout status rather than representing no evidence as a negative finding.

The coordinator cannot distinguish failure modes or attempts. An error without the query and status code cannot distinguish access denial from transient outage. A web retriever returns only 'unavailable' after three modified attempts. Instead, include attempted query, error class, and retry record.

Recovery and traceability require the failed parameters. Discarded diagnostics prevent the coordinator from reproducing or escalating the failure. A generic unavailable message loses the diagnostics needed to decide whether a fresh query, new source or escalation is appropriate. Instead, include attempted query, error class, and retry record.

An attempt is not a completed retrieval. Attempting a retry does not mean the missing source was eventually retrieved. A generic unavailable message loses the diagnostics needed to decide whether a fresh query, new source or escalation is appropriate. A web retriever returns only 'unavailable' after three modified attempts. Instead, include attempted query, error class, and retry record.

Valid evidence need not be discarded. Three validated records remain useful evidence even when an independent fourth document is missing. Partial research can preserve checked facts while explicitly identifying which document remains inaccessible. Three source checks succeed but a fourth document cannot be opened. Instead, return verified partial findings and label the missing-source coverage gap.

Readers would not know which source was absent. A report that claims complete coverage would conceal the known missing document from readers. Three source checks succeed but a fourth document cannot be opened. Instead, return verified partial findings and label the missing-source coverage gap. Partial research can preserve checked facts while explicitly identifying which document remains inaccessible.

Independent missing coverage remains unresolved. Corroboration from other documents cannot stand in for inspecting the unavailable fourth source. A single failed read should not erase three verified sources or falsely imply complete coverage of the requested evidence. Three source checks succeed but a fourth document cannot be opened. Instead, return verified partial findings and label the missing-source coverage gap.

One recoverable transient error fits the local retry budget. A transient service status can often be retried locally within the tool budget. A report searcher receives one temporary 503 but can retry within its bounded budget. Instead, retry locally and escalate only if recovery fails.

Service failure cannot establish absence of evidence. An HTTP 503 shows service unavailability rather than proof the requested records do not exist. An immediate escalation may be needless, but endless retries waste time and hide persistent service failure. A report searcher receives one temporary 503 but can retry within its bounded budget.

Unbounded loops waste resources and hide persistent outage. Unbounded retries can monopolize the job and still never resolve a persistent outage. A report searcher receives one temporary 503 but can retry within its bounded budget. Instead, retry locally and escalate only if recovery fails.

Omitted uncertainty overstates completeness. The missing website creates a specific provenance gap that should remain visible. A temporary external outage need not invalidate the whole synthesis if the remaining coverage requirements are honestly stated. A report has five sections and one optional supplier site is down.

An inaccessible source supplies no verifiable evidence. Invented supplier values are unsupported and could distort the report's conclusions. A report has five sections and one optional supplier site is down. Instead, continue verified sections and mark missing coverage. A temporary external outage need not invalidate the whole synthesis if the remaining coverage requirements are honestly stated.

Four independent sections can still be supported. Other report sections may have complete evidence even when one optional supplier page fails. A report has five sections and one optional supplier site is down. Instead, continue verified sections and mark missing coverage.

Permission errors need authorization rather than transient retry. A 403-style denial is not fixed by waiting and repeating a timeout retry. An analyst cannot access a private board report with a valid token. Instead, propagate permission-required status instead of repeated timeout retries.

Inaccessibility is not evidence of absence. An inaccessible private report may exist even though this analyst cannot open it. Repeating the same denied call cannot grant access and may create noisy audit records without improving the analyst's evidence. An analyst cannot access a private board report with a valid token.

Private source permissions must be respected. Using another person's credentials would bypass the source's authorization controls. An analyst cannot access a private board report with a valid token. Instead, propagate permission-required status instead of repeated timeout retries. Repeating the same denied call cannot grant access and may create noisy audit records without improving the analyst's evidence.

The original retrieval did not succeed. A remembered statistic lacks a receipt showing it came from the failed official endpoint. The primary government data endpoint is unavailable but an official archive may exist. Instead, report the failed endpoint and a valid backup source option.

Source quality and provenance still matter. An unrelated blog cannot automatically replace a primary government source for official figures. The primary government data endpoint is unavailable but an official archive may exist. Instead, report the failed endpoint and a valid backup source option.

Recovery should consider a legitimate official archive. An authorized archive may recover the same series without endless primary-endpoint calls. The primary government data endpoint is unavailable but an official archive may exist. Instead, report the failed endpoint and a valid backup source option.

Useful partial evidence should remain labeled and recoverable. Discarding prior valid fields wastes evidence that can support bounded recovery. Returning an empty successful result would falsely state that the document contains no relevant information. Instead, return explicit typed failure status and retain the last validated partial result.

A success-shaped response masks the processing failure. A caught exception does not prove the document contained no extractable records. Returning an empty successful result would falsely state that the document contains no relevant information. A document parser throws an exception and the agent returns a clean empty analysis. Instead, return explicit typed failure status and retain the last validated partial result.

Missing values could trigger wrong decisions. Downstream consumers may mistake unparsed sections for genuinely empty values. Parser exceptions must propagate a typed error alongside the last successfully validated partial extraction. A document parser throws an exception and the agent returns a clean empty analysis.

The coordinator can make a more targeted recovery choice. A full rerun may waste successful work when only one specialist needs retry. A synthesis step receives partial sources from a failed analyst. Instead, allow coordinator to retry, annotate gaps, or stop based on completeness threshold.

The report must expose the coverage gap and completeness decision. Silence about missing source coverage hides how much of the requested synthesis is supported. A synthesis step receives partial sources from a failed analyst. Instead, allow coordinator to retry, annotate gaps, or stop based on completeness threshold.

The requirement may demand a failed analyst's evidence. Some reports require complete source coverage and cannot accept a failed mandatory analyst step. A synthesis step receives partial sources from a failed analyst. Instead, allow coordinator to retry, annotate gaps, or stop based on completeness threshold.

Duplicate state changes can result from unknown partial completion. A second mutation can duplicate a payment or entitlement if the earlier write actually committed. A crash after a committed account mutation creates an uncertain continuation state rather than a clean rollback. A subagent crashes after committing one account change but before returning its completion receipt. Instead, report the confirmed committed step and unknown continuation state so the coordinator can reconcile.

Continuation state remains uncertain and needs reconciliation. One receipt proves a completed substep, not the status of later unacknowledged operations. A crash after a committed account mutation creates an uncertain continuation state rather than a clean rollback. Instead, report the confirmed committed step and unknown continuation state so the coordinator can reconcile.

A committed step may already have taken effect. A crash after commit cannot be interpreted as evidence of a clean rollback. A crash after a committed account mutation creates an uncertain continuation state rather than a clean rollback. Instead, report the confirmed committed step and unknown continuation state so the coordinator can reconcile.