How can feedback be passed between AI design and engineering agents?

How can feedback be passed between AI design and engineering agents?

Feedback between AI design and engineering agents should be treated as an explicit handoff. Each message needs enough context for the receiving agent to understand the problem without reconstructing an entire conversation.

Use a shared specification

Identify the feature, approved design version, implementation version, and relevant requirement. Keep field names, user roles, and interaction states consistent across the design and engineering documents.

For task management, both agents should agree on supported statuses, whether assignment is optional, and which users can edit. If the design shows a priority field that the data model does not support, record that mismatch as a decision to resolve.

Express feedback as an actionable issue

Describe the observed state, expected result, and constraint. An engineer might report: “The mobile task form needs space for inline date errors; the current layout hides the save action when an error appears.” The design agent can respond with an adjusted layout and interaction guidance.

In the other direction, a design agent might identify unclear completion feedback and specify the intended pending, success, and failure states. Avoid forwarding vague comments such as “make it cleaner” without explaining the affected journey.

Close the handoff with a recorded outcome

A responsible developer decides whether feedback changes scope, resolves conflicting suggestions, and updates the authoritative references. The receiving agent should acknowledge the agreed change through an implementation or revised specification.

After implementation, verify the exact scenario that prompted the feedback. Share the result and any remaining limitations. This creates a useful cycle of observation, decision, correction, and verification, while preventing agents from repeatedly reopening the same question or implementing different interpretations of the feature.