# Resolve a workspace member before proposing ownership

Illustrative planning brief; no automatic product import.

Illustrative case: two teammates share a first name, and an agent suggests assigning a task from a chat message.

## Decision

Resolve the intended member and confirm responsibility before any write call.

## Owned work

- Discover candidates
  - Owner role: Agent
  - Acceptance evidence: tb_search_people returns candidates in the authenticated workspace.
- Clarify the intended person
  - Owner role: Requester
  - Acceptance evidence: The correct member is identified without guessing from name similarity.
- Confirm responsibility
  - Owner role: Task lead
  - Acceptance evidence: The actual teammate agrees to the bounded work and timing.

## Workflow

1. Read member candidates in the authenticated workspace without selecting by list position.
2. Use relevant role or project context to ask which candidate the requester means.
3. Confirm the bounded work with the actual teammate and review the exact ownership proposal before any separately authorized write.

## Judgment

A resolved member ID does not establish availability or consent to own the task.


## Filled illustrative planning example

Synthetic candidates: Alex in release operations and Alex in interface design. Request: review the release recovery evidence. Context identifies the operations colleague; that colleague must still confirm responsibility and timing. Discovery performs no assignment.


## Before / after

Before: Assign work to the first teammate matching a short name.

After: Resolve the intended member, confirm responsibility and review the task proposal before a write.


## Workflow questions

### Does people search assign a task?

No. It is discovery; task writes have a separate purpose and authorization.

### What if the name is ambiguous?

Ask with the returned candidates rather than choosing the first match.

## Product connection

Use this manual outline alongside scoped TeamBoost task or people discovery. Confirm the authenticated workspace and requested action; discovery does not authorize a product write.

Confirm account availability before adopting this manual outline.