Problem
In authoring-plan.md, the newly added agentic-search Fallback conflicts with the Case 3 instruction, which can dead-end the workflow when external URLs are unreachable.
- The Fallback says:
Fallback: If agentic search fails (all URLs unreachable or timeout exceeded), proceed with the MCP tool result alone. Do not block the workflow on unreachable external documentation.
- But Case 3 — API Version Evolution says:
Must use Agentic Search (option 2 above) to build the plan — do not call the MCP tool.
For Case 3, when all URLs are unreachable, the Fallback tells the agent to proceed with the MCP tool result, while Case 3 forbids calling the MCP tool — leaving no valid path forward.
Expected
Resolve the contradiction so Case 3 has a well-defined behavior when agentic search fails. For example, explicitly allow the Case 3 flow to fall back to the MCP tool result (or another defined degraded path) instead of dead-ending.
Reference
Copilot review comment: #15840 (comment)
Problem
In
authoring-plan.md, the newly added agentic-search Fallback conflicts with the Case 3 instruction, which can dead-end the workflow when external URLs are unreachable.For Case 3, when all URLs are unreachable, the Fallback tells the agent to proceed with the MCP tool result, while Case 3 forbids calling the MCP tool — leaving no valid path forward.
Expected
Resolve the contradiction so Case 3 has a well-defined behavior when agentic search fails. For example, explicitly allow the Case 3 flow to fall back to the MCP tool result (or another defined degraded path) instead of dead-ending.
Reference
Copilot review comment: #15840 (comment)