# Fallback Ladder

## Workflow
- Name:
- Primary path:

## Ladder
1. Primary route
   - When to use:
   - What success looks like:
2. Retrieve or clarify route
   - Trigger:
   - Exit rule:
3. Downgrade route
   - When to use:
   - What is sacrificed:
4. Abstain route
   - Trigger:
   - User-facing message:
5. Human escalation route
   - Trigger:
   - Owner:

## Guardrails
- What should never bypass this ladder?
- What counts as a hard stop?
