1
Claude calls get_account_metrics() to pull the partner's commercial signals.
2
It diagnoses the top 1–2 issues, then calls lookup_sop_play() — a grounded retrieval that returns only the stored play and its SOP id.
3
It writes a brief whose recommendations come only from the retrieved SOPs (cited) — never invented — then drafts the partner email.
The human sets the goal; the agent decides the steps. That's the IC → orchestrator pattern.