Hi Mauricio in response to: http://drools.46999.n3.nabble.com/rules-users-Declarative-agenda-final-AP... here is an example with declarative agenda and ruleflow, the knowledgebase consists of the following rule file plus bpmn ruleflow file that has only two ruleflow groups "setup" and then "validation". if I turn on the knowledgeBaseConfiguration.setOption(DeclarativeAgendaOption.ENABLED); no rule is fired tried with <drools.ver>5.3.0.Final</drools.ver> <jbpm.version>5.1.2.Final</jbpm.version> ---------------- package droolsbestpractices; import org.drools.runtime.rule.Activation; dialect "mvel" declare Customer name : String @key level : Integer @key end //user can decide to bypass ... rule initialize ruleflow-group "setUp" when then System.out.println(kcontext.rule.name); Customer customer1 = new Customer("John", 1); insert(customer1); end rule customerLevelLow @bypass('customerValidation') ruleflow-group "validate" when Customer( level < 3 ) then System.out.println(kcontext.rule.name); end rule customerLevelBypass @activationListener('direct') when $a : Activation( bypass == 'customerValidation' ) then System.out.println(kcontext.rule.name); kcontext.blockActivation( $a ); end -------------------------- Best regards, Michal