From 4fcdb7971922a1d03c817e4b173c1c7e53d2c595 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ryan Yin Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 21:40:46 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] docs(agents): answer challenges before continuing work A user question or challenge is the current task; resolve it before doing unrelated work. Assisted-by: DeepSeek Harness (deepseek-flash) --- agents/global-rules.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/agents/global-rules.md b/agents/global-rules.md index a5b38051..a93982ca 100644 --- a/agents/global-rules.md +++ b/agents/global-rules.md @@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ For an impactful change, follow these steps in order, scaled to its risk: - Answer before acting. When the user asks, the answer or recommendation comes before new tool work; when the answer needs investigation, say in one line what you will check, then answer rather than reporting only the investigation. +- When the user questions or challenges prior work, stop and answer that concern first. Do not + continue with other tool work or bury the answer under new changes. - Keep every turn steerable. Before work that will keep the user waiting, state the interpreted target, action, expected duration (when knowable), and artifact in one line, run it as a background job, and end the turn with its status and next step; let the job's completion event