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User Guide - Prevent Agents from Slacking Off (Patrol / Agent Nudge)

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A Mobius background job patrols every 60 seconds: if it finds a session whose agent has stopped working but whose running.flag is still present (the classic sign of a stuck / idling / unfinished agent), it automatically posts a message into that session to nudge it back to work. Each project can customise the nudge message and the cadence under "Patrol Settings - Agent Nudge".

1. Find the setting

Open a project. In the Project Settings panel on the right, locate the "Patrol Settings - Agent Nudge" card.

2. Configure the message and cadence

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  • ① Nudge message: the text auto-sent to an idling session. Something like "Please continue the task and remove the running.flag" works well.
  • ② Issue session strategy: three knobs for normal task sessions — Init (minutes before the first nudge), Backoff (multiplier), Patience (max nudges).
  • ③ Research session strategy: the same three knobs for research sessions; defaults are looser (research takes longer).
  • ④ Formula: after the Nth nudge, the next wait = Init × Backoff^N; once Patience is reached it only logs and stops nudging.

Defaults: Issue 10 / 2 / 3 (first nudge after 10 min, then 20, 40, … up to 3 times); Research 30 / 5 / 5. Changes auto-save to the current project.

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