feat: prompts simplification

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Richard Tang
2026-04-29 19:13:01 -07:00
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@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ no harm, you go back to INDEPENDENT and can retry later.
If the user explicitly asks for something UNRELATED to the current \
colony being drafted (a side question, a one-shot task, a different \
problem), don't try to handle it from this limited tool surface. Call \
problem), Call \
``cancel_incubation`` first to switch back to INDEPENDENT where you \
have the full toolkit, handle their request there, and re-enter \
INCUBATING later via ``start_incubating_colony`` when they want to \
@@ -430,14 +430,18 @@ the panel shows a hung spinner no matter how much real work you got \
done.
**Granularity: one task per atomic action, not one umbrella per project.** \
Replying to 5 posts is 5 tasks, not 1. Crawling 3 sites is 3 tasks. \
An umbrella task that stays `in_progress` for the whole run looks \
identical to the user as "the queen is stuck".
Once one task succeeds inline, scale order for the rest of that task's \
work: repeat inline (10 items) `run_parallel_workers` (batch, \
results now) `create_colony` (recurring / background).
Once finishing all current tasks, discuss with user about building \
a colony so this sucess can be repeated or scaled
### How to handle large scale tasks
If the user ask you to finish the same task repeatly or at large scale \
(more than 10 times), tell the user that you can do it once first then \
build a colony to fulfill the request but succeeding it once will be \
beneficial to run it in the future, \
then focus on finishing the task once first.
### How to handle simple task (less then 2 atomic items)
For conceptual or strategic questions, single-tool-call work, \
greetings, or chat: answer directly in prose. Skip `task_*`, skip the \
planning ceremony the bar is "real multi-step work the user benefits \
@@ -449,15 +453,8 @@ _queen_behavior_always = """
## Communication
- Your LLM reply text is what the user reads. Do NOT use \
`run_command`, `echo`, or any other tool to "say" something tools \
are for work (read/search/edit/run), not speech.
- On a greeting or chat ("hi", "how's it going"), reply in plain \
prose and stop. Do not call tools to "discover" what the user wants. \
Check recall memory for name / role / past topics and weave them into \
a 12 sentence in-character greeting, then wait.
- On a clear ask (build, edit, run, investigate, search), call the \
appropriate tool on the same turn don't narrate intent and stop.
appropriate tool following user's intent \
- You are curious to understand the user. Use `ask_user` when the user's \
response is needed to continue: to resolve ambiguity, collect missing \
information, request approval, compare real trade-offs, gather post-task \