fix(cron): add delivery guidance to cron prompt — stop send_message thrashing - #5444
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Cron agents were burning iterations trying to use send_message (which is
disabled via messaging toolset) because their prompts said things like
'send the report to Telegram'. The scheduler handles delivery
automatically via the deliver setting, but nothing told the agent that.
Add a delivery guidance hint to _build_job_prompt alongside the existing
[SILENT] hint: tells agents their final response is auto-delivered and
they should NOT use send_message.
Before: only [SILENT] suppression hint
After: delivery guidance ('do NOT use send_message') + [SILENT] hint
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…hrashing (NousResearch#5444) Cron agents were burning iterations trying to use send_message (which is disabled via messaging toolset) because their prompts said things like 'send the report to Telegram'. The scheduler handles delivery automatically via the deliver setting, but nothing told the agent that. Add a delivery guidance hint to _build_job_prompt alongside the existing [SILENT] hint: tells agents their final response is auto-delivered and they should NOT use send_message. Before: only [SILENT] suppression hint After: delivery guidance ('do NOT use send_message') + [SILENT] hint
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…hrashing (NousResearch#5444) Cron agents were burning iterations trying to use send_message (which is disabled via messaging toolset) because their prompts said things like 'send the report to Telegram'. The scheduler handles delivery automatically via the deliver setting, but nothing told the agent that. Add a delivery guidance hint to _build_job_prompt alongside the existing [SILENT] hint: tells agents their final response is auto-delivered and they should NOT use send_message. Before: only [SILENT] suppression hint After: delivery guidance ('do NOT use send_message') + [SILENT] hint
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…hrashing (NousResearch#5444) Cron agents were burning iterations trying to use send_message (which is disabled via messaging toolset) because their prompts said things like 'send the report to Telegram'. The scheduler handles delivery automatically via the deliver setting, but nothing told the agent that. Add a delivery guidance hint to _build_job_prompt alongside the existing [SILENT] hint: tells agents their final response is auto-delivered and they should NOT use send_message. Before: only [SILENT] suppression hint After: delivery guidance ('do NOT use send_message') + [SILENT] hint
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…hrashing (NousResearch#5444) Cron agents were burning iterations trying to use send_message (which is disabled via messaging toolset) because their prompts said things like 'send the report to Telegram'. The scheduler handles delivery automatically via the deliver setting, but nothing told the agent that. Add a delivery guidance hint to _build_job_prompt alongside the existing [SILENT] hint: tells agents their final response is auto-delivered and they should NOT use send_message. Before: only [SILENT] suppression hint After: delivery guidance ('do NOT use send_message') + [SILENT] hint
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…hrashing (NousResearch#5444) Cron agents were burning iterations trying to use send_message (which is disabled via messaging toolset) because their prompts said things like 'send the report to Telegram'. The scheduler handles delivery automatically via the deliver setting, but nothing told the agent that. Add a delivery guidance hint to _build_job_prompt alongside the existing [SILENT] hint: tells agents their final response is auto-delivered and they should NOT use send_message. Before: only [SILENT] suppression hint After: delivery guidance ('do NOT use send_message') + [SILENT] hint
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…hrashing (NousResearch#5444) Cron agents were burning iterations trying to use send_message (which is disabled via messaging toolset) because their prompts said things like 'send the report to Telegram'. The scheduler handles delivery automatically via the deliver setting, but nothing told the agent that. Add a delivery guidance hint to _build_job_prompt alongside the existing [SILENT] hint: tells agents their final response is auto-delivered and they should NOT use send_message. Before: only [SILENT] suppression hint After: delivery guidance ('do NOT use send_message') + [SILENT] hint
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Summary
Cron agents were burning iterations trying to use
send_message(which is disabled via themessagingtoolset) because user prompts said things like "send the report to Telegram." The agent would hallucinate-call the unavailable tool, get errors, then retry with different target formats — wasting 4-5 iterations per run.The scheduler already handles delivery automatically via the
deliversetting, but nothing told the agent that.Fix
Add a delivery guidance hint to
_build_job_prompt()alongside the existing[SILENT]hint:Test plan