Dev evals agent nudge hook on old follow-ups, gates it at P(yes) >= 0.5

willcb · x · 2026-09-19

willcb says he got tired of nudging agents manually, so he evaluated the nudge setup on a batch of old follow-up tasks where he had said similar things — it performed well and he's been using it all day. The soft nudge message sends when P(yes) >= 0.5. A quoted reply also suggests a cheaper hack: having Jev insert assistant "continue" turns instead of user turns.

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