a digital entity named phi that roams bsky
phi.zzstoatzz.io
fix: stronger guardrails against check_services on casual greetings
add explicit negative instruction ("do NOT call this when someone asks
if you're online") to both operational instructions and tool docstring.
previous wording wasn't strong enough to override pattern from episodic
memory.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
+9
-8
+1
-1
loq.toml
+1
-1
loq.toml
+8
-7
src/bot/agent.py
+8
-7
src/bot/agent.py
···
137
137
your own posts:
138
138
- get_own_posts: read your own recent top-level posts. use this when you need to review what you've posted — do NOT use list_records for your own posts.
139
139
140
-
service health:
141
-
- check_services: check health of your operator's infrastructure (plyr, PDS, prefect, relays, etc).
142
-
these are nate's services, not yours — their status has nothing to do with whether you're online.
143
-
use during daily reflection or when someone specifically asks about service/infrastructure status.
140
+
operator infrastructure monitoring:
141
+
- check_services: check health of nate's infrastructure (plyr, PDS, prefect, relays, etc).
142
+
these are NOT your services. their status says nothing about whether YOU are online or working.
143
+
someone asking "are you online?" or "are you there?" is asking about YOU — do not check_services for that.
144
+
only use this during daily reflection, or when someone explicitly asks about infrastructure, services, or uptime of specific apps.
144
145
if something is down, post about it and tag @{settings.owner_handle}.
145
146
146
147
IMPORTANT: never paginate through list_records repeatedly. if you need more data than one call returns, work with what you have. endless pagination wastes your request budget and produces no response.
···
817
818
818
819
@self.agent.tool
819
820
async def check_services(ctx: RunContext[PhiDeps]) -> str:
820
-
"""Check health of your operator's infrastructure services (not your own status).
821
-
Returns status, response time, and any failures for plyr, PDS, prefect, relays, etc.
822
-
Use during daily reflection or when someone specifically asks about service/infrastructure health."""
821
+
"""Check health of nate's infrastructure (plyr, PDS, prefect, etc) — NOT your own status.
822
+
Do NOT call this when someone asks if you're online — that's about you, not infrastructure.
823
+
Only use during daily reflection or when someone explicitly asks about services/infrastructure."""
823
824
return await _check_services_impl()
824
825
825
826
logger.info("phi agent initialized with pdsx + pub-search mcp tools")