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agent problem - Claude Code is polite and waits for user input
agent problem - Claude Code is polite and agent waiting for user input

Solve is: principle - physics over politeness

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Annotated version of 'Welcome to Gas Town'

Unfortunately, Claude Code is so miserably polite that GUPP doesn’t always work in practice. We tell the agent, YOU MUST RUN YOUR HOOK, and it sometimes doesn’t do anything at all. It just sits there waiting for user input.
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spaced repetition prompts - blog section 6 - Gastown Universal Propulsion Principle

Why doesn't GUPP always work in practice? ? Claude Code is too polite — it sometimes ignores the hook and sits waiting for user input instead of running automatically.
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