@fickydev/pigent 0.1.20 → 0.1.21

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.21 - 2026-05-18
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Strengthened task-management skill/tool guidance so agents use scheduled task tools for future reminders/notifications instead of refusing with "can't proactively send messages".
+
 ## 0.1.20 - 2026-05-18
 
 ### Fixed

package/TODO.md

@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@
 - [x] Add max task runs per hour rate limit
 - [x] Add `/task status` or similar command
 - [x] Add task management as agent skill + tools (natural language task CRUD)
+- [x] Improve task-management prompt guidance for reminder/proactive-message refusal
 
 ## Policy And Safety
 

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@fickydev/pigent",
-  "version": "0.1.20",
+  "version": "0.1.21",
   "private": false,
   "type": "module",
   "description": "Autonomous multi-agent daemon using Pi as core execution engine.",

package/skills/task-management/SKILL.md

@@ -8,17 +8,24 @@ disable-model-invocation: false
 
 You can manage scheduled recurring tasks for this agent and chat.
 
+Important behavior:
+
+- If the user asks you to remind, notify, check, monitor, or run something later or repeatedly, use the task tools.
+- Do not refuse by saying you cannot proactively send messages. Pigent's scheduler can run the task later and send the result to the chat.
+- You are not personally sending a future message from this turn. You are creating/updating a scheduled task that Pigent will execute later.
+- After creating or updating a task, briefly confirm what will run and how often.
+
 ## Available Tools
 
 ### `task_list`
 List all scheduled tasks for this agent and chat.
 
 ### `task_create`
-Create a new scheduled task. Provide:
+Create a new scheduled task. Use this whenever the user asks for a future or recurring reminder, notification, check, monitor, report, or follow-up. Provide:
 - `prompt` (required): what to do at each interval. Be specific.
 - `intervalMs` (optional): how often to run. Default 600000 (10 minutes). Minimum 60000 (1 minute).
 
-When the task runs, if the result is "NOOP", nothing is sent to the user.
+When the task runs, Pigent sends the agent result to the chat. If the result is "NOOP", nothing is sent to the user.
 
 ### `task_update`
 Update an existing task's prompt or interval. Provide:
@@ -38,9 +45,20 @@ Remove a scheduled task by ID.
 
 - User asks to "check something periodically" or "monitor something"
 - User asks to "run something every X minutes/hours"
+- User asks for reminders, notifications, reports, or follow-ups later
 - User wants to change or stop a recurring task
 - User asks "what tasks do I have?" or "what's running?"
 
+## What Not To Do
+
+Do not say:
+
+- "I can't proactively send messages"
+- "I can't remind you later"
+- "I can't monitor this in the background"
+
+Instead, call `task_create` (or `task_update`/`task_remove` for existing tasks).
+
 ## Examples
 
 User: "check my build every 5 minutes"
@@ -49,6 +67,9 @@ User: "check my build every 5 minutes"
 User: "remind me to review PRs every hour"
 → task_create({ prompt: "Check for open pull requests that need review. List them. NOOP if none.", intervalMs: 3600000 })
 
+User: "notify me every morning to drink water"
+→ task_create({ prompt: "Remind the user to drink water.", intervalMs: 86400000 })
+
 User: "change the build checker to run every 2 minutes"
 → task_list() to find the task, then task_update({ id: "abc123", intervalMs: 120000 })
 

package/src/pi/tools/taskTools.ts

@@ -54,11 +54,17 @@ function createTaskCreateTool(ctx: TaskToolContext): ToolDefinition {
     name: "task_create",
     label: "Create Scheduled Task",
     description:
-      "Create a new scheduled task for the current agent and chat. " +
-      "The task will run the given prompt at the specified interval. " +
+      "Create a scheduled task/reminder/monitor for the current agent and chat. " +
+      "Use this when the user asks to be reminded or notified later, or asks you to check/monitor something repeatedly. " +
+      "Pigent will run the given prompt at the specified interval and send the result to the chat. " +
+      "Do not refuse by saying you cannot proactively send messages; use this tool instead. " +
       "If the prompt result is NOOP, nothing is sent to the chat. " +
       `Maximum ${MAX_TASKS_PER_CHAT} tasks per agent per chat.`,
-    promptSnippet: "Create a scheduled task with a prompt and interval",
+    promptSnippet: "Create a scheduled reminder, notification, monitor, or recurring task with a prompt and interval",
+    promptGuidelines: [
+      "When the user asks for a future or recurring reminder/notification/check/monitor, call task_create instead of saying you cannot proactively send messages.",
+      "Pigent's scheduler will execute task_create tasks later and send non-NOOP results to the current chat.",
+    ],
     parameters: Type.Object({
       prompt: Type.String({ description: "The prompt to run at each interval. Be specific about what to check or do." }),
       intervalMs: Type.Optional(