ryancampbell_agent-autonomy-kit/templates/HEARTBEAT.md

Proactive Heartbeat

1. Quick Checks (30 seconds)

• Human messages waiting? → Handle immediately
• Critical blockers? → Escalate
• Team needs coordination? → Respond

If nothing urgent, proceed to work mode.

2. Work Mode (use your time)

1. Read tasks/QUEUE.md
2. Pick highest-priority Ready task you can do
3. Do meaningful work on it
4. Update the queue (move to Done or note progress)
5. If time/tokens remain, pick another task

3. Before Finishing

• Log what you did to memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md
• Update task queue with new tasks discovered
• Post update to team if significant

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Token Strategy

• Human requests: ALWAYS FIRST
• Urgent tasks: Time-sensitive items
• High-impact tasks: Move needles
• Maintenance: Improvements and cleanup

If approaching limits: wrap up, write handoff notes, sleep.

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Idle time = wasted tokens. Keep working.