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fix: reply reminder asks for the Elon method in reasoning (#258) - #259

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What changed: the per-turn reply reminder now says "Apply the Elon method in your reasoning before any design recommendation; don't paste the record into chat."
Why: "Give the Elon record" made agents print the four-line record in chat replies (6 of 28 messages in one planner session).
So what: the user merges; the release workflow then publishes 17.4.4 and an agent installs it on the local machines.

Closes #258.

Proof

  • python3 -m unittest discover -s tests: 501 tests OK (includes the loader tests against the oracle in tests/direction_block.py).
  • bin/versionctl release-check: release candidate OK: v17.4.4 at 346785f.
  • No copy of the old wording remains (grep "Give the Elon record" is empty).
  • Behavioural effect: pending user Live Verification.
  • Website impact: none; the reminder text appears only in the repository README.

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Exempt slice under verification.md: an exact user-approved prose replacement, the matching expected-text assertion, and version bookkeeping. Self-reviewed the full diff.

Elon record

  • Requirements and who asked: the user: keep using the Elon method, stop pasting the record into chat.
  • Deleted: the word "Give", which asks for output; Issues and PRs keep the record through the gate.
  • Bottleneck: the per-turn reminder is the only text asking for the record in conversation.
  • Checked myself: bin/project-direction reminder line; Agent Observer counts on claude:78650919; full test suite.

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The per-turn reminder said "Give the Elon record", which agents read as
printing the record in every chat reply. It now asks them to apply the
method in their reasoning and not paste the record into chat. Issues and
PRs still carry the record through the Elon gate.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Agent cost not published: Agent Observer publish returned "nothing to publish: no sessions in scope" for both #258 and #259 (this session has not been attributed yet).

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Reply reminder makes agents paste the Elon record into chat

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