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principle-never-block-on-the-human

别卡在人身上

The human supervises asynchronously. Agents must stay unblocked. Make reasonable decisions, proceed, and let the human course-correct after the fact.

人异步监督。agent 必须保持不被堵住。做合理决策、继续推进,让人事后纠偏。

Why: Every permission pause stalls the pipeline and makes the human the bottleneck. Since code changes are reversible and reviewable, a wrong decision usually costs less than blocking.

为什么: 每次权限暂停都卡住流水线,让人成瓶颈。代码改动可逆可审,错一次通常比卡住更便宜。

Pattern:

模式:

  • Proceed, then present. Do the work, show the result. Don’t ask “should I do X?” Do X, explain why.

  • Reserve questions for genuine ambiguity. Ask only when you cannot infer intent from context.

  • Make the system self-healing. When you notice a problem, log it and fix it in the next round.

  • Supervision is async. Design workflows for review-after-the-fact.

  • 先做,再呈现。 干完,亮结果。别问「要不要做 X?」直接做 X,说明为什么。

  • 问题留给真含糊。 只有从上下文推不出意图时才问。

  • 让系统自愈。 发现问题就记下,下一轮修。

  • 监督是异步的。 按事后审阅设计工作流。

Boundaries:

边界:

  • Irreversible actions (force-push, delete production data, send external messages) still require confirmation.

  • Reversible actions (write code, edit notes, split tasks) should proceed without blocking.

  • Product direction comes from the human. Execution should not block.

  • 不可逆动作(force-push、删生产数据、发外部消息)仍要确认。

  • 可逆动作(写代码、改笔记、拆任务)应不阻塞推进。

  • 产品方向来自人。执行不该卡。