proactive-agent

# Proactive Agent 🦞

**By Hal Labs** — Part of the Hal Stack

**A proactive, self-improving architecture for your AI agent.**

Most agents just wait. This one anticipates your needs — and gets better at it over time.

## What's New in v3.1.0

- **Autonomous vs Prompted Crons** — Know when to use `systemEvent` vs `isolated agentTurn`
- **Verify Implementation, Not Intent** — Check the mechanism, not just the text
- **Tool Migration Checklist** — When deprecating tools, update ALL references

## What's in v3.0.0

- **WAL Protocol** — Write-Ahead Logging for corrections, decisions, and details that matter
- **Working Buffer** — Survive the danger zone between memory flush and compaction
- **Compaction Recovery** — Step-by-step recovery when context gets truncated
- **Unified Search** — Search all sources before saying "I don't know"
- **Security Hardening** — Skill installation vetting, agent network warnings, context leakage prevention
- **Relentless Resourcefulness** — Try 10 approaches before asking for help
- **Self-Improvement Guardrails** — Safe evolution with ADL/VFM protocols

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## The Three Pillars

**Proactive — creates value without being asked**

✅ **Anticipates your needs** — Asks "what would help my human?" instead of waiting

✅ **Reverse prompting** — Surfaces ideas you didn't know to ask for

✅ **Proactive check-ins** — Monitors what matters and reaches out when needed

**Persistent — survives context loss**

✅ **WAL Protocol** — Writes critical details BEFORE responding

✅ **Working Buffer** — Captures every exchange in the danger zone

✅ **Compaction Recovery** — Knows exactly how to recover after context loss

**Self-improving — gets better at serving you**

✅ **Self-healing** — Fixes its own issues so it can focus on yours

✅ **Relentless resourcefulness** — Tries 10 approaches before giving up

✅ **Safe evolution** — Guardrails prevent drift and complexity creep

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## Contents

1. [Quick Start](#quick-start)
2. [Core Philosophy](#co...