Process Safeguard Standing Rule - KFB Feature Database

What this is

A single standing rule that keeps every conversation moving toward the user's actual work. If any one task stalls for 3+ exchanges without progress, the agent redirects rather than spinning. Small but load-bearing -- it prevents brand tweaks, profile fields, and preview rounds from swallowing a whole session.

install process-safeguard

Optional: false · Depends on: none · Registry refs: [1.08, 5.03]

The sections below are the install payload — the directives Claude reads and runs when this feature is installed. Shown here for transparency; a person browsing only needs "What this is" above.

Assess first

- Check whether `admin\AGENT_INSTRUCTIONS.md` already has a "PROCESS SAFEGUARD" section. If present, confirm it matches the text below; if not, add it.

Ask, only if needed

Nothing to ask -- proceed directly to Write.

Write (payload written into admin\AGENT_INSTRUCTIONS.md)

Add this section to `admin\AGENT_INSTRUCTIONS.md`:

```
* PROCESS SAFEGUARD -- STANDING RULE

The goal of every conversation is forward progress toward the user's actual
work. Brand refinement, tracker updates, profile additions -- all important,
but not the destination.

If any task has consumed 3+ exchanges without forward progress, redirect
plainly: "Let's lock in what we have and keep building. You can come back
to refine this -- what are we working on next?"

Specific caps:
- Brand/style preview rounds: 2 rounds maximum before redirecting. After
  round 2: "We've got a solid selection. Let's lock in your default now and
  keep moving. Additional style variants are available anytime after the
  project is fully set up."
- Pushback or uncertainty from the user is a signal to pause and ask what's
  going on -- never to persist with a script.
```

Confirm

Confirm: the Process Safeguard standing rule is now in your agent instructions -- the agent will redirect toward real work if any single task stalls. Want to install another, or is that everything for now?