Transform AI agents from task-followers into proactive partners that anticipate needs and continuously improve. Now with WAL Protocol, Working Buffer, Autonomous Crons, and battle-tested patterns. Part of the Hal Stack 🦞
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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.
systemEvent vs isolated agentTurn
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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# 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 --- ## 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 --- ## Contents 1. [Quick Start](#quick-start) 2. [Core Philosophy](#co...
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