Five one-line guards against quiet failures, plus a log line per run

What to install or create

The five: a site changed its layout, a session expired, there's nothing new, the data is old, and a retry loop. Then make every run write one log line in /workspace (time, routine, ok/empty/STALE/retry, what it found, how long), because run history is limited. When a routine didn't run, check in order: enabled, schedule and timezone, bot exists, plugins signed in, source reachable, then run history.

The prompt

"every number needs a source and a timestamp. if you can't find both, stop and tell me."
"if you hit a login, stop. don't guess what was behind it."
"if nothing is new, reply 'nothing new' and stop."
"data older than [X] is STALE. flag it, don't act on it."
"max 2 retries. then stop and report exactly what failed."

First run

1. 1Read https://x.com/Pashoke1/status/2108988601081983017 (credit @Pashoke1).
2. 2Paste the five guard lines into the routine or skill you rely on most.
3. 3Set the STALE threshold to a real number for your data.
4. 4Ask it to append one log line per run to a file in /workspace.
5. 5When a run looks wrong, follow the checklist in order instead of improvising.

What to tweak

"Nothing new" is the most valuable line in any routine.

Source

Yaori @Pashoke1 · Original post

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