Talking while he works: add a note without stopping the job

You can type and send messages while Pinchy is working on a job. Your message joins the job he is doing: he reads it at his next step, answers it and carries on. Nothing he has done so far is thrown away.

What to ask for

“Also make the title blue.” Sent while he works: he reads it between two steps and does it as part of the same job.
“Use the 2024 numbers, not 2023.” A correction reaches him before he finishes, so he does not finish the wrong thing first.
“How far are you?” He answers in the same reply and keeps going.
“Stop, I changed my mind.” He reads it and stops or changes course.
/stop Stops what he is doing right now, without a note.

How it works

A job is many small steps (read a file, run a command, look at a page). Your message is handed to him while the job runs, and he reads it as soon as the step he is in has finished.
He answers in the reply he is already writing: one job, one reply.
“You added: …” under his reply means: these are the messages you sent while he was working on this job. A ✓ after a message means he has read it.
When he is inside one long step and cannot read anything (a long command, a slow download), Pinchy waits 20 seconds, then stops that step once and gives him your note. He carries on with the job with your note in mind.
A message sent from the phone app or from Telegram while he works is handled the same way.

Settings

Settings → Brain → Claude → “Messages while he works change the job”: on by default. Off: a message sent while he works waits, and he answers it after the job is finished.

Limits

He reads a note between steps, not in the middle of one.
A note belongs to the job that is running. It does not start a second job next to it; for separate work at the same time, use an agent or a swarm.
/stop and “stop” end the job. What he already changed stays as it is; see the page about undo for taking things back.

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