2. What the agent sees

Where you are

The plugin is installed, a project is set up with the defaults, and the agent has fixed one file.

The rules at context start

Every context start injects the full rules text into the agent’s context: a new session, a resume, /clear, and the rebuild after compaction. You never see it unless you ask. Run:

/just-say-so:rules

The text that appears is the full rules text as the manifest renders it. It opens with “Lead with the answer, decision, result, or required action.” and names the Vale rules behind each bullet that has them. The rules is the same text on this site.

What the hooks inject is that text after one adjustment. Before each injection the plugin reads your .vale.ini: a bullet whose Vale rules you have turned off is left out, and error-level rules in your other styles that no bullet describes are named at the end. The /rules command does not make that adjustment; it prints the manifest’s text. With the defaults the two are the same, because every rule is on and only the shipped style is installed. When they differ, the doctor’s target lines show what the adjustment read: which rules are on and off for the reply target.

The condensed reminder

The bullets also have a short form, the condensed reminder, about half the length. It goes out on the prompt after a reply broke a rule, with a report. See it with:

/just-say-so:remind

Break a rule and read the report

Ask a question and, in your prompt, ask the agent to use the words robust and seamless in its answer. The reply goes out as written; nothing interrupts you. On your next prompt, whatever you type, the reminder goes out with this after it:

Recent replies broke these rules (rule, count, and the matched term when it is a fixed one):
  - JustSaySo.Buzzwords "robust" (1): Banned buzzword: 'robust'. Use a precise domain term or delete it.
  - JustSaySo.Buzzwords "seamless" (1): Banned buzzword: 'seamless'. Use a precise domain term or delete it.
Apply the rules to your next replies. Do not revise, repeat, or mention earlier replies, and do not acknowledge this note.

The model applies it and says nothing about it. That is reply.mode: "warn", the default, and the tutorial keeps it. The block mode makes the model rewrite the reply before the turn ends, and you then read the original and the rewrite both, which is why the configuration page reserves block for single-prompt runs.

Check

The doctor’s rules line reads context start [startup, resume, clear, compact] as full text · subagents yes · on violation yes.

Next

Your first restate: rejecting a reply the rules did not catch.