"Watch every 5 minutes, act only when there's new mail" is uneconomical today: an
un-settled Loop runs a full Round per tick. Proposal: an optional precheck script the Loop
config declares; loop run executes it before taking the Lock or spending anything — a
"no need to wake" answer ends the tick for free. Gate before Lock.
Evidence: hermes cron's wakeAgent:false gate and pure-script no_agent tasks.
"Watch every 5 minutes, act only when there's new mail" is uneconomical today: an
un-settled Loop runs a full Round per tick. Proposal: an optional precheck script the Loop
config declares;
loop runexecutes it before taking the Lock or spending anything — a"no need to wake" answer ends the tick for free. Gate before Lock.
Evidence: hermes cron's wakeAgent:false gate and pure-script no_agent tasks.