From b9131aa69ce6e1fabce59f7a3ee1ef857d7fc398 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aiden Cline <63023139+rekram1-node@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 17:50:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: background agent prompting, lets kill this sleep
 behavior oml (#31162)

---
 packages/opencode/src/tool/task.ts | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/tool/task.ts b/packages/opencode/src/tool/task.ts
index 1ac9d4d9a..5ca1666ad 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/tool/task.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/tool/task.ts
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ const BACKGROUND_DESCRIPTION = [
 ].join(" ")
 const BACKGROUND_STARTED = [
   "The task is working in the background. You will be notified automatically when it finishes.",
-  "Do not poll for progress, ask the task for status, or duplicate this task's work — avoid working with the same files or topics it is using.",
+  "DO NOT sleep, poll for progress, ask the task for status, or duplicate this task's work — avoid working with the same files or topics it is using.",
   "Work on non-overlapping tasks, or briefly tell the user what you launched and end your response.",
 ].join("\n")
 const BACKGROUND_UPDATED = [
   "Additional context sent to the running background task.",
   "The task is still working in the background. You will be notified automatically when it finishes.",
-  "Do not poll for progress, ask the task for status, or duplicate this task's work — avoid working with the same files or topics it is using.",
+  "DO NOT sleep, poll for progress, ask the task for status, or duplicate this task's work — avoid working with the same files or topics it is using.",
   "Work on non-overlapping tasks, or briefly tell the user what you sent and end your response.",
 ].join("\n")
 
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ const BaseParameters = Schema.Struct(BaseParameterFields)
 export const Parameters = Schema.Struct({
   ...BaseParameterFields,
   background: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean).annotate({
-    description: "Run the agent in the background. You will be notified when it completes.",
+    description:
+      "Run the agent in the background. You will be notified when it completes. DO NOT sleep, poll, or proactively check on its progress",
   }),
 })