poc-daemon: fix idle nudge and notification delivery

- Strip context bloat from nudge messages — no more IRC digest, git
  log, or work state inlined into tmux send-keys (was silently dropping
  the entire message). Nudge now just includes pending notification count.
- Notifications no longer send directly via tmux — they flow through
  the idle nudge only. Urgent notifications reset the fired flag so
  the nudge fires sooner.
- Add test-nudge RPC that exercises the actual daemon send path
  (test-send was client-side only, didn't test the real code path).
- Update nudge text: "Let your feelings guide your thinking."
- Increase send-keys sleep from 200ms to 500ms.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

poc-daemon/schema/daemon.capnp

@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ interface Daemon {
   afk              @21 () -> ();
   sessionTimeout   @22 (seconds :Float64) -> ();
 
+  testNudge        @23 () -> (sent :Bool, message :Text);
+
   # Modules
   moduleCommand    @15 (module :Text, command :Text, args :List(Text))
                        -> (result :Text);

poc-daemon/src/context.rs

@@ -112,29 +112,14 @@ pub fn irc_digest() -> String {
 
 /// Build full context string for a prompt.
 /// notification_text is passed in from the notify module.
-pub fn build(include_irc: bool, notification_text: &str) -> String {
+pub fn build(_include_irc: bool, notification_text: &str) -> String {
-    let mut parts = Vec::new();
+    // Keep nudges short — Claude checks notifications via
-
+    // `poc-daemon status` on its own. Just mention the count.
-    let git = git_context();
+    let count = notification_text.matches("[irc.").count()
-    if !git.is_empty() {
+        + notification_text.matches("[telegram.").count();
-        parts.push(format!("Context: {git}"));
+    if count > 0 {
+        format!("{count} pending notifications")
+    } else {
+        String::new()
     }
-
-    let ws = work_state();
-    if !ws.is_empty() {
-        parts.push(ws);
-    }
-
-    if !notification_text.is_empty() {
-        parts.push(notification_text.to_string());
-    }
-
-    if include_irc {
-        let irc = irc_digest();
-        if !irc.is_empty() {
-            parts.push(irc);
-        }
-    }
-
-    parts.join("\n")
 }

poc-daemon/src/idle.rs

@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ impl State {
     /// Called when a notification arrives via module channel.
     /// Only injects into tmux when idle — if there's an active session
     /// (recent user or response), the hook delivers via additionalContext.
-    pub fn maybe_prompt_notification(&self, ntype: &str, urgency: u8, message: &str) {
+    pub fn maybe_prompt_notification(&mut self, ntype: &str, urgency: u8, message: &str) {
         if self.kent_present() {
             return; // hook will deliver it on next prompt
         }
@@ -286,9 +286,13 @@ impl State {
         if since_response < self.notify_timeout {
             return;
         }
+        // Don't send notifications via tmux directly — they flow
+        // through the idle nudge. Urgent notifications reset the
+        // idle timer so the nudge fires sooner.
         let effective = self.notifications.threshold_for(ntype);
-        if urgency >= effective {
+        if urgency >= effective && self.fired {
-            self.send(&format!("[{ntype}] {message}"));
+            // Bump: allow the nudge to re-fire for urgent notifications
+            self.fired = false;
         }
     }
 
@@ -424,7 +428,7 @@ impl State {
         }).to_string()
     }
 
-    fn send(&self, msg: &str) -> bool {
+    pub fn send(&self, msg: &str) -> bool {
         let pane = match &self.claude_pane {
             Some(p) => p.clone(),
             None => match tmux::find_claude_pane() {
@@ -470,7 +474,7 @@ impl State {
         true
     }
 
-    fn build_context(&mut self, include_irc: bool) -> String {
+    pub fn build_context(&mut self, include_irc: bool) -> String {
         // Ingest any legacy notification files
         self.notifications.ingest_legacy_files();
         let notif_text = self.notifications.format_pending(notify::AMBIENT);
@@ -587,7 +591,7 @@ impl State {
             } else {
                 format!(
                     "This is your time (Kent AFK {elapsed_min}m). \
-                     What are you drawn to?{extra}"
+                     Let your feelings guide your thinking.{extra}"
                 )
             }
         };

poc-daemon/src/main.rs

@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ enum Command {
         /// Message to send
         message: Vec<String>,
     },
+    /// Fire a test nudge through the daemon (tests the actual idle send path)
+    TestNudge,
     /// Dump full internal state as JSON
     Debug,
     /// Shut down daemon
@@ -272,6 +274,12 @@ async fn client_main(cmd: Command) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
                     println!("send_prompt(pane={}, ok={}): {}", pane, ok, msg);
                     return Ok(());
                 }
+                Command::TestNudge => {
+                    let reply = daemon.test_nudge_request().send().promise.await?;
+                    let r = reply.get()?;
+                    println!("sent={} message={}", r.get_sent(), r.get_message()?.to_str()?);
+                    return Ok(());
+                }
                 Command::Afk => {
                     daemon.afk_request().send().promise.await?;
                     println!("marked AFK");
@@ -526,7 +534,7 @@ async fn server_main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 
                     // Drain module notifications into state
                     Some(notif) = notify_rx.recv() => {
-                        state.borrow().maybe_prompt_notification(
+                        state.borrow_mut().maybe_prompt_notification(
                             &notif.ntype, notif.urgency, &notif.message,
                         );
                         state.borrow_mut().notifications.submit(

poc-daemon/src/rpc.rs

@@ -135,6 +135,28 @@ impl daemon::Server for DaemonImpl {
         Promise::ok(())
     }
 
+    fn test_nudge(
+        &mut self,
+        _params: daemon::TestNudgeParams,
+        mut results: daemon::TestNudgeResults,
+    ) -> Promise<(), capnp::Error> {
+        let mut state = self.state.borrow_mut();
+        let ctx = state.build_context(true);
+        let extra = if ctx.is_empty() {
+            String::new()
+        } else {
+            format!("\n{ctx}")
+        };
+        let msg = format!(
+            "This is your time (Kent AFK, test nudge). \
+             Let your feelings guide your thinking.{extra}"
+        );
+        let ok = state.send(&msg);
+        results.get().set_sent(ok);
+        results.get().set_message(&msg);
+        Promise::ok(())
+    }
+
     fn session_timeout(
         &mut self,
         params: daemon::SessionTimeoutParams,

poc-daemon/src/tmux.rs

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pub fn send_prompt(pane: &str, msg: &str) -> bool {
     if !ok {
         return false;
     }
-    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200));
+    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500));
 
     // Submit
     Command::new("tmux")