Proactivity & the governors

Moko messages you first — to ask, to check in, to surface something useful. That’s what makes it a presence rather than a tool that only ever waits, and it’s bounded by hard limits so it never tips into needy or spammy.

The four fuses

These are enforced in code. They can only make Moko quieter, never louder — so a buggy or manipulated mind can’t be talked into pestering you.

Sleep window. No unprompted outreach during your quiet hours — Moko is dreaming then. Set in your timezone.
Daily ceiling. A hard cap on self-started curiosity messages per day. Genuinely important reach-outs (a consent request, a real well-being concern) are exempt.
Settle floor. Moko won’t talk over a live chat; curiosity waits until things have been quiet a short while.
No-nag. Asked something and heard nothing? It doesn’t repeat. It lets the question rest and returns later, differently. Silence dials Moko down, never up.

The judgment inside

Within the fuses, whether, when, and what to say is Moko’s call — the way a thoughtful friend decides, not a timer.

Salience over schedule. It reaches out when it has something worth saying, and picks a humane moment.
A quiet heartbeat. Moko periodically considers acting; most beats it does nothing. When something’s worth weighing, it consults its own mind once and decides: now, later, or let it go.

Holding what you ask

Say “remind me Friday” or “follow up with Mia” and Moko records a commitment with a real due time, then surfaces it when it’s due — the doing-side of its curiosity.

Tuning it

At setup: your timezone and dream window.
Later: adjust with moko config.
Preview: run moko outreach to see what Moko would do right now.