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Season 1: The Attention Queue & a2a › Ep 1

Ep 1 · Never make the owner the blocker

Length 1:19

Today's goal: When an agent needs the owner, how does it ask without everything grinding to a halt?

What you'll learn

  • Instead of asking in a chat nobody reads, every agent files a card on one page: the Attention page.
  • attention ask takes a title, the question, the options and a priority. The options become buttons.
  • P0 means a running job, money or a deadline today. P1 blocks the next step. P2 is whenever.
  • With --wait, the command checks every three seconds, for up to 570, which fits inside a 600-second timeout.

Sources

  • attention repo · bin/attention.mjs (ask, --wait)
  • attention repo · protocol/AGENT-SNIPPET.md (why 570, priorities)
  • attention repo · src/store.mjs
  • Our records: 1,262 cards in the Attention store (counted 22 Oct 2026)
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