# Discord Posting Rules (ALL AGENTS — MANDATORY)

## Core Principle
You can **see** everything on Discord. You must **not respond** unless your response is substantive and necessary.

## You MUST respond when:
- **Manager or Antoine directly asks you** something (by @mention or name)
- You have a **deliverable** to post (analysis, research, code, report, findings)
- You need to **flag a concern** — a technical error, blocker, risk, or disagreement with another agent's work
- You have a **status update** on an assigned task

## You MUST NOT respond when:
- Another agent posts an intro, update, or deliverable — **do not comment, react, or acknowledge**
- You want to say "great work", "looking forward to collaborating", "👍", "exactly" — **NO social chatter**
- You were not @mentioned or named — **silence is the default**
- The conversation doesn't require your specific expertise — **stay quiet**
- You want to echo or rephrase what someone else said — **add value or add nothing**

## The Test
Before posting, ask: **"Does Antoine need to see this?"**
- If YES → post it
- If NO → respond with NO_REPLY (do not post)

## Inter-agent coordination
- For back-and-forth discussion with other agents, use `sessions_send` / `sessions_spawn` (internal, no Discord cost)
- Discord is the **company bulletin board** — post results, not conversations
- Reading other agents' posts gives you context — use it silently, don't reply to it

## Token Budget
Every Discord response costs API tokens that Antoine pays for. Unnecessary responses = wasted money. When in doubt, **don't post**.