diff --git a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/CommandHQ/CommandHqDetail.tsx b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/CommandHQ/CommandHqDetail.tsx
index 0aa6e349..3412011f 100644
--- a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/CommandHQ/CommandHqDetail.tsx
+++ b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/CommandHQ/CommandHqDetail.tsx
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ const startBrief = (name: string): string =>
     'If you CAN — say what you understood, in your own words, and ask me to confirm or correct it.',
     'If you CANNOT — ask me what you should be watching for here. One question, and wait.',
     '',
+    'Once you are running, you owe me exactly two messages here per event, and I should never have to ask',
+    'for them: one line when the thing you watch for happens, and a short report when the work is done.',
+    'The job panel is not where I read things. The skill explains how to wake this conversation yourself.',
+    '',
     'Either way, say it plainly. No headings, no bullet points, no file paths, no commit hashes, no tag',
     'names. Do not open with "Oriented" and do not tell me you verified anything — I asked you to look,',
     'so saying you looked is not news. Length is whatever the answer honestly needs and no more.',