---
title: "root-repeat: a main thread running the same delegable command again with no write since"
description: "Off by default: once a workspace turns it on, it reports a main thread running the same delegable command again with no write since."
tags: [guard, rules, root-repeat, off]
---

# root-repeat

Off by default: once a workspace turns it on, it reports a main thread running the same delegable command again with no write since.

## What it catches

A main thread running the same delegable command again with no write since.

## Why

An identical search, read, diff, run or fetch with no file written since returns what the context already holds. At standard and strict the second run is advised once, and a file write starts the count over. It never refuses, and it skips a session that hands out work: there every repeat is groundwork, which orchestrator-groundwork judges. A calls parameter replaces the level's count.

## Default and override

By default this rule takes the decision `off`. A workspace sets it by name, in its root
magusfile, to `advise` or `off`:

```buzz
magus\guard.builtins({"root-repeat": "advise"})
```

A loosening takes effect once it is committed; a tightening applies at once.

## Seeing it

A verdict names its rule in brackets, which is how you got here:

```text
advise [root-repeat]: ...
```

`magus describe rule root-repeat` prints the same entry at a terminal, and
`magus describe rules` lists every rule this workspace enforces.

## See also

- [All rules](index.md) - what this workspace enforces, deny first
- [The guard](../../guides/integrations/agents/guard.md) - how a verdict is reached and wired
- [Setting a built-in rule](../../guides/integrations/agents/guard.md#setting-a-built-in-rule) - how a workspace changes this default