fix: suppress duplicate heartbeat notifications with 24h TTL

Prevent heartbeat from spamming the user with repeated interview/review
messages. After sending a non-silent result, further notifications are
suppressed for 24 hours. Suppression resets when a real user message
arrives via OnUserMessage callback.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

cmd/picoclaw/cmd_gateway.go

@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ func gatewayCmd() {
 		return tools.SilentResult(response)
 	})
 
+	// Reset heartbeat suppression when a real user message arrives
+	agentLoop.OnUserMessage = heartbeatService.ResetSuppression
+
 	channelManager, err := channels.NewManager(cfg, msgBus)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Error creating channel manager: %v\n", err)

pkg/agent/loop.go

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ type AgentLoop struct {
 	activeTasks      sync.Map // sessionKey → *activeTask
 	sessions         *SessionTracker
 	OnStateChange    func() // called on plan/session/skills mutations
+	OnUserMessage    func() // called when a real user message is processed
 }
 
 // processOptions configures how a message is processed
@@ -533,6 +534,11 @@ func (al *AgentLoop) processMessage(ctx context.Context, msg bus.InboundMessage)
 		return al.processSystemMessage(ctx, msg)
 	}
 
+	// Notify listeners that a real user message arrived (e.g. reset heartbeat suppression)
+	if al.OnUserMessage != nil {
+		al.OnUserMessage()
+	}
+
 	// Expand /skill command: inject SKILL.md content into message, then continue to LLM
 	var expansionCompact string
 	if expanded, compact, ok := al.expandSkillCommand(msg); ok {

pkg/heartbeat/service.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	minIntervalMinutes     = 5
 	defaultIntervalMinutes = 30
+	suppressionTTL         = 24 * time.Hour
 )
 
 // HeartbeatHandler is the function type for handling heartbeat.
@@ -33,14 +34,15 @@ type HeartbeatHandler func(prompt, channel, chatID string) *tools.ToolResult
 
 // HeartbeatService manages periodic heartbeat checks
 type HeartbeatService struct {
-	workspace string
+	workspace      string
-	bus       *bus.MessageBus
+	bus            *bus.MessageBus
-	state     *state.Manager
+	state          *state.Manager
-	handler   HeartbeatHandler
+	handler        HeartbeatHandler
-	interval  time.Duration
+	interval       time.Duration
-	enabled   bool
+	enabled        bool
-	mu        sync.RWMutex
+	mu             sync.RWMutex
-	stopChan  chan struct{}
+	stopChan       chan struct{}
+	lastNotifiedAt time.Time // when a non-silent result was last sent to user
 }
 
 // NewHeartbeatService creates a new heartbeat service
@@ -76,6 +78,15 @@ func (hs *HeartbeatService) SetHandler(handler HeartbeatHandler) {
 	hs.handler = handler
 }
 
+// ResetSuppression clears the notification suppression so the next
+// non-silent heartbeat result will be delivered to the user again.
+// Typically called when a user message arrives.
+func (hs *HeartbeatService) ResetSuppression() {
+	hs.mu.Lock()
+	defer hs.mu.Unlock()
+	hs.lastNotifiedAt = time.Time{}
+}
+
 // Start begins the heartbeat service
 func (hs *HeartbeatService) Start() error {
 	hs.mu.Lock()
@@ -205,6 +216,15 @@ func (hs *HeartbeatService) executeHeartbeat() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Suppress duplicate notifications within the TTL window
+	hs.mu.RLock()
+	suppressed := !hs.lastNotifiedAt.IsZero() && time.Since(hs.lastNotifiedAt) < suppressionTTL
+	hs.mu.RUnlock()
+	if suppressed {
+		hs.logInfo("Heartbeat suppressed (already notified user recently)")
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Send result to user
 	if result.ForUser != "" {
 		hs.sendResponse(result.ForUser)
@@ -212,6 +232,10 @@ func (hs *HeartbeatService) executeHeartbeat() {
 		hs.sendResponse(result.ForLLM)
 	}
 
+	hs.mu.Lock()
+	hs.lastNotifiedAt = time.Now()
+	hs.mu.Unlock()
+
 	hs.logInfo("Heartbeat completed: %s", result.ForLLM)
 }