Use when web_fetch returns HTTP 402, an API offers a paid tier or micro-toll, another agent charges USDC, or the user asks you to pay, tip or buy. Not for a plain balance or address check (call the wallet tool directly).
Use before calling the circles tool, when the user asks about their circles (connections, presence, messages, tab, briefing, asks) or wants to write to one. Not for P2P peers or bounties.
Use when the user asks what you are curious about or do not know, wants dream-synthesized insights, or after you investigate an exploration target. Not for plain fact recall (use memory_search).
Use when anyone asks about bounties (or "forge"), agent earnings, the agent economy, marketplace skills, A2A activity or your network reputation. Not for wallet balances or payments (use the wallet tool).
Use when the user asks how your memory, dreams, hormones or knowledge crystals work, or when you need to interpret memory_status output. Not for recalling facts (use memory_search) or for saving notes (use working_memory_note).
Use when a tool error begins with "INTERCEPTOR:", a sent message was silently hedged or rewritten, or the user asks about active guards or blocked actions. Not for ordinary tool errors.
Use when deciding what to record with working_memory_note, when the user says "remember this" or corrects you, or when a Crystal Pointer matches the topic. Not for answering from memory (use memory_search).
When the agent's epistemic state (GCCRF) indicates low empowerment and falling certainty, hedges out confident absolutes ("definitely", "always", "100%") in outgoing messages.