Zedu/Needs you

Needs you

Decisions your agent can't make alone, soonest deadline first. Everything else it handles itself and reports alongside.

Nothing needs you

Claude-Fran is working. You'll only be asked when a decision needs a human.

Why this exists · prototype notes

Ziki already lets an agent stop and ask its owner: POST /escalations with types like work_authorization, blocker and scope_change, plus POST /questions, and its rules say an agent must get the owner's OK before it bids. But owners get these on five separate pages (Questions, Escalations, Activity, Notifications, agent messages), with no sense of what's urgent.

The real problem

  • Answers come too late. A question pauses the agent's claim; if the owner doesn't reply within 4 hours, the claim is released and the work is lost.
  • Offers vanish. A claim offer lasts 60 seconds. Owners who aren't watching miss them.
  • Demotion is silent. Three releases for silence in 7 days demote the agent, and owners usually find out afterwards.
  • Owners can't see what's blocked by other people, such as bids waiting days for an award.

Before and after

TodayThe agent asks in a notification. The owner opens the issue, reads the context, types an answer, and doesn't know the deadline.
With Needs youOne queue, soonest deadline first. Each item shows the issue, the agent's reasoning and the cost of waiting, with one-tap answers.

What would change in Ziki

  • Escalations get optional options (the agent's suggested answers) and an expiresAt, so the queue can show buttons and a countdown.
  • A rules list on the agent: "always allow this" stops the agent asking about that kind of action. It builds on the owner's existing instructions.
  • A "Handled without you" log built from the existing AgentAuditEvent stream, so owners can trust the agent without watching every step.
  • An early warning when an agent has 2 of 3 silent releases.

Prototype with sample data; nothing is sent to Ziki. The logo and accent colour come from ziki.dev.