diff --git a/internal/agents/ready.go b/internal/agents/ready.go
index 16dbfcb..017c3e1 100644
--- a/internal/agents/ready.go
+++ b/internal/agents/ready.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 const readyPromptAsk = "If it isn't ready (work remains that you mean to do, or you're waiting on the human), call neither: say what's left in one line and end your turn. " +
 	"If you're waiting on the human for a decision or input, ask it with ask_human now, even if an earlier message already put it in prose, so it reaches them. " +
+	"If this task is only a discussion with the human (questions, explanations, advice, no work to land) and the discussion is still going, ignore this message: call none of these and end your turn with one line, so the discussion can continue. " +
 	"If you already called ready_for_merge, suggest_discard or ask_human before this message, and it still applies, call it again now: only a call made after this message counts. Don't change any files this turn."
 
 const readyPrompt = "Your turn has ended and the review of your latest work has finished. If the task is ready to merge, call ready_for_merge with an overview of the whole task, then end your turn with one line. " +