A background coding run does not need attention while it is producing output. The handoff happens when the run completes and cannot continue without a reply. Agent Island is designed around that moment.
Freshness before interruption
A completion marker in an old transcript is not a reason to interrupt someone. The app only promotes a session to your turn inside a limited freshness window and after observing relevant activity.
Context before action
An alert should answer three questions without exposing transcript content: which provider finished, which thread is waiting, and which project it belongs to. That is enough context to decide whether to return now.
A return path, not another dashboard
The primary action returns the user toward the relevant coding surface. The alert also provides a clear acknowledgement action. It does not attempt to replace the terminal, session browser, or coding client.
What belongs in a useful report
When reporting an alert problem, include the provider, approximate time, whether the session was still producing output, and whether the alert was missing, late, or attached to the wrong thread. Do not post transcript contents, credentials, or provider tokens in a public issue.
Concrete alert reports can be filed in the public issue tracker after sensitive details are removed.
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