Proactive Messages

Message types

Type	When	Control
Initiated messages	After hours of inactivity	Owner: /shouldInitiateMessages · User: /shouldMessageMe
Follow-up questions	~1 min after Buddy reply	Owner: /shouldSendFollowUpMessages
Reminders	User-scheduled times	User: Natural language only
Timezone notification	On timezone change	Cannot be disabled
Onboarding	At milestones (10, 30, 60 msgs)	Configured in ONBOARDING.gdoc

"Bot sends 2 messages at once"

Usually: response + follow-up. Owner can disable follow-ups (applies to all users):

/shouldSendFollowUpMessages:false

"I don't want Buddy to message me first"

User can run (applies to this user only):

/shouldMessageMe:false

note

This does NOT disable reminders.