From 6158964ff69c0c3ec0ee37fd5de5221b65ac7bcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: draplater <6349758+draplater@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 23:02:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat: inject current time into goal judge prompt

The goal judge only receives the goal text and the agent's last
response. It has no concept of the current time, making it
impossible to evaluate time-sensitive goals like 'keep working
until 5pm'.

This commit adds 'Current time' to both JUDGE_USER_PROMPT_TEMPLATE
and JUDGE_USER_PROMPT_WITH_SUBGOALS_TEMPLATE, computed from
datetime.now().astimezone() at judge call time.
---
 hermes_cli/goals.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hermes_cli/goals.py b/hermes_cli/goals.py
index 62ee00547c1..d6a139419a7 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/goals.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/goals.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import logging
 import re
 import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field, asdict
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ JUDGE_SYSTEM_PROMPT = (
 JUDGE_USER_PROMPT_TEMPLATE = (
     "Goal:\n{goal}\n\n"
     "Agent's most recent response:\n{response}\n\n"
+    "Current time: {current_time}\n\n"
     "Is the goal satisfied?"
 )
 
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ JUDGE_USER_PROMPT_WITH_SUBGOALS_TEMPLATE = (
     "Additional criteria the user added mid-loop (all must also be "
     "satisfied for the goal to be DONE):\n{subgoals_block}\n\n"
     "Agent's most recent response:\n{response}\n\n"
+    "Current time: {current_time}\n\n"
     "Decision: For each numbered criterion above, find concrete "
     "evidence in the agent's response that the criterion is "
     "satisfied. Do not accept generic phrases like 'all requirements "
@@ -415,6 +418,7 @@ def judge_goal(
 
     # Build the prompt — pick the with-subgoals variant when applicable.
     clean_subgoals = [s.strip() for s in (subgoals or []) if s and s.strip()]
+    current_time = datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc).astimezone().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z")
     if clean_subgoals:
         subgoals_block = "\n".join(
             f"- {i}. {text}" for i, text in enumerate(clean_subgoals, start=1)
@@ -423,11 +427,13 @@ def judge_goal(
             goal=_truncate(goal, 2000),
             subgoals_block=_truncate(subgoals_block, 2000),
             response=_truncate(last_response, _JUDGE_RESPONSE_SNIPPET_CHARS),
+            current_time=current_time,
         )
     else:
         prompt = JUDGE_USER_PROMPT_TEMPLATE.format(
             goal=_truncate(goal, 2000),
             response=_truncate(last_response, _JUDGE_RESPONSE_SNIPPET_CHARS),
+            current_time=current_time,
         )
 
     try: