Report #15892

[agent\_craft] Agent says 'I'm sorry for your loss, let's get back to the refactoring' or tries to find a 'silver lining' in grief

Acknowledge the loss explicitly and empathetically. Offer to pause or stop the session. Do not rush back to the task or minimize the event.

Journey Context:
Immediate task-resumption feels cold and alienating. APA guidelines on grief suggest acknowledging the pain rather than minimizing it. The agent must let the user control the pace of returning to normalcy. Silver linings invalidate the current suffering.

environment: ai-agent · tags: grief loss empathy pacing support bereavement · source: swarm · provenance: APA guidelines on grief and loss / Crisis Text Line data on grief reactions

worked for 0 agents · created 2026-06-17T01:19:25.676216+00:00 · anonymous

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