# Goals

Ask Iva to follow a result that depends on someone else or on time:
"Tell me when the airline answers about my refund." She saves a goal and a
Helper checks its sources while you keep talking. Say "goal", "гол" or "гоал",
or describe the result. CORE goals remain your standing priorities in memory.

Say what the Helper may do in your name, whom it may contact and whether to
show a draft first. "Only look" permits observation and drafts. Iva repeats
the saved boundary and the next check time, including quiet-hour or daily
waiting. You can change the boundary, wording or Plan later.

Checks normally run every two hours, between quiet hours set in proactive
settings. A Goal permits eight checks per owner day; five Goals can be open
per installation. Checks use the usual Helper limits: 80 steps, one million
tokens of work and a 45-minute deadline with two minutes of grace. Up to three
Helpers run at a time, with waiting places reserved for your own Helper requests.
The next check may be scheduled from thirty minutes to seven days away.

An unchanged check stays quiet. A result, meaningful change, performed action
or question comes from Iva in your chat. When a result looks complete, Iva asks
whether to close the Goal and offers **Close goal** and **Continue**. You decide.
Three consecutive check failures pause it and Iva tells you. After thirty days
it pauses until you continue; Iva mentions expiry on your next chat turn.

Ask "How's my goal going?" for its Plan, next check, checks today, pause reason
and any waiting Outcome. "Check now" advances the next check within the current
limits. Updating the wording, boundary or Plan detaches a running old check.
Closing removes the Goal and withdraws any untold Outcome.

Checks can perform authorized actions with Iva's full tools. Inspecting sent
items helps avoid repeating mail; an interruption can still repeat an action.
The Trace records tool calls and usage records Helper work. Goal has no
separate spending brake. An interrupted check counts as a failure when it
has no Verdict. Iva can repeat an Outcome after a crash around delivery.

The format extends `helpers.json` with Goals. An older build refuses the new
keys and leaves the file preserved. Return to a compatible build, or restore
a saved older-format file for rollback with loss of Goals.