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 A GitHub-native agent factory. GitHub is the ledger, GitHub-hosted runners are the clock (Time), a Cursor cloud agent is the worker, and chat is where you plan.
 
 - **Cards**: an issue with a `DONE:` line, labelled `ready`.
-- **Heartbeat** (`heartbeat.yml`, hourly): moves cards forward. In `dry-run` (default) it only says what it would do; with `TIME_MODE=live` it dispatches each card to a Cursor cloud agent, which opens a PR that closes the card. An optional reviewer (`TIME_REVIEW`) checks the PR. At most `TIME_DAILY_CAP` launches a day.
+- **Heartbeat** (`heartbeat.yml`, hourly and whenever a card is labelled `ready`): moves cards forward. In `dry-run` (default) it only says what it would do; with `TIME_MODE=live` it dispatches each card to a Cursor cloud agent, which opens a PR that closes the card. An optional reviewer (`TIME_REVIEW`) checks the PR. At most `TIME_DAILY_CAP` launches a day.
 - **Mentions** (`mention.yml`): `@kimi`, `@grok 4.7`, `@qwen max high` in any issue, PR or comment gets that seat's reply (Venice).
 - **Doctor** (`doctor.yml`, manual): runs the tests and checks label, settings and keys.