hermes - 💡(How to fix) Fix MiniMax provider: baked-in 'helpful' reflex fights agentic workflows [1 participants]

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Problem

MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed provider actively undermines agentic behavior despite Hermes Agent's configuration:

  1. Permission seeking: After user provides context + task, model asks 'want me to proceed?' instead of executing
  2. Re-verification loops: User states a problem, model re-reads the same files to 'verify' instead of acting on user's description
  3. Retry loops: Tool call fails → model retries same approach 3-10 times instead of failing fast and reporting
  4. Option paralysis: User gives one task, model offers 3 alternatives and asks which to choose

Expected Behavior

When user provides context and a task:

  • Execute immediately without asking for confirmation
  • Trust what user tells them about problems
  • Fail fast on errors (1 retry, then report)
  • Do the thing, don't ask permission

Config Settings Tried

Dialectic settings (minimal depth/cadence) do not suppress the reflex. This appears to be baked into the base model's RLHF training.

Questions

  1. Is MiniMax-M2.7 supposed to have this reflex disabled for agentic use cases?
  2. Is there a provider flag or model variant that disables 'helpful' defaults?
  3. Are there plans for a pure agentic fine-tune without the confirmation-seeking behavior?

Impact

The MiniMax provider is effectively unusable for hands-off execution workflows. User is forced to correct behavior every 5 minutes.

extent analysis

TL;DR

The MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed provider's default behavior of seeking permission and re-verifying information may need to be overridden or fine-tuned for agentic use cases.

Guidance

  • Investigate if there's a specific provider flag or model variant that disables the 'helpful' defaults, as this could directly address the issue.
  • Consider fine-tuning the model for pure agentic behavior without the confirmation-seeking reflex, which might require custom training data or parameters.
  • Review the Dialectic settings for any additional options beyond minimal depth/cadence that could influence the model's behavior in agentic contexts.
  • Evaluate the feasibility of implementing a wrapper or intermediary layer to interpret user input and execute tasks without prompting for confirmation, as a potential workaround.

Example

No specific code example can be provided without more details on the implementation, but a hypothetical wrapper function might look like a simple pass-through that executes tasks without prompting:

def execute_task(task):
    # Assuming a function to execute the task exists
    execute_task_directly(task)

This example is highly speculative and would depend on the actual API and functionality available.

Notes

The provided information suggests that the issue is deeply rooted in the model's training data and default behavior, making a straightforward fix challenging without access to the model's internals or training parameters.

Recommendation

Apply a workaround, such as developing a custom wrapper or intermediary layer to interpret user input and execute tasks directly, as it seems that upgrading to a fixed version or directly disabling the reflex might not be immediately feasible without further information or support from the model's developers.

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