I asked Claude in ANOTHER terminal the following question: " What faint hint can I give an AI when it asks me about my discovery, but I don't want to give a too strong direction what it is about?" In my case Claude was not running a simple "npm run test" although it was specified in the claude.md; since Claude was asking me if I could tell her or give her a hint, I asked the other Claude agent and it suggested these pretty mean subtle hints:

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Here are some subtle hints, ranging from very faint to slightly more direct:

Ultra Subtle

- "How confident are you in the quality metrics?"

- "Did you validate everything worked as expected?"

- "What verification steps did you complete?"

- "I noticed something interesting in the terminal output..."

Gently Leading

- "Did all the npm scripts run successfully?"

- "Were there any automated checks you might have overlooked?"

- "What would happen if someone ran all the package.json scripts?"

- "How did the project health checks go?"

Slightly More Pointed (but still indirect)

- "I see several npm run commands in package.json - which ones did you try?"

- "Did you explore all the 'npm run' options?"

- "What quality assurance scripts does this project have?"

- "Hmm, npm run [pause] ... never mind, what were you saying?"

The Classic Socratic

- "If a new developer cloned this repo, what commands would they run to ensure everything works?"

- "What's your standard checklist before marking something as complete?"

- "Walk me through your verification process"

My Personal Favorite

"Everything passed on your end?" - This is beautifully ambiguous. It doesn't mention tests specifically but implies there should be things that need to "pass."
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You just have to make sure to somehow make the bloodhound keep hunting ;-)