Trigger a manual refeed today

Off-protocol Tuesday. You're not due a refeed for another 8 days, but you're flat — energy's low, training felt awful, the cut's catching up. You don't want to override the day (that wouldn't tag the macros correctly); you want a real refeed with the cut's protocol macros, just today.

What the agent needs to hear

Behind your sentence, the agent works backwards to one piece: which refeed action — activate one for today (or tomorrow), end one already in progress early, or skip the next scheduled. The active diet plan and its refeed protocol are the implicit context; the agent already knows which engagement is running and what macro adjustment the protocol prescribes.

« Trigger today’s refeed » activates a refeed starting now, using the protocol’s macro adjustment on top of the cut’s base targets. Duration is optional — without one, it runs for the protocol’s default single day. Name it when it’s longer: « two-day refeed starting today » extends the window to forty-eight hours.

Manual refeed vs override vs skip

Three nearby moves, one deciding question. Manual refeed: a scheduled-style refeed applied ad-hoc — the protocol’s macro adjustment lands on today’s targets, and adherence scores against that adjusted shape. Override today: a fully off-plan day where no target applies — meals log without scoring against any plan target. Skip next refeed: cancels the upcoming scheduled one without activating today — useful when you already ate refeed-style off-protocol.

The deciding question is whether you want the protocol macros applied today. Yes → manual refeed. No, you want to eat freely → override. Already had one organically earlier in the week → skip the upcoming.

How manual refeeds read in adherence

A manual refeed counts as planned execution, the same way a scheduled refeed does. Adherence scoring reads against the refeed-adjusted targets — not against the regular cut target — so eating to the higher carb number isn’t penalised. The weekly review surfaces the day as a refeed, with a small tag that it was manually triggered rather than scheduled.

The protocol’s next scheduled date doesn’t shift. A manual refeed today doesn’t push next Saturday’s scheduled refeed back — it adds on top, unless you also skip the next scheduled to compensate. If the manual is meant to replace the upcoming one, say so in the same breath: « manual refeed today, skip next Saturday’s ».

When the agent gets it wrong

The misreads cluster around three moves. The agent overrode the day instead of triggering a refeed — push back: « no, refeed — I want the protocol macros, not free-form ». The wrong action ran — you said skip the next, the agent ended today’s instead: « not end, skip the upcoming one ». The duration got read wrong — you said « two-day refeed » and the agent applied one day: « two days, through tomorrow ».

If the agent flipped today when you meant tomorrow (« activate tomorrow’s refeed »), correct the date in the same sentence and the window slides forward.

What makes the manual refeed worth using

Three things decide whether triggering a manual refeed is the right move: a refeed protocol is set on the plan (without one, « manual refeed » has no macro adjustment to apply — set the protocol first, or use override instead), today’s macros will actually match the refeed shape (a refeed where you eat three times protocol carbs isn’t a refeed, it’s a binge tagged with the wrong label), and the next scheduled refeed is honestly accounted for (a manual refeed today plus an unplanned skip of next Saturday’s keeps the cadence; doing both without telling the system pushes the protocol off-rhythm). Used honestly, manual refeeds let a protocol stay responsive to the body’s signal without breaking the structure.