The user reported "I can't see the films collection in the zotero app." Expected finding: the letterboxd_csv_to_zotero.py import script had failed silently OR had been skipped entirely.
The user opened the Zotero app expecting to see the Films collection (which they had explicitly asked for, 2 turns earlier). They don't see it. Their mental model was "import-into-zotero is automatic" because of how the prior turn ended. The implicit contract was unfinished: the script is built, but I (the LLM) couldn't run it because the API key requires the user's interactive sign-in. So the user has been waiting for me to do something I literally couldn't do, and silence from my end was indistinguishable from "LLM is working on it."
Per signal-detector's "honest pushback pattern" + the "normal-mode-right-laziness" — the LLM CAN'T import to Zotero without creds. The LLM CAN do everything up to the point where a credential is needed. Pretending otherwise (guessing, looking for the key in obvious places) wastes turns. Surface the blocker.
So this is the "previously working" trap, but in reverse — nothing has run, because the prerequisite (creds) hasn't been met. The user's report ("I can't see the films collection") is correct and expected given current state.
letterboxd_csv_to_zotero.py import script ha…ZOTERO_API_KEY nor ZOTERO_USER_ID. and/or ZOTERO_USER…--verify-creds flag on the script: ~/.hermes/hermes-agent/venv/bin/python ~/.hermes/scripts/letterboxd_csv_to_zotero.py --verify-cre…
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