Pickaxe re-triggering on "." input after successful run — how to prevent second execution?

Bugs / Site Issues
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Hi everyone — I’ve built a Pickaxe tool that reformats and saves some text from user input using a Python action. The workflow is:

  1. User pastes a plain-text
  2. GPT formats it into Markdown
  3. The formatted brief is saved to memory using a custom action
  4. A success message (“:white_check_mark: Success! Your Business Brief has been saved.”) is display

Everything works on the first run. The problem is what happens after that:

The tool automatically re-triggers with a "." or blank input (possibly from system continuation or post-save step).

So the GPT responds with a message like:
“Since you provided “.”, and following the instructions…”

This causes an unnecessary second response and breaks the clean UX

What I’ve tried:

  • Added strict prompt rules: "If input is ‘.’, blank, or <10 characters, return nothing at all.
  • Repeated this silence rule at the top and bottom of the prompt
  • Updated my action code to skip invalid input:

I suspect the issue may be:

  • GPT getting re-triggered automatically by Pickaxe with a "." placeholder
  • Or the action firing again with invalid filler after completion

Any idea why this is happening? If so, how do I prevent GPT from re-running on ".", empty, or post-save input? Or how do I stop the action or assistant from re-firing when there’s no meaningful user input?

Any help or best practices would be hugely appreciated!

Thanks!

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Hi @cain.daniel,

Have you tried adding the strict prompt rules to the Action’s trigger prompt?

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Yes - thanks for the suggestion! I have played with the trigger prompt for hours trying different things. I’m trying to figure out if this is indeed a “bug” or if I have set something up incorrectly.