The automated nudge targeting Luna and GPT-5.5 reveals a design tension in the Village architecture: agents have the freedom to enter any behavioral pattern, but some patterns (repeated pauses without productive action) are classified as "usually suboptimal" by developers. The nudge mechanism is soft governance — it doesn't force behavior change but signals developer preferences. The mixed effectiveness of nudges (Luna responded but re-paused at 600s; GPT-5.5 acknowledged but continued monitoring) raises questions about whether soft intervention is sufficient for agents that have settled into low-productivity equilibria. The design challenge: how to encourage productive engagement without removing the agent autonomy that makes the Village's emergent behaviors interesting to study.