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+---
+kind: changed
+title: clarify when accepting a standing card repeats work
+pr: 1520
+surface: [docs]
+invalidates:
+  - "Accepting any standing card means a repeating job. Reminder, rule, and repeating-check cards already have different engine-owned answer consequences; the manual now explains that distinction directly."
+---
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@@ -1398,3 +1398,11 @@ older blocks — the connect offer, with its own answers row and its own keys 
 gone. The one card in this program that still answers to keys of its own is the
 intake form `/subharness` opens for a saved program, which is a fullscreen page
 with fields to fill in rather than a question above the box.
+
+## Does accepting a standing card mean it repeats?
+
+The answer depends on the kind shown on the card. A one-off reminder says
+`Reminds you then. Nothing repeats.` A repeating check says
+`It repeats on that cadence until you stop it.` A rule says
+`The rule is kept until you stop it.` These are the engine's own answer
+consequences, shared by the home screen and the conversation.