diff --git a/ts/packages/agents/email/src/emailSchema.agr b/ts/packages/agents/email/src/emailSchema.agr
index 51490dbcff..df0dbbd1c2 100644
--- a/ts/packages/agents/email/src/emailSchema.agr
+++ b/ts/packages/agents/email/src/emailSchema.agr
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ import { EmailAction } from "./emailActionsSchema.ts";
 
 // ===== Shared Sub-Rules =====
 
-<SendEmailPhrase> = <Polite>? (('send' ('an' | 'a')? 'email') | 'email') ('to' | 'for')?;
-<ReplyPhrase> = <Polite>? ('reply' | 'respond') ('to' | 'for')?;
-<ForwardPhrase> = <Polite>? ('forward' | 'fwd') ('the' | 'this')? ('email' | 'message')?;
-<FindPhrase> = <Polite>? (('find' | 'look' 'up' | 'locate' | 'pull' 'up') ('the' | 'that')? ('email' | 'message'));
+<SendEmailPhrase> = (<Polite>)? (('send' ('an' | 'a')? 'email') | 'email') ('to' | 'for')?;
+<ReplyPhrase> = (<Polite>)? ('reply' | 'respond') ('to' | 'for')?;
+<ForwardPhrase> = (<Polite>)? ('forward' | 'fwd') ('the' | 'this')? ('email' | 'message')?;
+<FindPhrase> = (<Polite>)? (('find' | 'look' 'up' | 'locate' | 'pull' 'up') ('the' | 'that')? ('email' | 'message'));
 
 <WithSubject> = ('with' ('the' | 'a')? 'subject' | 'subject' ('should' 'be' | 'is' | ':')?);
 <WithBody> = ('and' | 'with')? ('let' ('me' | 'them') 'know' | 'saying' | 'that' | 'about' | 'body' | 'message')?;
diff --git a/ts/packages/agents/video/src/videoSchema.agr b/ts/packages/agents/video/src/videoSchema.agr
index d17a1cad9a..7bc6d33728 100644
--- a/ts/packages/agents/video/src/videoSchema.agr
+++ b/ts/packages/agents/video/src/videoSchema.agr
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { VideoAction } from "./videoActionSchema.ts";
 // Video request patterns
 <VideoRequest> = <VideoPhrase> -> "video_request";
 
-<VideoPhrase> = <Polite>? <CreateVerb> <VideoTarget> <VideoContent>? | <VideoTarget> <FromFiles> | <NeedPhrase> <VideoTarget>;
+<VideoPhrase> = (<Polite>)? <CreateVerb> <VideoTarget> <VideoContent>? | <VideoTarget> <FromFiles> | <NeedPhrase> <VideoTarget>;
 
 <Polite> = ('can you' | 'could you' | 'please' | 'would you')?;
 
diff --git a/ts/packages/agents/weather/src/weatherSchema.agr b/ts/packages/agents/weather/src/weatherSchema.agr
index 359afe553d..8849aeef04 100644
--- a/ts/packages/agents/weather/src/weatherSchema.agr
+++ b/ts/packages/agents/weather/src/weatherSchema.agr
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ import { WeatherAction } from "./weatherSchema.ts";
 <Start> : WeatherAction = <getCurrentConditions> | <getForecast> | <getAlerts>;
 
 // Action Rules
-<getCurrentConditions> = <Polite>? <CurrentWeatherPatterns> $(location:<LocationSpec>) $(units:<UnitsSpec>)? -> { actionName: "getCurrentConditions", parameters: { location, units } };
+<getCurrentConditions> = (<Polite>)? <CurrentWeatherPatterns> $(location:<LocationSpec>) $(units:<UnitsSpec>)? -> { actionName: "getCurrentConditions", parameters: { location, units } };
 
-<getForecast> = <Polite>? <ForecastPatterns> $(location:<LocationSpec>) $(days:<DaysSpec>)? $(units:<UnitsSpec>)? -> { actionName: "getForecast", parameters: { location, days, units } };
+<getForecast> = (<Polite>)? <ForecastPatterns> $(location:<LocationSpec>) $(days:<DaysSpec>)? $(units:<UnitsSpec>)? -> { actionName: "getForecast", parameters: { location, days, units } };
 
-<getAlerts> = <Polite>? <AlertPatterns> $(location:<LocationSpec>) -> { actionName: "getAlerts", parameters: { location } };
+<getAlerts> = (<Polite>)? <AlertPatterns> $(location:<LocationSpec>) -> { actionName: "getAlerts", parameters: { location } };
 
 // Weather Pattern Rules
 <CurrentWeatherPatterns> =