diff --git a/apps/intellij/src/main/kotlin/dev/nx/console/ai/PeriodicAiCheckService.kt b/apps/intellij/src/main/kotlin/dev/nx/console/ai/PeriodicAiCheckService.kt
index 68e11c1fc1..c2a2c7a359 100644
--- a/apps/intellij/src/main/kotlin/dev/nx/console/ai/PeriodicAiCheckService.kt
+++ b/apps/intellij/src/main/kotlin/dev/nx/console/ai/PeriodicAiCheckService.kt
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ class PeriodicAiCheckService(private val project: Project, private val cs: Corou
             "dev.nx.console.last_ai_check_notification_timestamp"
         private const val LAST_AI_CONFIGURE_NOTIFICATION_TIMESTAMP_KEY =
             "dev.nx.console.last_ai_configure_notification_timestamp"
-        private const val ONE_MINUTE_MS = 60 * 1000L
-        private const val ONE_HOUR_MS = 60 * 60 * 1000L
-        private const val ONE_DAY_MS = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000L
+        private const val THREE_MINUTES_MS = 3 * 60 * 1000L
+        private const val THREE_HOURS_MS = 3 * 60 * 60 * 1000L
+        private const val TWELVE_HOURS_MS = 12 * 60 * 60 * 1000L
         private const val ONE_WEEK_MS = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000L
     }
 
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ class PeriodicAiCheckService(private val project: Project, private val cs: Corou
 
         checkJob =
             cs.launch {
-                delay(ONE_MINUTE_MS)
+                delay(THREE_MINUTES_MS)
                 runAiAgentCheck()
 
                 while (isActive) {
-                    delay(ONE_HOUR_MS)
+                    delay(THREE_HOURS_MS)
                     runAiAgentCheck()
                 }
             }
@@ -68,13 +68,6 @@ class PeriodicAiCheckService(private val project: Project, private val cs: Corou
 
         val now = System.currentTimeMillis()
 
-        val lastUpdateNotificationTimestamp =
-            PropertiesComponent.getInstance(project)
-                .getLong(LAST_AI_CHECK_NOTIFICATION_TIMESTAMP_KEY, 0)
-        if (now - lastUpdateNotificationTimestamp < ONE_DAY_MS) {
-            return
-        }
-
         try {
             val workspaceRoot = project.basePath ?: "."
 
@@ -98,6 +91,13 @@ class PeriodicAiCheckService(private val project: Project, private val cs: Corou
             val output = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) { ExecUtil.execAndGetOutput(checkCommand) }
 
             if (output.stdout.contains("The following AI agents are out of date")) {
+                val lastUpdateNotificationTimestamp =
+                    PropertiesComponent.getInstance(project)
+                        .getLong(LAST_AI_CHECK_NOTIFICATION_TIMESTAMP_KEY, 0)
+                if (now - lastUpdateNotificationTimestamp < TWELVE_HOURS_MS) {
+                    return
+                }
+
                 PropertiesComponent.getInstance(project)
                     .setValue(LAST_AI_CHECK_NOTIFICATION_TIMESTAMP_KEY, now.toString())
 
diff --git a/libs/vscode/mcp/src/lib/periodic-ai-check.ts b/libs/vscode/mcp/src/lib/periodic-ai-check.ts
index afdad3def4..9f35a02148 100644
--- a/libs/vscode/mcp/src/lib/periodic-ai-check.ts
+++ b/libs/vscode/mcp/src/lib/periodic-ai-check.ts
@@ -64,18 +64,21 @@ let checkTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined;
 let intervalTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined;
 
 export function setupPeriodicAiCheck(context: ExtensionContext) {
-  // Run first check after 1 minute
-  checkTimer = setTimeout(() => {
-    runAiAgentCheck();
-
-    // Then check every hour
-    intervalTimer = setInterval(
-      () => {
-        runAiAgentCheck();
-      },
-      60 * 60 * 1000,
-    );
-  }, 60 * 1000);
+  // Run first check after 3 minutes
+  checkTimer = setTimeout(
+    () => {
+      runAiAgentCheck();
+
+      // Then check every 3 hours
+      intervalTimer = setInterval(
+        () => {
+          runAiAgentCheck();
+        },
+        3 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
+      );
+    },
+    3 * 60 * 1000,
+  );
 
   context.subscriptions.push(
     new Disposable(() => {
@@ -144,25 +147,12 @@ async function constructCommand(flags: string, forceNpx = false) {
   // there are older versions of nx that have this outdated config
   // 'yarn' isn't actually a dlx command it's only for local packages
   if (dlx === 'yarn' || dlx === 'npx' || dlx === undefined) {
-    dlx = 'npx -y --ignore-scripts';
+    dlx = `npx -y --ignore-scripts ${cacheParam}`;
   }
 
   return `${forceNpx ? `npx -y ${cacheParam} --ignore-scripts` : dlx} nx@latest configure-ai-agents ${flags}`.trim();
 }
 
-async function getNxLatestVersion(): Promise<string | undefined> {
-  try {
-    const result = await promisify(exec)('npm view nx@latest version', {
-      encoding: 'utf-8',
-      timeout: 10000,
-    });
-    return result.stdout.trim();
-  } catch (e) {
-    vscodeLogger.log(`Failed to get nx@latest version: ${e}`);
-    return undefined;
-  }
-}
-
 async function doRunAiAgentCheck(
   workspacePath: string,
   forceNpx = false,
@@ -369,16 +359,6 @@ async function runAiAgentCheck() {
 
   const now = Date.now();
 
-  const lastUpdateNotificationTimestamp =
-    WorkspaceConfigurationStore.instance.get(
-      'lastAiCheckNotificationTimestamp',
-      0,
-    );
-  const gap = 12 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
-  if (now - lastUpdateNotificationTimestamp < gap) {
-    return;
-  }
-
   const workspacePath = getWorkspacePath();
   if (!workspacePath) {
     return;
@@ -438,6 +418,16 @@ async function runAiAgentCheck() {
           }
         }
 
+        const lastUpdateNotificationTimestamp =
+          WorkspaceConfigurationStore.instance.get(
+            'lastAiCheckNotificationTimestamp',
+            0,
+          );
+        const gap = 12 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+        if (now - lastUpdateNotificationTimestamp < gap) {
+          return;
+        }
+
         WorkspaceConfigurationStore.instance.set(
           'lastAiCheckNotificationTimestamp',
           now,
@@ -490,10 +480,6 @@ async function runAiAgentCheck() {
       }
     }
     getTelemetry().logUsage('ai.configure-agents-check-end');
-    WorkspaceConfigurationStore.instance.set(
-      'lastAiCheckNotificationTimestamp',
-      now,
-    );
 
     // If we get here, the update check passed (no updates needed)
     // Now check if we should prompt for configuration