monitor

Monitors long-running tasks and drives authorized goals to completion via the Pi monitor workflow.

294|16|Updated Jul 18, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/osolmaz/pi-workflows --skill monitor-osolmaz
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: monitor
Source: https://github.com/osolmaz/pi-workflows/tree/main/skills/monitor
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/osolmaz/pi-workflows --skill monitor-osolmaz

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Long-running jobs like CI runs, deployments, remote training jobs, and multi-module builds require constant babysitting. This Skill starts the built-in Pi monitor workflow to observe the target, take safe authorized actions, and finish the goal without manual polling. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Continuous Observation: Each cycle runs a read-only observe step that checks goal completion, active work, failures, and blockers before deciding to wait, act, or stop. - Authorized Action and Recovery: Performs direct advance and recover actions, and composes plan-change plus Autoimplement workflows for code or configuration repairs, all strictly within existing authority. - Cost and Authority Guardrails: Verifies spending approvals, cost ceilings, and protected contracts before any paid work, and stops when limits are unclear or exceeded. - Use Case: Ask the agent to watch a remote training job that must produce 27 verified module outputs; the monitor resumes failed workers, refreshes launch files, reports progress every 15 minutes, and stops when done or blocked. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to monitor your running deployment or job and finish the goal, for example: monitor the CI run on my repository and resume any failed jobs until all checks pass.

Frequently Asked Questions about monitor

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I monitor a long-running job with the Pi agent?▼

Ask the agent to monitor your job and state the goal, finish rule, and interval. The skill starts the built-in monitor workflow with a task description, optional stopWhen condition, and check interval, then observes and acts until completion.

How do I automatically recover a failed remote job or CI run?▼

The monitor workflow detects failures during its observe step and runs a recover action to restart or resume work, or a repair action that composes plan-change and Autoimplement workflows for code defects. It stops if the same failure returns after one completed repair.

Does the monitor skill require the pi-workflows extension?▼

Yes, the skill requires pi-workflows and its built-in monitor workflow to be installed and loaded. It communicates through the workflow tool with start, update, and cancel actions.

Can the monitor workflow spend money or change code without approval?▼

No. Monitoring grants no new authority. Before paid work it verifies approval, cost ceilings, and provider contracts, and it stops when an action exceeds limits or would change protected settings like model, data source, or production state.

How do I stop an active monitor workflow?▼

Ask the agent to stop monitoring. It cancels the active monitor immediately with the workflow cancel action and confirms that monitoring has stopped.