runaway-process-guard

What problem does it solve?

This Skill prevents AI agents from getting stuck in infinite loops, runaway scripts, or deadlocked background processes by enforcing strict timeouts and detection mechanisms.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Hard Timeboxing: Enforces wall-clock timeouts for custom polling scripts and loops.
• Semantic Repetition Detection: Acts as a circuit breaker when polling background process statuses repeatedly show no change.
• Immediate Termination: Provides protocols to kill stuck processes and orphaned daemons.
• Use Case: Ensures that an AI agent tasked with monitoring a long-running process doesn't hang indefinitely if the process becomes unresponsive or enters a deadlock.

Quick Start

Ensure all custom scripts involving loops include a programmatic wall-clock timeout using Date.now().