gupp-propulsion
Interrupt controller converting polled to proactive agent execution. Per-runtime strategies, configurable thresholds, Deacon heartbeat supervision. Fights LLM passivity bias.
npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill gupp-propulsion-tibsfox-gsd-skill-creator --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# GUPP Propulsion The Gas Town Universal Propulsion Principle: **If there is work on your hook, YOU MUST RUN IT.** GUPP is the interrupt controller of the Gastown chipset. In a real processor, the interrupt controller converts external events (keyboard press, network packet, timer tick) into CPU interrupts that force immediate handling. GUPP does the same for AI coding agents: it converts the polled model (agent checks periodically, waits for user input) into an interrupt-driven model (work appears on hook, agent executes immediately). ## Why GUPP Exists RLHF-trained LLM assistants have a strong bias toward *waiting for the user* — asking clarifying questions, seeking confirmation, pausing for feedback. This is appropriate in interactive chat but catastrophic for autonomous multi-agent orchestration, where every moment of idle waiting stalls the pipeline. Gastown discovered this empirically: agents spawned with a work item would introduce themselves, summarize the task, and *wait*, asking "Shall I proceed?" when the answer was already on their hook. GUPP overrides this trained passivity with an explicit, non-negotiable execution mandate: if you have hooked work, you do not wait, do
- Why GUPP Exists
- Activation Triggers
- Enforcement at a Glance
- Safety Boundaries
- GUPP Is Advisory in GSD
- Restart Limits
- Human Escalation
- No Data Destruction
- Integration with Other Gastown Skills
- References
What does the gupp-propulsion skill do?
Interrupt controller converting polled to proactive agent execution. Per-runtime strategies, configurable thresholds, Deacon heartbeat supervision. Fights LLM passivity bias.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill gupp-propulsion-tibsfox-gsd-skill-creator --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, a repository with 534 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.