patrol-monitoring
Continuous monitoring using Deacon/Witness patterns for agent health checks, stuck detection, and automated recovery.
npx skills add a5c-ai/babysitter --skill patrol-monitoring --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.
- When agents may become stuck or unresponsive - For long-running multi-agent workflows - When automated recovery is desired ## Process 1. **Health check** all active agents and convoys 2. **Detect** stuck or unresponsive agents via heartbeats 3. **Recover** - restart, reassign, or escalate as needed 4. **Report** patrol findings with trend analysis ## Monitoring Roles - **Deacon**: Daemon supervisor, monitors overall health - **Witness**: Per-rig lifecycle manager for workers - **Boot (Dog)**: Watches the Deacon every 5 minutes ## Recovery Modes - **restart**: Restart the stuck agent session - **reassign**: Move beads to a different agent - **escalate**: Alert human for manual intervention ## Tool Use Invoke via babysitter process: `methodologies/gastown/gastown-patrol`
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What does the patrol-monitoring skill do?
Continuous monitoring using Deacon/Witness patterns for agent health checks, stuck detection, and automated recovery.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add a5c-ai/babysitter --skill patrol-monitoring --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 a5c-ai/babysitter, a repository with 1,642 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.