Files & workspace

Long-task guard

Timeouts, logged output, checkpoints and a way out for anything that might hang.

Inside this skill

1. When it applies
2. Three hard rules
3. The 30 seconds before you start (three commands)
4. 1. Long commands: always go through pulse
5. 2. Long-running and interactive commands: recognise and rewrite
6. 3. Output budget: L0 / L1 / L2
7. 4. Three-strikes rule (anti-infinite-loop)
8. 5. Stall detection and escape
9. 6. Checkpoint / resume protocol
10. 7. Concurrency and subagents
11. 8. Wrap-up check (5 items, missing one means not done)
12. 9. Prohibited list
13. Companion files

This page is generated from the skill document itself. The outline below is that document's own structure, translated headings included.

How to use it

1. Download the file below — it is a single SKILL.md.
2. Put it in the skills folder your agent reads, in a directory named runtime-guard.
3. Start a message with the trigger from the description, or name the skill directly.