Patrol Monitoring
DevOps & Securitypatrol-monitoringPatrol Monitoring is an Agent Skill for devops & security published in the a5c-ai/babysitter repository on GitHub: a SKILL.md instruction file an AI agent can load to do this task.
Continuous monitoring using Deacon/Witness patterns for agent health checks, stuck detection, and automated recovery.
QUICK START
How to use this skill
Bring this guide into your coding agent with a prompt tailored to the tool you use.
- Open your project in Codex.
- Copy and paste the prompt below.
- Review files and risks before approving any action.
Prompt to paste
Inspect the Agent Skill at https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter/blob/HEAD/library/methodologies/gastown/skills/patrol-monitoring/SKILL.md and all supporting files. Report provenance, permissions, scripts, dependencies, and security risks. Propose an exact installation into .agents/skills/patrol-monitoring, but wait for my approval before writing files or running scripts.
Copying this prompt does not install or run the skill. Review third-party files before use.
- When agents may become stuck or unresponsive
- For long-running multi-agent workflows
- When automated recovery is desired
Process
- Health check all active agents and convoys
- Detect stuck or unresponsive agents via heartbeats
- Recover - restart, reassign, or escalate as needed
- 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