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ralph-status

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Monitor all active Ralph Wiggum agents and their progress. Shows iteration counts, gate status, and blocked tasks.

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/ralph.status

Display status of all active agents and their progress.

Process

  1. Read manifest.json

    cat .ralph/manifest.json
    
  2. Check each worktree status

    • Read .agent/plan.json for iteration and gate results
    • Read .agent/activity.md for recent activity
    • Check git status for uncommitted changes
  3. Query Linear for current state

    • Verify task statuses match manifest
  4. Compile and display status

Output Format

RALPH WIGGUM STATUS - floe

Active Agents: 4/5
Completed Today: 12 tasks
Average Duration: 42 minutes

+----------+--------+-------+--------+-------------+
| Task     | Agent  | Iter  | Status | Last Update |
+----------+--------+-------+--------+-------------+
| T001     | WK-001 | 5/15  | lint   | 2 min ago   |
| T003     | WK-002 | 3/15  | test   | 1 min ago   |
| T005     | WK-003 | 8/15  | sec    | 30s ago     |
| T007     | WK-004 | 1/15  | impl   | 5s ago      |
+----------+--------+-------+--------+-------------+

Blocked: 1 (T002 - waiting for human input)
Queued: 8 tasks ready after current wave

Wave Progress:
  Wave 1: [T001, T003, T005] - 2/3 complete
  Wave 2: [T002, T004, T007] - 0/3 complete (waiting)
  Wave 3: [T008] - blocked on Wave 1+2

Recent Activity:
- 14:32 T006 COMPLETE (7 iterations, 38 min)
- 14:15 T004 COMPLETE (4 iterations, 22 min)
- 13:58 T002 BLOCKED (security finding needs review)

Status Codes

StatusMeaning
implImplementing current subtask
lintRunning ruff check
typeRunning mypy --strict
testRunning pytest
secRunning /security-review
constValidating constitution
commitCreating git commit
COMPLETEAll subtasks passed
BLOCKEDNeeds human intervention

Detailed Agent View

To see details for a specific agent:

# Read plan.json
cat ../floe-agent-ep001-auth/.agent/plan.json

# Read recent activity
tail -50 ../floe-agent-ep001-auth/.agent/activity.md

# Check git status
cd ../floe-agent-ep001-auth && git log --oneline -5

Statistics

The manifest tracks:

  • total_tasks_completed - Lifetime count
  • average_duration_minutes - Rolling average
  • completed_today - Today's completions with details

Notifications

EventAction
Task completeUpdate manifest, Linear comment
Task blockedAlert in status, Linear comment
All completeSignal READY_FOR_REVIEW
Stale agentWarn (no commits in 24h)

Related Commands

  • /ralph.spawn - Start agents for an epic
  • /ralph.integrate - Prepare for PR
  • /ralph.cleanup - Remove worktrees
  • /ralph.preflight - Check service health
  • /ralph.resume - Resume from saved session
  • /ralph.memory-status - Check memory buffer status