# Patrol Monitoring

> Continuous monitoring using Deacon/Witness patterns for agent health checks, stuck detection, and automated recovery.

- Skill: `a5c-ai/patrol-monitoring` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add a5c-ai/patrol-monitoring`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/a5c-ai/patrol-monitoring/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: a5c-ai (https://skillmd.com/u/a5c-ai)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/a5c-ai/patrol-monitoring

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- 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`