# Pause

> Stops the patina loop from running, or starts it again, without uninstalling anything.

- Skill: `aurelioochoa/pause` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add aurelioochoa/pause`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/aurelioochoa/pause/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: aurelioochoa (https://skillmd.com/u/aurelioochoa)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/aurelioochoa/pause

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If `$ARGUMENTS` contains "resume" or "on", run `patina curator --resume`.
Otherwise run `patina curator --pause`.

Pausing stops both intervals: no curation, and no daily sweep. Sessions still
end normally and the `SessionEnd` review still fires — pausing governs the
scheduled work, not the per-session one. Say so, since "pause the loop" usually
means "stop it spending money in the background" and this only stops part of it.

To stop the per-session reviews as well, the hooks have to come out: `/plugin`
to disable the plugin, or `install.sh --uninstall` for a script install.

Confirm the new state afterwards with `patina status` and report the two
interval lines.