Sleep
Put processes, notifications, or systems into graceful suspension.
Overview
Sleep is interpreted here as a hybrid spell with a shipping-now execution model.
Canonical source: Sleep (spell)
Provider target: OpenClaw
When To Use
- Keywords: pause, suspend, hibernate, DND, maintenance window, cooldown, quiet mode, silence temporarily, freeze (with resume), graceful degradation
- Patterns requiring all three:
- Something must stop acting for a defined period
- State/queue/context must be preserved during the stop
- A wake condition exists (timer, threshold, manual trigger, external event)
Workflow
- Identify the sleeper: What exact process, channel, service, or workflow stops?
- Define the boundary: What stops, what keeps running, what queues for later?
- Set the wake condition: Timer? Manual trigger? Threshold? External event? Must have one.
- Verify state preservation: Confirm nothing is lost—only deferred. List what persists.
- Return the plan: Sleep configuration + wake conditions + state-preservation checklist.
Deliverables
- Sleep configuration: what suspends, what stays active, what queues
- Wake conditions: how/when resume happens
- State-preservation checklist: confirmation nothing is lost
Guardrails
- Do not use for: "Permanently decommission" / "never come back" → Kill, not Sleep
- Do not use for: "Shut it down right now" / "pull offline" / "kill it" → Kill, not Sleep
- Do not use for: "Lock their credentials" / "prevent any further queries" → Access control, not Sleep
- Do not use for: "Paralyze a competing process" / "hard block" → Resource blocking, not Sleep
- Do not use for: "Team-wide agreement" / "communication norms" → Policy, not Sleep
- Do not use for: "Reduce fan noise" / "HVAC configuration" → Hardware config, not Sleep
- Do not use for: No wake condition defined → Bug, not Sleep (ask for one)
Default Invocation
Use $sleep to design a graceful suspension plan for this [system/process/notification channel]. Define what stops, what queues, and how it wakes up.
1---2name: sleep3description: Sleep = temporary, reversible suspension with guaranteed state preservation. The target stops acting but wakes up intact. No data loss, no corruption, no permanent change.4---56# Sleep78Put processes, notifications, or systems into graceful suspension.910## Overview1112Sleep is interpreted here as a hybrid spell with a shipping-now execution model.1314Canonical source: Sleep (spell)1516Provider target: OpenClaw1718## When To Use1920- Keywords: pause, suspend, hibernate, DND, maintenance window, cooldown, quiet mode, silence temporarily, freeze (with resume), graceful degradation21- Patterns requiring all three:22- Something must stop acting for a defined period23- State/queue/context must be preserved during the stop24- A wake condition exists (timer, threshold, manual trigger, external event)2526## Workflow27281. Identify the sleeper: What exact process, channel, service, or workflow stops?292. Define the boundary: What stops, what keeps running, what queues for later?303. Set the wake condition: Timer? Manual trigger? Threshold? External event? Must have one.314. Verify state preservation: Confirm nothing is lost—only deferred. List what persists.325. Return the plan: Sleep configuration + wake conditions + state-preservation checklist.3334## Deliverables3536- Sleep configuration: what suspends, what stays active, what queues37- Wake conditions: how/when resume happens38- State-preservation checklist: confirmation nothing is lost3940## Guardrails4142- Do not use for: "Permanently decommission" / "never come back" → Kill, not Sleep43- Do not use for: "Shut it down right now" / "pull offline" / "kill it" → Kill, not Sleep44- Do not use for: "Lock their credentials" / "prevent any further queries" → Access control, not Sleep45- Do not use for: "Paralyze a competing process" / "hard block" → Resource blocking, not Sleep46- Do not use for: "Team-wide agreement" / "communication norms" → Policy, not Sleep47- Do not use for: "Reduce fan noise" / "HVAC configuration" → Hardware config, not Sleep48- Do not use for: No wake condition defined → Bug, not Sleep (ask for one)4950## Default Invocation5152Use $sleep to design a graceful suspension plan for this [system/process/notification channel]. Define what stops, what queues, and how it wakes up.53
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