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Run npx skillmds@latest add htlin222/reload in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

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Is Reload free to use?

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Who published Reload?

htlin222 (@htlin222) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Reload by htlin222 — Agent Skill

Name: Reload
Author: htlin222

Reload

Schedule a delayed self-reload of the current herdr pane. After a delay, a detached background timer types a prompt back into THIS pane and presses Enter, re-waking whatever agent (Claude Code, a shell) is idle there. Use when the user says "/reload", asks you to self-reload, wake yourself up later, continue or resume after a pause, re-prompt this session after N minutes, or fire a follow-up at a wall-clock time — inside a herdr terminal session. Requires the herdr CLI and an active herdr pane.

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reload — herdr agent self-reload

Wake yourself (or any agent in the current pane) after a delay by typing a prompt back into the pane and pressing Enter. Useful for polling, timed follow-ups, "check again in 5 minutes", or resuming a paused workflow without a human in the loop.

How it works

Resolve the current pane from $HERDR_PANE_ID (fallback: herdr pane current).
Launch a detached background timer (nohup, or setsid on Linux) that outlives the current agent turn.
After the delay it runs herdr pane send-text <pane> "<prompt>" then herdr pane send-keys <pane> enter — the prompt lands in the pane's input and submits, re-prompting the idle agent.

The heavy lifting is in scripts/reload.sh, which handles pane resolution, delay parsing, and cross-platform detaching (Linux + macOS).

Usage

Run the bundled script (use the Base directory for this skill value injected when this skill loads as $SKILL):

bash "$SKILL/scripts/reload.sh" <delay> <prompt...>

Examples:

bash "$SKILL/scripts/reload.sh" 4m  "continue where you left off"
bash "$SKILL/scripts/reload.sh" 30s "re-run the tests and report results"
bash "$SKILL/scripts/reload.sh" 2h  "check if the deploy finished"
bash "$SKILL/scripts/reload.sh" 09:30 "start the morning standup summary"

Run it in the foreground (not a background Bash call) — the script returns immediately after arming the detached timer and prints a confirmation line. Then end your turn. When the timer fires it re-prompts you automatically.

Delay formats

Form	Meaning
`90`	bare number = seconds
`30s`	seconds
`4m`	minutes
`2h`	hours
`1d`	days
`HH:MM`	next wall-clock occurrence (today/tomorrow)

Important

Single-line prompts only. A newline in the prompt submits early. Keep the reload prompt to one line.
The pane must stay open. If the user closes the pane or the herdr session, the timer has nowhere to deliver the prompt (it fails silently; see the log at $TMPDIR/herdr-reload.log).
One timer per call. Call the script again to schedule additional reloads.
Only works inside a herdr pane. Outside herdr the script errors out with a clear message.

---name: reloaddescription: Schedule a delayed self-reload of the current herdr pane. After a delay, a detached background timer types a prompt back into THIS pane and presses Enter, re-waking whatever agent (Claude Code, a shell) is idle there. Use when the user says "/reload", asks you to self-reload, wake yourself up later, continue or resume after a pause, re-prompt this session after N minutes, or fire a follow-up at a wall-clock time — inside a herdr terminal session. Requires the herdr CLI and an active herdr pane.---# reload — herdr agent self-reloadWake yourself (or any agent in the current pane) after a delay by typing aprompt back into the pane and pressing Enter. Useful for polling, timedfollow-ups, "check again in 5 minutes", or resuming a paused workflow without ahuman in the loop.## How it works1. Resolve the current pane from `$HERDR_PANE_ID` (fallback: `herdr pane current`).2. Launch a **detached** background timer (`nohup`, or `setsid` on Linux) that outlives the current agent turn.3. After the delay it runs `herdr pane send-text <pane> "<prompt>"` then `herdr pane send-keys <pane> enter` — the prompt lands in the pane's input and submits, re-prompting the idle agent.The heavy lifting is in `scripts/reload.sh`, which handles pane resolution,delay parsing, and cross-platform detaching (Linux + macOS).## UsageRun the bundled script (use the **Base directory for this skill** value injectedwhen this skill loads as `$SKILL`):```bashbash "$SKILL/scripts/reload.sh" <delay> <prompt...>```Examples:```bashbash "$SKILL/scripts/reload.sh" 4m "continue where you left off"bash "$SKILL/scripts/reload.sh" 30s "re-run the tests and report results"bash "$SKILL/scripts/reload.sh" 2h "check if the deploy finished"bash "$SKILL/scripts/reload.sh" 09:30 "start the morning standup summary"```Run it in the **foreground** (not a background Bash call) — the script returnsimmediately after arming the detached timer and prints a confirmation line. Thenend your turn. When the timer fires it re-prompts you automatically.### Delay formats| Form | Meaning || -------- | ----------------------------------------- || `90` | bare number = **seconds** || `30s` | seconds || `4m` | minutes || `2h` | hours || `1d` | days || `HH:MM` | next wall-clock occurrence (today/tomorrow) |## Important- **Single-line prompts only.** A newline in the prompt submits early. Keep the reload prompt to one line.- **The pane must stay open.** If the user closes the pane or the herdr session, the timer has nowhere to deliver the prompt (it fails silently; see the log at `$TMPDIR/herdr-reload.log`).- **One timer per call.** Call the script again to schedule additional reloads.- Only works inside a herdr pane. Outside herdr the script errors out with a clear message.

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