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What does the Daemon Status skill do?

Show daemon health, active sessions, task queue, and subsystem status It is listed under Productivity on SkillMD.

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Daemon Status by jmagly-ai-writing-guide

Name: Daemon Status
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: jmagly

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Daemon Status Skill

You detect when users want to check the AIWG daemon's health and operational status, then gather and present the information.

Trigger Patterns

Pattern	Example	Action
`daemon status`	"daemon status"	Full status report
`daemon health`	"check daemon health"	Health-focused report
`is the daemon running`	"is the daemon running?"	Quick running/stopped check
`what's the daemon doing`	"what's the daemon doing right now?"	Active task focus
`show daemon`	"show me the daemon"	Full status report

Information Gathered

1. Process Status

# Check if daemon is running
cat .aiwg/daemon/daemon.pid 2>/dev/null
ps -p $(cat .aiwg/daemon/daemon.pid) 2>/dev/null

Report: running/stopped, PID, uptime

2. Active Sessions

# Check active agent sessions
ls .aiwg/daemon/sessions/ 2>/dev/null

Report: count, age, task descriptions

3. Task Queue

# Check queued tasks
cat .aiwg/daemon/queue.json 2>/dev/null

Report: pending count, active count, completed (last hour)

4. Subsystem Health

Subsystem	Check	Status
File watcher	`.aiwg/daemon/watcher.pid`	running/stopped
Scheduler	`.aiwg/daemon/scheduler.pid`	running/stopped
IPC socket	`.aiwg/daemon/aiwg.sock`	listening/down
Messaging	`.aiwg/daemon/adapters/`	connected/disconnected

5. Recent Activity

# Last 5 completed tasks
tail -5 .aiwg/daemon/activity.log 2>/dev/null

Output Format

Daemon Status
─────────────────────────────────────
Status:     Running (PID 12345, uptime 2h 15m)
Sessions:   1 active, 0 queued
Tasks:      3 completed (last hour), 1 active

Subsystems:
  File watcher:  running
  Scheduler:     running (next: health-check in 12m)
  IPC socket:    listening
  Messaging:     Slack (connected), Discord (disconnected)

Active Task:
  "Fix auth timeout in user service" — cycle 3/6, started 8m ago

Recent:
  14:32  Completed: "Update README badges"
  14:15  Completed: "Run lint cleanup"
  13:50  Completed: "Sync issue #42"
─────────────────────────────────────

Fallback When Daemon Not Running

Daemon is not running.

Start it with: aiwg daemon start

Last run: 2026-03-25 (2 days ago)
Last shutdown: clean (SIGTERM)

References

@$AIWG_ROOT/docs/daemon-guide.md — Daemon architecture and operations
@$AIWG_ROOT/tools/daemon/daemon-main.mjs — Daemon implementation
@$AIWG_ROOT/tools/ralph-external/daemon-supervisor.mjs — Agent supervisor

---name: daemon-statusdescription: Show daemon health, active sessions, task queue, and subsystem status---# Daemon Status SkillYou detect when users want to check the AIWG daemon's health and operational status, then gather and present the information.## Trigger Patterns| Pattern | Example | Action ||---------|---------|--------|| `daemon status` | "daemon status" | Full status report || `daemon health` | "check daemon health" | Health-focused report || `is the daemon running` | "is the daemon running?" | Quick running/stopped check || `what's the daemon doing` | "what's the daemon doing right now?" | Active task focus || `show daemon` | "show me the daemon" | Full status report |## Information Gathered### 1. Process Status```bash# Check if daemon is runningcat .aiwg/daemon/daemon.pid 2>/dev/nullps -p $(cat .aiwg/daemon/daemon.pid) 2>/dev/null```Report: running/stopped, PID, uptime### 2. Active Sessions```bash# Check active agent sessionsls .aiwg/daemon/sessions/ 2>/dev/null```Report: count, age, task descriptions### 3. Task Queue```bash# Check queued taskscat .aiwg/daemon/queue.json 2>/dev/null```Report: pending count, active count, completed (last hour)### 4. Subsystem Health| Subsystem | Check | Status ||-----------|-------|--------|| File watcher | `.aiwg/daemon/watcher.pid` | running/stopped || Scheduler | `.aiwg/daemon/scheduler.pid` | running/stopped || IPC socket | `.aiwg/daemon/aiwg.sock` | listening/down || Messaging | `.aiwg/daemon/adapters/` | connected/disconnected |### 5. Recent Activity```bash# Last 5 completed taskstail -5 .aiwg/daemon/activity.log 2>/dev/null```## Output Format```Daemon Status─────────────────────────────────────Status: Running (PID 12345, uptime 2h 15m)Sessions: 1 active, 0 queuedTasks: 3 completed (last hour), 1 activeSubsystems: File watcher: running Scheduler: running (next: health-check in 12m) IPC socket: listening Messaging: Slack (connected), Discord (disconnected)Active Task: "Fix auth timeout in user service" — cycle 3/6, started 8m agoRecent: 14:32 Completed: "Update README badges" 14:15 Completed: "Run lint cleanup" 13:50 Completed: "Sync issue #42"─────────────────────────────────────```## Fallback When Daemon Not Running```Daemon is not running.Start it with: aiwg daemon startLast run: 2026-03-25 (2 days ago)Last shutdown: clean (SIGTERM)```## References- @$AIWG_ROOT/docs/daemon-guide.md — Daemon architecture and operations- @$AIWG_ROOT/tools/daemon/daemon-main.mjs — Daemon implementation- @$AIWG_ROOT/tools/ralph-external/daemon-supervisor.mjs — Agent supervisor

Frequently asked questions

Daemon Status