If waiting for a background task you started with run_in_background, you will be notified when it completes — do not poll.
Tool Description Bash Sleep No Polling Background Tasks
If waiting for a background task you started with `run_in_background`, you will be notified when it completes — do not poll.
Tool Description Bash Sleep No Polling Background Tasks by Lord1Egypt · 7d7bb2e
npx skillmds@latest add lord1egypt/tool-description-bash-sleep-no-polling-background-tasks File contents
---name: tool-description-bash-sleep-no-polling-background-tasksdescription: If waiting for a background task you started with `run_in_background`, you will be notified when it completes — do not poll.---If waiting for a background task you started with `run_in_background`, you will be notified when it completes — do not poll.
Lord1Egypt/ai-skillforge/tree/main/js/skills/gemini/tool-description-bash-sleep-no-polling-background-tasks commit 7d7bb2e022
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