autonomous-heartbeat

What problem does it solve?

This Skill prevents autonomous agents from drifting, breaking, or stagnating by enforcing a repeatable heartbeat that checks system health, executes work, and records what it learns.

Core Features & Use Cases

• WATCH phase: Verifies repo sync, tests, services, disk space, logs, and background processes before any new work begins.
• WORK phase: Picks the next backlog item, implements it, tests it, commits it, and updates persistent context.
• LEARN phase: Scans upcoming tasks, identifies unfamiliar patterns, and creates small practice prototypes so the agent is prepared later.
• DREAM phase: Reviews project gaps, risks, shortcuts, and ideas, then logs actionable improvements for future cycles.
• Use Case: Ideal for long-running autonomous coding agents that need strict operational discipline, memory of past decisions, and safe recovery behavior across repeated cron runs.

Quick Start

Use this skill to run one full heartbeat cycle that checks health first, completes the next task, learns from upcoming work, and records new ideas for the next run.