Process Manager

What This Skill Does

The Process Manager skill by autogame-17 is a robust, safe, and intuitive utility designed to streamline process lifecycle management within the OpenClaw environment. Rather than relying on error-prone manual command-line sequences like ps aux | grep and kill -9, this skill encapsulates these operations into a controlled, agent-friendly interface. It allows OpenClaw to introspect the running system state, identify resource-heavy or unresponsive tasks, and terminate them based on precise criteria such as Process ID (PID) or descriptive patterns. This ensures that the agent can maintain system health without inadvertently shutting down critical infrastructure.

Installation

To integrate the Process Manager into your OpenClaw agent, execute the following command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/autogame-17/process-manager After installation, the skill is automatically registered and ready for invocation via natural language prompts.

Use Cases

This skill is essential for maintaining a clean execution environment. Common use cases include:

• Resource Reclamation: Identifying and stopping zombie processes or runaway scripts that are consuming excessive CPU or memory.
• Automation Cleanup: Ensuring that temporary background tasks initiated by other skills are properly terminated once they are no longer required.
• Error Recovery: Restarting hung services by killing the unresponsive process and allowing the agent to re-initialize the service.
• System Monitoring: Periodically auditing the system to ensure only authorized processes are running.

Example Prompts

1. "List all processes currently running that contain the name 'chrome' and tell me their PIDs."
2. "Identify any processes using high CPU and kill the one with PID 4592."
3. "Clean up all stale background processes that match the pattern 'temp-worker' to free up system memory."

Tips & Limitations

• Safety First: The kill command includes built-in safeguards to prevent the termination of critical system processes (e.g., init, systemd), preventing accidental OS instability.
• Precision: When using patterns for termination, always double-check the list output first to ensure you are not targeting unintended processes.
• Context: While the skill handles basic process management, it cannot circumvent system-level permission restrictions. Ensure the OpenClaw agent has the necessary OS permissions to send signals to the processes you intend to manage.