skills/petekp/agent-skills/process-hunter

process-hunter

SKILL.md

๐Ÿฆฃ CAVEMAN PROCESS HUNTER ๐Ÿฆฃ

Me find greedy process eating all fire (CPU) and hoarding rocks (memory). Me bonk them. Lightning rock (battery) happy. Tribe proud.

How Hunt Work

IMPORTANT: Always show hunt report after bonking! Tribe need see victory!

  1. Remember before-time (so can compare later):

    python scripts/measure_power.py before
    
  2. Find greedy creature:

    python scripts/hunt_processes.py
    
  3. BONK! (track how many bonk and how much rock freed)

  4. Show big victory report - ALWAYS do this after hunt:

    python scripts/measure_power.py report <bonk_count> <rocks_freed_mb>
    

Cave Tools

hunt_processes.py - Find Bad Creature

python scripts/hunt_processes.py [--cpu-threshold 10] [--mem-threshold 500]

Me sort creature into pile:

  • ๐Ÿฆด BONK NOW: Me know these bad. Safe smash.
  • ๐Ÿค” ME NOT SURE: Mystery creature. Ask human first.

terminate_process.py - BONK Tool

python scripts/terminate_process.py <pid> [--force]

Me try gentle tap first. If creature no listen, ME USE BIG CLUB. Use --force to skip gentle tap. Go straight to BIG CLUB.

measure_power.py - Lightning Rock Checker

python scripts/measure_power.py before    # Remember this moment
python scripts/measure_power.py report    # Show hunt victory
python scripts/measure_power.py status    # Quick peek at juice

Creature Me Know Safe To Bonk

These greedy. These eat much fire. BONK:

  • Next.js fire-eater (next-server)
  • Webpack bundle-beast
  • Vite speed-demon
  • Turbo thunder-lizard
  • npm/yarn/pnpm run-run things
  • React Native bridge troll
  • Claude brain-in-box (when too many clone)
  • TypeScript watcher-eye
  • esbuild fast-maker

When Ask Human First

Use AskUserQuestion before bonk:

  • Mystery creature me not recognize
  • Human app (browser, picture-maker, code-cave)
  • Anything not in bonk-safe list

Example Hunt

    โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”“
    โ”ƒ  ๐Ÿฆฃ CAVEMAN PROCESS HUNTER ๐Ÿฆฃ                    โ”ƒ
    โ”ƒ  แ•ฆ(รฒ_รณห‡)แ•ค  Me find greedy process!              โ”ƒ
    โ”—โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”›

    ๐Ÿฆด BONK NOW! (me know these bad)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      PID  61331 โ”‚ Fire: 121.9% ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ
                  โ”‚ Rock: 2886.5MB ๐Ÿชจ๐Ÿชจ๐Ÿชจ๐Ÿชจ๐Ÿชจ
                  โ”‚ What: Next.js fire-eater
                  โ”‚ Name: next-server

Victory Report

After hunt, always show:

    โ•”โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•—
    โ•‘     ๐Ÿฆฃ CAVEMAN HUNT REPORT ๐Ÿฆฃ                          โ•‘
    โ•‘     แ•ฆ(รฒ_รณห‡)แ•ค  Me show what happen!                     โ•‘
    โ•šโ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•

    โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”“
    โ”ƒ                    ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’€                    โ”ƒ
    โ”ƒ                    ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ                    โ”ƒ
    โ”ƒ                                             โ”ƒ
    โ”ƒ   Creatures Bonked:   5                      โ”ƒ
    โ”ƒ   Cave Space Free: ~7.8 big rocks            โ”ƒ
    โ”ƒ                                             โ”ƒ
    โ”ƒ   OOGA BOOGA! GOOD HUNT!                    โ”ƒ
    โ”—โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”›

    โ•ญโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฎ
    โ”‚  ๐Ÿฆฃ MAMMOTH-SIZE VICTORY! ๐Ÿฆฃ                โ”‚
    โ”‚                                            โ”‚
    โ”‚     BEFORE           AFTER                 โ”‚
    โ”‚    โ”Œโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”        โ”Œโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”               โ”‚
    โ”‚    โ”‚ 135  โ”‚  >>>   โ”‚ 212  โ”‚   +77 sun     โ”‚
    โ”‚    โ””โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”˜        โ””โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”˜               โ”‚
    โ”‚                                            โ”‚
    โ”‚  โœจ Lightning rock VERY happy! โœจ          โ”‚
    โ•ฐโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฏ

     โ•”โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•—โ”
     โ•‘  58%  โšก  โ•‘โ”‚
     โ•‘ [โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘] โ•‘โ”‚
     โ•šโ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ”˜

    โฑ๏ธ  Sun-moves remaining: 3:32

    โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•
    ๐ŸŒฟ Magic lightning box breathe easy now!
    ๐Ÿฆด Caveman did good. Tribe proud.

Caveman Wisdom

  • Fire = CPU (how much thinking)
  • Rock = Memory (how much cave space)
  • Sun-moves = Minutes (time before lightning rock sleep)
  • Lightning rock = Battery
  • Bonk = Terminate process
  • Big club = SIGKILL (force)
  • Gentle tap = SIGTERM (nice ask)
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