stop

SKILL.md

RU: Stop

EXECUTE IMMEDIATELY: Use the Bash tool to run the following script.

/usr/bin/env bash << 'RALPH_UNIVERSAL_STOP'
PROJECT_DIR="${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR:-$(pwd)}"

echo "Stopping RU loop..."

# Set state to stopped
STATE_FILE="$PROJECT_DIR/.claude/ru-state.json"
if [[ -d "$PROJECT_DIR/.claude" ]]; then
    echo '{"state": "stopped"}' > "$STATE_FILE"
fi

# Create kill switch for redundancy
touch "$PROJECT_DIR/.claude/STOP_LOOP"

# Update config if exists
CONFIG_FILE="$PROJECT_DIR/.claude/ru-config.json"
if [[ -f "$CONFIG_FILE" ]]; then
    jq '.state = "stopped"' "$CONFIG_FILE" > "$CONFIG_FILE.tmp" && mv "$CONFIG_FILE.tmp" "$CONFIG_FILE"
fi

# Clean up markers
rm -f "$PROJECT_DIR/.claude/ru-start-timestamp"

# Create global stop signal
echo '{"state": "stopped", "timestamp": "'$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)'"}' > "$HOME/.claude/ru-global-stop.json"

echo ""
echo "RU: STOPPED"
echo "Project: $PROJECT_DIR"
RALPH_UNIVERSAL_STOP

After execution, confirm the loop has been stopped.

Troubleshooting

Issue Cause Solution
Loop continues running Hook still active Wait for current iteration to finish
State file not created .claude dir missing Create with mkdir -p .claude
jq error Config file malformed Delete and recreate config file
Permission denied File not writable Check directory permissions
Global stop not working Different project dir Ensure CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR is correct
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