Progress Heartbeat

Full sweep of every intern. Query them all, assess each one, check disk usage, take action, update tasks, deliver a consolidated report.

When to Use

•User says "heartbeat", "pulse check", "how's everyone doing?"
•Routine sweep to check nothing has stalled
•After delegating a batch of work

Procedure

1. Discover All Interns

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intern_list

Also read tasks.md to cross-reference. If there are no interns, tell the user and stop.

2. Check Disk Usage

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du -sh ./interns/*/

Flag anything over 20MB. For big ones, dig in with du -sh ./interns/<name>/*.

3. Query All Interns

For each live intern, use intern_status to query them. You can call multiple intern_status tools in parallel:

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intern_status name: "<name>" question: "Heartbeat. Be brief: 1. Original task (one line) 2. What you've completed 3. What's remaining 4. Blocked? (yes/no, why) 5. Confidence to finish (high/medium/low)"

For busy interns, intern_status returns their latest output without interrupting them.

4. Assess and Act

Category	Criteria	Action
Done	Claims complete, credible	Verify artifacts, mark done
On track	Clear progress, confident	Log it, move on
Slow	Some progress, less than expected	Nudge via `intern_send`
Stuck	Blocked, confused, no progress	Firm redirect via `intern_steer` or `intern_send`
Lost	Incoherent, looping, off-task	`intern_kill`, clean up

5. Update Task Tracker

Single comprehensive update to tasks.md — all interns, disk notes, actions taken.

6. Report to User

Table format:

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## Heartbeat Report — YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM

| Intern | Status | Progress | Disk | Action |
|--------|--------|----------|------|--------|
| name | icon | summary | size | what you did |

### Summary
- X interns checked, Y done, Z nudged, ...
- Total disk: ...

### Needs Attention
- anything requiring user decision

Notes

•Gather all statuses first, then act — full picture before taking action
•Disk growth is a signal — runaway loops, unnecessary downloads, verbose logging
•If multiple interns are stuck on related things, tell the user — systemic issue
•Don't nudge completed interns