Vibecosystem no-polling-agents

No Polling for Background Agents

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/vibeeval/vibecosystem

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/vibeeval/vibecosystem "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/no-polling-agents" ~/.claude/skills/vibeeval-vibecosystem-no-polling-agents && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/no-polling-agents/SKILL.md

No Polling for Background Agents

When launching parallel background agents, do NOT poll with sleep loops.

Pattern

Background agents write to status files when complete. Wait for them naturally.

DO

Launch agents with
```
run_in_background: true
```
Continue with other work while agents run
Check status file only when user asks or when you need results to proceed
Trust the agent completion system

DON'T

Run
```
sleep 10 && cat status.txt
```
in loops
Continuously poll for completion
Waste tokens checking status repeatedly
Block on agents unless absolutely necessary

When to Check Status

User explicitly asks "are they done?"
You need agent output to proceed with next task
Significant time has passed and user is waiting

Example

// Launch agents
Task({ ..., run_in_background: true })
Task({ ..., run_in_background: true })

// Continue with other work or conversation
// Agents will write to status file when done

// Only check when needed
cat .claude/cache/status.txt

Source

User feedback: "You can just wait until everyone pings you"