bishwashere/Background tasks
skills/background-tasks/SKILL.md
Run long work in the background without blocking chat. Spawn returns a task id immediately; results are announced when done. Use /tasks to list jobs.
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SKILL.md
- id:
- background-tasks
- name:
- Background tasks
- description:
- Run long work in the background without blocking chat. Spawn returns a task id immediately; results are announced when done. Use /tasks to list jobs.
Background tasks
Offload long or heavy work to a background agent turn. The user gets an immediate ack with a task id; you stay responsive in chat while the work runs. When the background turn finishes, Pasture Protocol announces the result in the same chat.
This is the Pasture Protocol equivalent of OpenClaw sub-agents (sessions_spawn).
Always available in chat — no skill toggle or setup. Use /tasks to check status.
When to use
- Research, multi-step browsing, large file analysis, or anything that may take minutes.
- The user says "do this in the background", "run this async", or clearly won't want to wait inline.
- You would otherwise block chat for a long tool loop.
Do not spawn for quick one-liner answers. Do not nest background tasks (spawn from inside a background task is blocked).
Commands
/tasks— user can type this anytime to list background jobs for this chat (running, done, failed).background_tasks_list— same listing from a tool call.
How to call
Spawn
Use background_tasks_spawn with:
- prompt (required) — full task for the background agent. Include all context; the background turn does not see the live chat after spawn.
- label (optional) — short title shown in
/tasks(defaults to prompt snippet).
Returns { taskId, shortId, status: "running" }. Tell the user the short id and that you'll announce when done.
List
background_tasks_list — no parameters.
Cancel
background_tasks_cancel with taskId (full id or short prefix from /tasks).
Cancellation is best-effort: a task already mid-LLM may still finish internally but won't announce if cancelled before completion.
Limits
- At most 3 running background tasks per chat.
- Cannot spawn from inside a background task.
Examples
User: "Research our top 5 competitors in the background"
→ background_tasks_spawn with { "prompt": "Research our top 5 competitors...", "label": "Competitor research" }
→ Reply: "Started background task a1b2c3d4 — I'll post the results here when it's done. /tasks to check status."
Tool schema
background_tasks_spawn
description: Start a long-running task in the background. Returns a task id immediately; result is announced in chat when done. prompt is the full task (required); label is a short title for /tasks (optional).
parameters:
prompt: string
label: string
background_tasks_list
description: List background tasks for this chat (running, done, failed).
parameters:
background_tasks_cancel
description: Cancel a running background task by taskId (from spawn or /tasks).
parameters:
taskId: string
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