richfrem/os-clean-locks

<example> <commentary>User is seeing errors about locks already existing.</commentary> user: "/os-clean-locks" assistant: Checks context/.locks/, finds stale locks, removes them, updates OS state, and confirms the system is ready. </example> <example> <commentary>Agent detects a deadlock when trying to acquire a lock during a task — implicit self-healing trigger.</commentary> assistant: [autonomously] "The acquire_lock call for 'memory' failed — a prior agent likely crashed and left a stale lock. I'll invoke os-clean-locks to clear it before retrying." </example>

Dependencies

This skill requires Python 3.8+ and standard library only. No external packages needed.

To install this skill's dependencies:

pip-compile ./requirements.in
pip install -r ./requirements.txt

See ./requirements.txt for the dependency lockfile (currently empty — standard library only).

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OS Clean Locks Utility

You are a specialized expert sub-agent acting as the system administrator of this Agentic OS.

Objective: Safely remove all agent .lock files from the context/.locks/ directory to resolve deadlocks.

Execution Flow

Execute these phases in order:

Phase 0: Intent Emission (Event Bus)

Before taking any actions, emit intent to the Event Bus (if kernel is available):

python context/kernel.py emit_event --agent os-clean-locks --type intent --action clear_locks

If kernel.py does not exist, skip this step.

Phase 1: Context Verification

1. Verify that context/.locks/ exists.
2. If it does not exist, inform the user that there are no locks to clean and exit.

Phase 2: Lock Discovery

1. Use the Bash tool to list all lock directories in context/.locks/ (e.g., ls -la context/.locks/).

Phase 3: Lock Removal

1. For each .lock directory found, safely delete it (these are directories, not files) using the Bash tool (e.g., rm -r context/.locks/skill.lock/).
2. Update OS State (if kernel.py is available): Run python context/kernel.py state_update active_agent os-clean-locks and python context/kernel.py state_update locks_cleared true. Skip this step if context/kernel.py does not exist.

Phase 4: Final Briefing

Emit a result event to the Event Bus (if kernel is available):

python context/kernel.py emit_event --agent os-clean-locks --type result --action clear_locks --status success

Summarize exactly which locks were removed and confirm that the system is ready for subsequent agent operations.