| name | system-diagnostics |
| description | Something in the system feels stuck or wrong — tasks are not moving, an agent has gone quiet, goals have not been updated in days, or the orchestrator has asked for a system health report. You need to run a structured check: stale tasks, stale goals, overdue human tasks, fleet heartbeat status, and metrics. This is your diagnostic toolkit. Run it on every heartbeat (orchestrator) and whenever something seems off. |
| triggers | ["system health","health check","stale tasks","stale goals","fleet health","system status","what's stuck","blocked tasks","overdue tasks","goal staleness","collect metrics","metrics","system check","something seems wrong","agent not progressing","work stalled","nothing moving","check everything","full health check","morning health check","diagnose system","task stuck","goals not updated"] |
System Diagnostics
Use these to detect and surface problems before they become crises.
Stale Task Detection
Find tasks that have been in-progress too long or pending without action:
cortextos bus check-stale-tasks
Flags:
in_progress for more than 2 hourspending for more than 24 hours- Human tasks with no update in 48 hours
- Tasks past their due date
When to run: Every heartbeat (orchestrator), on suspicion of stuck work (all agents).
Goal Staleness Check
Detect agents whose GOALS.md hasn't been updated recently:
cortextos bus check-goal-staleness
cortextos bus check-goal-staleness --threshold 3
cortextos bus check-goal-staleness --json
When to run: Weekly, or when an agent seems directionless.
Human Task Monitoring
Check for human-assigned tasks that are waiting too long:
cortextos bus check-human-tasks
Sends reminders for overdue human tasks. Run daily (orchestrator) or when blocked waiting on a human.
Fleet Health Summary
Read all agent heartbeats at once:
cortextos bus read-all-heartbeats
cortextos bus read-all-heartbeats --format json
Stale threshold: agent hasn't updated in >6h = investigate.
Metrics Collection
Collect and record system metrics snapshot:
cortextos bus collect-metrics
Run nightly (analyst cron). Captures task counts, completion rates, agent activity.
Full Health Check Sequence
Run this during morning review or when something feels off:
echo "=== Fleet Heartbeats ==="
cortextos bus read-all-heartbeats
echo "=== Stale Tasks ==="
cortextos bus check-stale-tasks
echo "=== Stale Goals ==="
cortextos bus check-goal-staleness
echo "=== Human Tasks ==="
cortextos bus check-human-tasks
Surface any findings to the user via Telegram if critical.
