background-task

name	background-task
description	Manage background tasks.

For long running processes(e.g. >30min), you can run a command in the background:

• set the is_background parameter to true.
• YOU MUST use the command nohup <command> & > <log_file> to run it detached. Otherwise the process will just be killed when you reply to the user.

Before replying to the user, you must write memory about the task in memory/background_tasks.jsonl: Each task is a json object containing the following keys:

• "context": What this task does (useful for reporting it later to the user).
• "pid": The PID of the background task. Note: this is NOT the PID of nohup, but the PID of the actual command. You need to use ps or pgrep to get the PID of the actual command. nohup will be killed once you finish your reply.
• "condition": How to check if the task succeeds? (Result files, log files etc)
• "expiration": When will this task be considered expired. Set a tolerant expiration time. If you estimate it should take 1 hour, set it to 2 hours. Max is 3 days.
• "channel_id": the discord channel id where this task is created.