name	terminator:whendone
description	Arm the current Claude Code session to self-terminate by uttering a kill phrase once all work is finished and no questions remain. Use when the user says "terminate when done", "whendone", "end the session when finished", or "self-terminate when complete".
disable-model-invocation	false

Terminator: When Done

Arm the current session to self-terminate: keep working until everything is finished, then emit the configured kill phrase so the terminator Stop hook ends the session.

Step 1 — Read the phrase (check both scopes)

Terminator can be installed at local (.claude/terminator.json) or global (~/.claude/terminator.json) scope — and a globally installed hook arms every session, including this one. Check both scopes, not just the local project:

local_config=".claude/terminator.json"
global_config="$HOME/.claude/terminator.json"
found=""

if [ -f "$local_config" ]; then
  echo "=== LOCAL ($local_config) ==="
  jq -r '{single_killphrase, double_killphrase, case_sensitive}' "$local_config"
  found=1
fi

if [ -f "$global_config" ]; then
  echo "=== GLOBAL ($global_config) ==="
  jq -r '{single_killphrase, double_killphrase, case_sensitive}' "$global_config"
  found=1
fi

[ -n "$found" ] || echo "NOT INSTALLED"

Only if NOT INSTALLED (neither scope present) tell the user to run /terminator:install first and stop. If either scope has a config, terminator is armed — proceed.

Choose the phrase by intent: the single_killphrase ends only Claude; the double_killphrase ends Claude and the terminal. Default to single_killphrase unless the user wants the terminal closed too. Read it from whichever scope defines it; if both scopes define the chosen phrase, prefer the local (project) one. Call the chosen phrase <PHRASE>.

Step 2 — Adopt the standing instruction

State to the user that you will now operate under this rule, then follow it:

Self-termination armed. I will keep working until there is genuinely no remaining work and no open question. When everything is complete and verified, my message will contain the exact phrase <PHRASE> — which the Stop hook detects (contains-match) and terminates the session.

Step 3 — Honor it

Do all the work. Do not stop early to ask permission to terminate.
If you still need to report results or ask something, send that message normally without the phrase — emitting the phrase ends the session.
Only when nothing remains: send a final message containing <PHRASE>.

Terminator: When Done

Arm the current session to self-terminate: keep working until everything is finished, then emit the configured kill phrase so the terminator Stop hook ends the session.

Step 1 — Read the phrase (check both scopes)

local_config=".claude/terminator.json" global_config="$HOME/.claude/terminator.json" found="" if [ -f "$local_config" ]; then echo "=== LOCAL ($local_config) ===" jq -r '{single_killphrase, double_killphrase, case_sensitive}' "$local_config" found=1 fi if [ -f "$global_config" ]; then echo "=== GLOBAL ($global_config) ===" jq -r '{single_killphrase, double_killphrase, case_sensitive}' "$global_config" found=1 fi [ -n "$found" ] || echo "NOT INSTALLED"

Only if NOT INSTALLED (neither scope present) tell the user to run /terminator:install first and stop. If either scope has a config, terminator is armed — proceed.

Step 2 — Adopt the standing instruction

State to the user that you will now operate under this rule, then follow it:

Self-termination armed. I will keep working until there is genuinely no remaining work and no open question. When everything is complete and verified, my message will contain the exact phrase <PHRASE> — which the Stop hook detects (contains-match) and terminates the session.

Step 3 — Honor it

Do all the work. Do not stop early to ask permission to terminate.

If you still need to report results or ask something, send that message normally without the phrase — emitting the phrase ends the session.

Only when nothing remains: send a final message containing <PHRASE>.

terminator-whendone