background-service-manager

name	background-service-manager
description	Create and manage long-running background processes with start/stop/status controls, logging, and monitoring. Use for batch processing jobs, data pipelines, continuous services, or any long-running tasks.
type	reference
version	2.0.0
category	operations
last_updated	"2026-01-02T00:00:00.000Z"
related_skills	["semantic-search-setup","knowledge-base-builder"]
capabilities	[]
requires	[]
tags	[]
scripts_exempt	true

Background Service Manager

Overview

This skill creates service management scripts for long-running background processes. Includes start/stop controls, PID management, log rotation, status monitoring, and graceful shutdown handling.

Quick Start

1. Create service script - Copy the basic template below
2. Customize command - Set SERVICE_CMD to your process
3. Make executable - chmod +x service.sh
4. Start service - ./service.sh start
5. Monitor - ./service.sh status or ./service.sh logs

#!/bin/bash
# Quick service wrapper
SERVICE_NAME="myservice"
PID_FILE="/tmp/${SERVICE_NAME}.pid"
LOG_FILE="/tmp/${SERVICE_NAME}.log"
SERVICE_CMD="python3 ./worker.py"

case "$1" in
    start)
        nohup $SERVICE_CMD >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1 &
        echo $! > "$PID_FILE"
        echo "Started (PID: $!)"
        ;;
    stop)
        [ -f "$PID_FILE" ] && kill $(cat "$PID_FILE") && rm "$PID_FILE"
        ;;
    status)
        [ -f "$PID_FILE" ] && kill -0 $(cat "$PID_FILE") 2>/dev/null &&   ||  
        ;;
    *)   ;;