codex-task-watchdog

name	codex-task-watchdog
description	Use when configuring, validating, starting, stopping, or inspecting the packaged codex-task-watchdog background task watcher.
user-invocable	true

Codex Task Watchdog

Use this skill to run the packaged codex-task-watchdog workflow as a background task watcher. The event server stays alive, a cron source triggers polling passes, and each pass claims at most one newly added active task. After a task completes, the workflow reviews the completed Codex log for reusable lessons, creates or updates project-scope skills under .agents/skills, reviews those skill changes, and commits the accepted queue and skill updates.

This is not an OS service registration flow. Do not install systemd units, launchd plists, or login items unless the user explicitly asks for that.

Default Layout

In the project that should own the task queue:

• workflow definition directory: .rielflow/workflows
• event root: .rielflow-events
• queue file: ./tasks/list.jsonl

The codex-task-watchdog workflow must be installed or checked out under the workflow definition directory together with its dependency workflows:

• codex-design-and-implement-review-loop
• codex-deepdesign
• codex-recent-change-quality-loop

The project should allow repository-local skills under .agents/skills; the watchdog uses that directory for post-task skill extraction.

Event Config

Create:

.rielflow-events/sources/codex-task-watchdog-cron.json
.rielflow-events/bindings/codex-task-watchdog-cron-to-workflow.json

Source example:

{
  "id": "codex-task-watchdog-cron",
  "kind": "cron",
  "schedule": "*/30 * * * * *",
  "timezone": "Asia/Tokyo"
}

Binding example:

{
  "id": "codex-task-watchdog-cron-to-workflow",
  "sourceId": "codex-task-watchdog-cron",
  "workflowName": "codex-task-watchdog",
  "match": {
    "eventType": "cron.tick"
  },
  "inputMapping": {
    "mode": "template",
    "template": {
      "taskListPath": "./tasks/list.jsonl",
      "request": "Run one codex task watchdog polling pass.",
      "scheduledAt": "{{event.input.scheduledAt}}",
      "sourceId": "{{event.sourceId}}",
      "scheduleId": "{{event.input.scheduleId}}",
      "timezone": "{{event.input.timezone}}"
    },
    "mirrorToHumanInput": false
  },
  "execution": {
    "async": true,
    "dedupeWindowMs": 30000,
    "maxConcurrentPerKey": 1,
    "concurrencyKey": "codex-task-watchdog"
  }
}

Validate

rielflow workflow validate codex-task-watchdog --workflow-definition-dir .rielflow/workflows
rielflow events validate --workflow-definition-dir .rielflow/workflows --event-root .rielflow-events

Run In Background

Start the rielflow event server with nohup from the project directory:

mkdir -p .rielflow/logs
nohup rielflow events serve \
  --workflow-definition-dir .rielflow/workflows \
  --event-root .rielflow-events \
  > .rielflow/logs/codex-task-watchdog-events.log 2>&1 &
echo $! > .rielflow/logs/codex-task-watchdog-events.pid

Inspect:

tail -f .rielflow/logs/codex-task-watchdog-events.log
rielflow events list --event-root .rielflow-events --output json

Stop:

kill "$(cat .rielflow/logs/codex-task-watchdog-events.pid)"
rm .rielflow/logs/codex-task-watchdog-events.pid

One-Shot Smoke Test

Use an emitted cron payload when you want to test without waiting for the schedule:

rielflow events emit codex-task-watchdog-cron \
  --workflow-definition-dir .rielflow/workflows \
  --event-root .rielflow-events \
  --event-file payload.json \
  --output json