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name: patrol-monitoring
description: Continuous monitoring using Deacon/Witness patterns for agent health checks, stuck detection, and automated recovery.
allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Grep, Glob, WebFetch, WebSearch, Agent, AskUserQuestion
---

# Patrol Monitoring

## Overview

Continuous monitoring using Gas Town's Deacon/Witness pattern. The Deacon supervises overall health, the Witness manages per-rig agent lifecycle, and the Boot (Dog) watches the Deacon itself.

## When to Use

- During active convoy execution
- When agents may become stuck or unresponsive
- For long-running multi-agent workflows
- When automated recovery is desired

## Process

1. **Health check** all active agents and convoys
2. **Detect** stuck or unresponsive agents via heartbeats
3. **Recover** - restart, reassign, or escalate as needed
4. **Report** patrol findings with trend analysis

## Monitoring Roles

- **Deacon**: Daemon supervisor, monitors overall health
- **Witness**: Per-rig lifecycle manager for workers
- **Boot (Dog)**: Watches the Deacon every 5 minutes

## Recovery Modes

- **restart**: Restart the stuck agent session
- **reassign**: Move beads to a different agent
- **escalate**: Alert human for manual intervention

## Tool Use

Invoke via babysitter process: `methodologies/gastown/gastown-patrol`