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uninstall-watchdog

Removes the egregore watchdog daemon and its associated files. Use when stopping automated session relaunching or cleaning up egregore infrastructure.

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Source
athola/claude-night-market
Updated
2026-05-30
Slug
athola--claude-night-market--uninstall-watchdog
View on GitHubRaw SKILL.md

// install — copy + paste into any project

mkdir -p .claude/skills && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/athola/claude-night-market/HEAD/plugins/egregore/skills/uninstall-watchdog/SKILL.md -o .claude/skills/uninstall-watchdog.md

Drops the SKILL.md into .claude/skills/uninstall-watchdog.md. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any agent that loads SKILL.md files from .claude/skills/.

Uninstall Watchdog

Overview

Removes the egregore watchdog daemon and cleans up all files created by the install-watchdog skill. After uninstalling, egregore sessions will no longer be relaunched automatically.

When To Use

  • When you no longer want autonomous relaunching.
  • Before removing the egregore plugin from a project.
  • When switching from daemon mode to manual invocation.

When NOT To Use

  • When the watchdog was never installed (check first with the verify commands below).

Uninstall Steps

1. Detect the operating system

OS=$(uname -s)

2. Stop and remove the service

macOS (launchd):

PLIST=~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.egregore.watchdog.plist

# Unload the agent (stops it if running)
launchctl unload "$PLIST" 2>/dev/null

# Remove the plist file
rm -f "$PLIST"

Linux (systemd):

# Stop and disable the timer and service
systemctl --user stop egregore-watchdog.timer 2>/dev/null
systemctl --user disable egregore-watchdog.timer 2>/dev/null

# Remove unit files
rm -f ~/.config/systemd/user/egregore-watchdog.timer
rm -f ~/.config/systemd/user/egregore-watchdog.service

# Reload systemd to pick up the removal
systemctl --user daemon-reload

3. Clean up associated files

# Remove pidfile if present
rm -f ~/.egregore/watchdog.pid

# Remove watchdog log
rm -f ~/.egregore/watchdog.log

4. Confirm removal

macOS:

launchctl list | grep egregore
# Should produce no output

Linux:

systemctl --user list-timers | grep egregore
# Should produce no output

Report to the user that the watchdog has been removed and automatic relaunching is disabled.

Files Removed

File Platform Purpose
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.egregore.watchdog.plist macOS launchd agent definition
~/.config/systemd/user/egregore-watchdog.timer Linux systemd timer unit
~/.config/systemd/user/egregore-watchdog.service Linux systemd service unit
~/.egregore/watchdog.pid both PID of last watchdog run
~/.egregore/watchdog.log macOS watchdog output log