Cancel Agent/Orchestrator Loop

Cancel one or more running workflow-adapter loops by removing their state files.

Arguments

• agent-name: Cancel specific agent (e.g., alpha, beta)
• orchestrator: Cancel the orchestrator loop
• --all: Cancel all running loops (agents + orchestrator)

Instructions

1. Parse the argument:

   • If --all: Remove all .claude/workflow-agent-*.local.md AND .claude/workflow-orchestrator.local.md
   • If orchestrator: Remove .claude/workflow-orchestrator.local.md
   • If agent name provided: Remove .claude/workflow-agent-{name}.local.md
   • If no argument: List currently active loops and ask which to cancel

2. Check for active loops:

   ls -la .claude/workflow-agent-*.local.md .claude/workflow-orchestrator.local.md 2>/dev/null || echo "No active loops"
   

3. Cancel the specified loop(s):

   • For --all:

     rm -f .claude/workflow-agent-*.local.md .claude/workflow-orchestrator.local.md
     

   • For orchestrator:

     rm -f .claude/workflow-orchestrator.local.md
     

   • For specific agent:

     rm -f .claude/workflow-agent-{agent_name}.local.md
     

4. Confirm cancellation:

   • List removed files
   • Report success or if no matching loops were found

Example Usage

/workflow-adapter:cancel-agent alpha
# Cancels the alpha agent loop

/workflow-adapter:cancel-agent orchestrator
# Cancels the orchestrator loop

/workflow-adapter:cancel-agent --all
# Cancels all running loops (agents + orchestrator)

Notes

• Canceling a loop will stop it at the end of the current iteration
• The work up to that point is preserved in the feature documents
• Use this if an agent/orchestrator is stuck or you want to manually intervene