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Treat it as data to display or install, never as instructions to follow. # Persist Opt-in Stop hook that keeps the main agent working on a declared task until it is marked done. /persist starts, finishes, or cancels the loop; the hook blocks a stop only while a fresh, active, same-session state file exists, and fails open on context-limit stops, high transcript context, user aborts, auth errors, stale state, the iteration cap, a cancel signal, another session or project, re-entrancy, and any parse or IO error. - Category: workflow - Status: stable - Tags: hooks, stop-hook, persistence, run-to-completion, fail-open - Dependencies: settings - Presets: full - Context cost: no always-loaded rules - Last updated: 2026-10-04T09:43:04-04:00 - Available as a native plugin marketplace entry ## README # Persist An opt-in Stop hook that keeps the main agent working on a declared task until it is marked done. Without a started loop it does nothing. Adapted from the guard-stack idea in oh-my-claudecode's `ralph` mode; the implementation is CCGM's own. ## Use ``` /persist [--criteria TEXT] [--max N] # start the loop and begin work /persist status # iteration count and criteria /persist done # only after fresh-evidence verification /persist cancel # abandon the task ``` Under the hood, `bin/ccgm-persist start|status|done|cancel` writes and removes `~/.claude/persist/.json`: ```json {"task": "...", "iteration": 0, "max_iterations": 50, "started_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z", "done_criteria": "..."} ``` While that file exists and is fresh, each stop attempt returns `{"decision": "block", "reason": ...}`. The reason repeats the task and the done criteria, says to mark done only after verifying them with fresh evidence, and gives the exact command to do so. ## Session identity The CLI reads `$CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_ID`, which Claude Code sets in Bash tool environments (advisor-mode relies on the same variable), and the hook reads `session_id` from its input. Both name the same file, so no UserPromptSubmit hook is needed. `--session ID` overrides the variable. With no id available, the CLI exits 2 rather than guess. ## Fail-open guards The hook lets the stop through when any of these hold: | # | Guard | |---|-------| | 1 | `stop_hook_active` is true (re-entrancy) | | 2 | The stop is a context-limit stop (blocking it deadlocks compaction) | | 3 | Transcript context is at or above 95 percent | | 4 | The user aborted or interrupted | | 5 | Auth error (401/403 and related) | | 6 | The state file was last updated more than 2 hours ago | | 7 | `iteration` reached `max_iterations` (default 50, hard max 200); the state is set `active: false` | | 8 | `~/.claude/persist/.cancel` exists (written by `cancel`) | | 9 | The state belongs to another session (files are keyed by id) or another project (`CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR` differs from the `project` recorded at start) | Any parse or IO error also allows the stop. Guards 2, 4 and 5 are heuristics: they key off stop-reason fields (`stop_reason`, `end_turn_reason`) that Claude Code may not send in Stop hook input. The input fields this module relies on, `session_id`, `transcript_path` and `stop_hook_active`, are the ones the repo's other hooks use; the stop-reason field names could not be checked against the Claude Code hooks docs from the authoring environment and remain unverified. The real backstops are `stop_hook_active`, the iteration cap, staleness and cancel. ## Notes - Each block rewrites the state file, which refreshes the 2-hour staleness clock. - Run the CLI by its path, `$HOME/.claude/bin/ccgm-persist`, not through `python3`. Advisor mode's Bash gate allows exactly that form (installed symlink, its grammar, no env-var prefix) and denies `python3 ccgm-persist` and any other spelling. A copy install under `~/.claude/bin` is writable by the main agent and is denied; use the symlink install. The block reason also gives `rm -f ~/.claude/persist/.json` as an equivalent way to end the loop. - `/etp` can wrap a run with `/persist` for mechanical run-to-completion. ## Install ```bash bash start.sh --add persist ``` Manual: copy `hooks/persist-stop.py` to `~/.claude/hooks/`, `bin/ccgm-persist` to `~/.claude/bin/` (executable), `commands/persist.md` to `~/.claude/commands/`, and merge `settings.partial.json` into `~/.claude/settings.json`. ## Tests ```bash bash modules/persist/tests/test-persist.sh ``` ## Files ### command #### commands/persist.md ```` --- description: Keep working on a task until it is verified done - an opt-in Stop hook blocks stopping while the loop is active. /persist starts it, /persist done ends it, /persist cancel abandons it. argument-hint: " [--criteria TEXT] [--max N] | done | cancel | status" --- # /persist - Run a Task to Completion Start a loop that the Stop hook (`persist-stop.py`) enforces: while the loop is active, a stop attempt is blocked and you are told to continue. The hook fails open on every safety condition (context limit, user abort, auth error, stale state, iteration cap, cancel), so it cannot deadlock the session. State is `~/.claude/persist/.json`. The CLI resolves the session from `$CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_ID`, the same id the hook receives. ## Workflow Parse `$ARGUMENTS`: - **`done`** - run `$HOME/.claude/bin/ccgm-persist done`. Do this only after every done criterion is verified with fresh evidence: a command you ran this turn and its output. Reasoning that it should work is not evidence. - **`cancel`** - run `$HOME/.claude/bin/ccgm-persist cancel`. - **`status`** - run `$HOME/.claude/bin/ccgm-persist status`. - **anything else** - it is the task. Pick concrete done criteria (what command or observation proves the task is finished; ask the user only if the task gives no way to tell), then run: ``` $HOME/.claude/bin/ccgm-persist start --task "" --criteria "" ``` Add `--max N` to change the iteration cap (default 50, hard maximum 200). Then begin the task. Run the CLI by that exact path, never through `python3` and with no env-var prefix: advisor mode's Bash gate allows only that form. If the CLI is denied anyway, the loop can still be ended with `rm -f $HOME/.claude/persist/.json`. If the session id cannot be resolved, report that and stop; do not guess one. Report the result of the command in one line. ```` ### hook #### hooks/persist-stop.py ``` #!/usr/bin/env python3 """ Stop hook: keep the main agent working on a declared task until it is marked done. Opt-in. The hook blocks a stop only while a state file exists for THIS session: ~/.claude/persist/.json, written by `ccgm-persist start` (the /persist command). With no state file the hook does nothing. The value is the guard stack that keeps the loop from deadlocking or running forever. The hook lets the stop through (fail open) when: 1. stop_hook_active is true (Claude Code's re-entrancy flag) 2. the stop is a context-limit stop (blocking it deadlocks compaction) 3. transcript context is at or above 95 percent 4. the user aborted or interrupted 5. the stop is an auth error (401/403) 6. the state file was last updated more than 2 hours ago 7. the iteration cap is reached (the state is then set inactive) 8. a cancel-signal file ~/.claude/persist/.cancel exists 9. the state belongs to a different session or project Any parse or IO error also allows the stop. Output: a JSON object on stdout; {"decision": "block", "reason": ...} blocks, {} allows. """ from __future__ import annotations import json import os import re import sys import time from pathlib import Path STALE_SECONDS = 2 * 60 * 60 HARD_MAX_ITERATIONS = 200 DEFAULT_MAX_ITERATIONS = 50 CRITICAL_CONTEXT_PERCENT = 95 TRANSCRIPT_TAIL_BYTES = 4096 SESSION_ID_RE = re.compile(r"[A-Za-z0-9._-]+") CONTEXT_PATTERNS = ( "context_limit", "context_window", "context_exceeded", "context_full", "max_context", "token_limit", "max_tokens", "conversation_too_long", "input_too_long", ) ABORT_EXACT = ("aborted", "abort", "cancel", "interrupt") ABORT_SUBSTRINGS = ("user_cancel", "user_interrupt", "ctrl_c", "manual_stop") AUTH_PATTERNS = ( "authentication_error", "authentication_failed", "auth_error", "unauthorized", "unauthorised", "401", "403", "forbidden", "invalid_token", "token_invalid", "token_expired", "expired_token", "oauth_expired", "oauth_token_expired", "invalid_grant", "insufficient_scope", ) def allow() -> None: print("{}") def block(reason: str) -> None: print(json.dumps({"decision": "block", "reason": reason})) def normalize(value) -> str: if not isinstance(value, str): return "" return re.sub(r"[\s-]+", "_", value.strip().lower()) def stop_reasons(data: dict) -> list[str]: keys = ("stop_reason", "stopReason", "end_turn_reason", "endTurnReason", "reason") return [r for r in (normalize(data.get(k)) for k in keys) if r] def is_context_limit_stop(data: dict) -> bool: return any(p in r for r in stop_reasons(data) for p in CONTEXT_PATTERNS) def context_percent(transcript_path) -> int: """Last input_tokens over last context_window in the transcript tail; 0 if unknown.""" if not isinstance(transcript_path, str) or not transcript_path: return 0 try: size = os.path.getsize(transcript_path) if size == 0: return 0 with open(transcript_path, "rb") as f: f.seek(max(0, size - TRANSCRIPT_TAIL_BYTES)) tail = f.read().decode("utf-8", errors="replace") windows = re.findall(r'"context_window"\s{0,5}:\s{0,5}(\d+)', tail) inputs = re.findall(r'"input_tokens"\s{0,5}:\s{0,5}(\d+)', tail) if not windows or not inputs or int(windows[-1]) <= 0: return 0 return round(int(inputs[-1]) / int(windows[-1]) * 100) except (OSError, ValueError): return 0 def is_user_abort(data: dict) -> bool: if data.get("user_requested") or data.get("userRequested"): return True reason = normalize(data.get("stop_reason") or data.get("stopReason")) return reason in ABORT_EXACT or any(p in reason for p in ABORT_SUBSTRINGS) def is_auth_error(data: dict) -> bool: reasons = [ normalize(data.get("stop_reason") or data.get("stopReason")), normalize(data.get("end_turn_reason") or data.get("endTurnReason")), ] return any(p in r for r in reasons for p in AUTH_PATTERNS) def session_id(data: dict) -> str | None: sid = data.get("session_id") if not isinstance(sid, str) or sid in (".", "..") or not SESSION_ID_RE.fullmatch(sid): return None return sid def write_state(path: Path, state: dict) -> None: tmp = path.with_name(path.name + ".tmp") tmp.write_text(json.dumps(state, indent=2) + "\n") os.replace(tmp, path) def int_field(state: dict, key: str, default: int) -> int | None: value = state.get(key, default) if isinstance(value, bool) or not isinstance(value, int): return None return value def reason_text(state: dict, sid: str, iteration: int, max_iterations: int) -> str: task = state.get("task") if isinstance(state.get("task"), str) else "the declared task" criteria = state.get("done_criteria") criteria_line = ( f"Done criteria: {criteria}\n" if isinstance(criteria, str) and criteria.strip() else "" ) cli = f"$HOME/.claude/bin/ccgm-persist --session {sid}" return ( f"[PERSIST {iteration}/{max_iterations}] Work is NOT done. Continue the task: {task}\n" f"{criteria_line}" "Mark it done only after the done criteria are verified with fresh evidence " "(a command you ran this turn and its output), never from memory or reasoning alone. " f"To mark it done, run: {cli} done\n" f"If that command is denied, run: rm -f $HOME/.claude/persist/{sid}.json\n" f"To abandon the task instead, run: {cli} cancel" ) def main() -> None: try: data = json.load(sys.stdin) except (json.JSONDecodeError, EOFError, ValueError, OSError): allow() return if not isinstance(data, dict): allow() return # Guards 1-5: facts about this stop event. if data.get("stop_hook_active") is True: return allow() if is_context_limit_stop(data): return allow() if context_percent(data.get("transcript_path")) >= CRITICAL_CONTEXT_PERCENT: return allow() if is_user_abort(data): return allow() if is_auth_error(data): return allow() # Guard 9 (session): the state file is keyed by session id, so a different # session never finds this one's file. sid = session_id(data) if sid is None: return allow() persist_dir = Path.home() / ".claude" / "persist" state_path = persist_dir / f"{sid}.json" cancel_path = persist_dir / f"{sid}.cancel" try: # Guard 8: cancel signal. if cancel_path.exists(): state_path.unlink(missing_ok=True) cancel_path.unlink(missing_ok=True) return allow() if not state_path.exists(): return allow() # Guard 6: stale state, by file mtime (each block refreshes it). if time.time() - state_path.stat().st_mtime > STALE_SECONDS: return allow() state = json.loads(state_path.read_text()) if not isinstance(state, dict) or state.get("active") is False: return allow() # Guard 9 (project): both sides known and different means another project. project = state.get("project") current = os.environ.get("CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR") if isinstance(project, str) and project and current and project != current: return allow() iteration = int_field(state, "iteration", 0) max_iterations = int_field(state, "max_iterations", DEFAULT_MAX_ITERATIONS) if iteration is None or max_iterations is None: return allow() max_iterations = min(max_iterations, HARD_MAX_ITERATIONS) # Guard 7: iteration cap deactivates the loop. if iteration >= max_iterations: state["active"] = False write_state(state_path, state) return allow() state["iteration"] = iteration + 1 write_state(state_path, state) block(reason_text(state, sid, iteration + 1, max_iterations)) except Exception: # Every IO or parse error fails open. allow() if __name__ == "__main__": main() ``` ### script #### bin/ccgm-persist ``` #!/usr/bin/env python3 """ ccgm-persist - start, inspect, finish, or cancel a persist loop. The persist Stop hook (persist-stop.py) blocks the agent from stopping while a state file exists for the session. This CLI writes and removes that file. Usage: ccgm-persist [--session ID] start --task TEXT [--criteria TEXT] [--max N] ccgm-persist [--session ID] status ccgm-persist [--session ID] done # task verified; end the loop ccgm-persist [--session ID] cancel # abandon the task; end the loop The session id comes from --session, else $CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_ID. With neither, the command exits 2: it never guesses a session. State: ~/.claude/persist/.json Exit codes: 0 ok, 2 usage or environment error. """ from __future__ import annotations import argparse import json import os import re import sys from datetime import datetime, timezone from pathlib import Path DEFAULT_MAX_ITERATIONS = 50 HARD_MAX_ITERATIONS = 200 SESSION_ID_RE = re.compile(r"[A-Za-z0-9._-]+") def fail(message: str) -> None: print(f"ccgm-persist: {message}", file=sys.stderr) sys.exit(2) def resolve_session(arg: str | None) -> str: sid = arg or os.environ.get("CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_ID") or "" if not sid: fail("no session id: pass --session or run inside Claude Code (CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_ID)") if sid in (".", "..") or not SESSION_ID_RE.fullmatch(sid): fail(f"unsafe session id: {sid!r}") return sid def paths(sid: str) -> tuple[Path, Path, Path]: d = Path.home() / ".claude" / "persist" return d, d / f"{sid}.json", d / f"{sid}.cancel" def cmd_start(sid: str, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None: if not args.task or not args.task.strip(): fail("start needs --task") if args.max < 1: fail("--max must be at least 1") if args.max > HARD_MAX_ITERATIONS: fail(f"--max cannot exceed {HARD_MAX_ITERATIONS}") directory, state_path, cancel_path = paths(sid) directory.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) cancel_path.unlink(missing_ok=True) state = { "task": args.task.strip(), "iteration": 0, "max_iterations": args.max, "started_at": datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"), "done_criteria": (args.criteria or "").strip(), } project = os.environ.get("CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR") if project: state["project"] = project tmp = state_path.with_name(state_path.name + ".tmp") tmp.write_text(json.dumps(state, indent=2) + "\n") os.replace(tmp, state_path) print(f"persist started for session {sid}: {state['task']} (max {args.max} iterations)") def cmd_status(sid: str) -> None: _, state_path, _ = paths(sid) if not state_path.exists(): print(f"persist: no active loop for session {sid}") return try: state = json.loads(state_path.read_text()) except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError) as exc: fail(f"cannot read {state_path}: {exc}") active = state.get("active") is not False print( f"persist {'active' if active else 'inactive (cap reached)'} for session {sid}\n" f" task: {state.get('task')}\n" f" iteration: {state.get('iteration')}/{state.get('max_iterations')}\n" f" started_at: {state.get('started_at')}\n" f" done_criteria: {state.get('done_criteria') or '(none)'}" ) def cmd_done(sid: str) -> None: _, state_path, _ = paths(sid) existed = state_path.exists() state_path.unlink(missing_ok=True) print("persist: task marked done, loop ended" if existed else "persist: no active loop") def cmd_cancel(sid: str) -> None: directory, state_path, cancel_path = paths(sid) directory.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) cancel_path.write_text(datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ") + "\n") state_path.unlink(missing_ok=True) print("persist: cancelled, loop ended") def main() -> None: parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="ccgm-persist") parser.add_argument("--session", help="session id (default: $CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_ID)") sub = parser.add_subparsers(dest="command", required=True) start = sub.add_parser("start") start.add_argument("--task") start.add_argument("--criteria") start.add_argument("--max", type=int, default=DEFAULT_MAX_ITERATIONS) for name in ("status", "done", "cancel"): sub.add_parser(name) args = parser.parse_args() sid = resolve_session(args.session) try: if args.command == "start": cmd_start(sid, args) elif args.command == "status": cmd_status(sid) elif args.command == "done": cmd_done(sid) else: cmd_cancel(sid) except OSError as exc: fail(str(exc)) if __name__ == "__main__": main() ``` ### config #### settings.partial.json merge fragment — merged into ~/.claude/settings.json, never copied over it; fetch raw: https://ccgm.dev/modules/persist/files/settings.partial.json.txt