Agent skill

Long Run

by cua-lite in cua-lite/cua-lite

Run a long-running command or task in background and monitor it with minimal-thinking polls.

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Install Long Run

skills CLI
$ npx skills add cua-lite/cua-lite --skill long-run -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install cua-lite/cua-lite long-run --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cua-lite/cua-lite.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/long-run .claude/skills/long-run && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
long-run
GitHub stars
107
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
591 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
5
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Run a long-running command or task in background and monitor it with minimal-thinking polls.

  • Works in 6 steps: Launch → Initialization phase (real-time reporting) → Steady-state polling → …
  • SKILL.md covers Arguments, GPU hold discipline…, 1. Launch and 2. Initialization phase…, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Long Run is an agent skill from cua-lite/cua-lite. Run a long-running command or task in background and monitor it with minimal-thinking polls. Poll, detect errors, fix, restart — repeat forever until the user explicitly stops.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: CUA-Lite: An Open Platform for Computer-Use Agents.

Example prompts

  • “/long-run”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Launch
  2. Initialization phase (real-time reporting)
  3. Steady-state polling
  4. Handle errors and anomalies
  5. Restart
  6. Exit

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 65a61c4. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are bash).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Long Run loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 46 tokens; SKILL.md has 591 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~46
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 591 words (~1,112 tokens).

“Run a long-running shell command or natural-language task in background, polling periodically with minimal thinking. Detect errors, fix them, restart — repeat until the user explicitly stops.”

— opening of SKILL.md by cua-lite
name
long-run

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/long-run of cua-lite/cua-lite.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 65a61c4

Compare with similar skills

Long Run next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Long Run this skillcua-lite/cua-lite107—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassNone
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Python Background Jobswshobson/agents40k—~1.8kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Monitoring Capture ServicePostHog/posthog40k—~5kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Monitoring Ingestion PipelinePostHog/posthog40k—~9.1kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Agent Performance Monitorruvnet/ruflo74k2 repos~4.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Long Run

What does Long Run do?

Run a long-running command or task in background and monitor it with minimal-thinking polls. Long Run is an agent skill from cua-lite/cua-lite. Run a long-running command or task in background and monitor it with minimal-thinking polls.

How do I install Long Run in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add cua-lite/cua-lite --skill long-run -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/long-run in cua-lite/cua-lite) into .claude/skills/long-run in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Long Run in Codex?

Run `npx skills add cua-lite/cua-lite --skill long-run -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/long-run in cua-lite/cua-lite) into .agents/skills/long-run in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Long Run in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add cua-lite/cua-lite --skill long-run -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/long-run, .gemini/skills/long-run, .github/skills/long-run and .opencode/skills/long-run in your project.

What does Long Run need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Long Run is instructions for the agent only.

Does Long Run access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Long Run safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Long Run use?

No licence was found for Long Run or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Long Run use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Long Run?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Long Run: Qdrant Monitoring (github/awesome-copilot, 40k stars), Python Background Jobs (wshobson/agents, 40k stars), Monitoring Capture Service (PostHog/posthog, 40k stars) and Monitoring Ingestion Pipeline (PostHog/posthog, 40k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Long Run?

cua-lite (a GitHub organization) maintains it in cua-lite/cua-lite, which has 107 GitHub stars. The repository holds 5 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 25, 2026.

Source: cua-lite/cua-lite on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.