Agent skill

Node Zombie Guardian

by foryourhealth111-pixel in foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills

A skill your agent uses when diagnosing stale or orphaned Node.js processes launched by VCO, auditing ownership/liveness, or safely simulating cleanup without touching external Node workloads.

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Install Node Zombie Guardian

skills CLI
$ npx skills add foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills --skill node-zombie-guardian -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills node-zombie-guardian --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/foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/bundled/skills/node-zombie-guardian .claude/skills/node-zombie-guardian && 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
node-zombie-guardian
GitHub stars
3.6k
Token cost
~759 tokens
SKILL.md length
297 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
81
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when diagnosing stale or orphaned Node.js processes launched by VCO, auditing ownership/liveness, or safely simulating cleanup without touching external Node workloads.

  • Works in 3 steps: Launch a managed Node process through… → Audit live Node ownership and liveness → Simulate cleanup
  • Diagnosing stale
  • SKILL.md covers Safety Boundary, When To Use, Operator Surfaces and Quick Start, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Node Zombie Guardian is an agent skill from foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills. Use when diagnosing stale or orphaned Node.js processes launched by VCO, auditing ownership/liveness, or safely simulating cleanup without touching external Node workloads.

Its SKILL.md is about 760 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with Node.js. The repository describes itself as: Intelligent Skill routing and workflow orchestration for AI agents — +21.12 pp reward, −29.6% tokens on SkillsBench with DeepSeekV4Flash-VE. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Diagnosing stale
  • Orphaned Node.js processes launched by VCO
  • Auditing ownership/liveness
  • Safely simulating cleanup without touching external Node workloads

Example prompts

  • “/node-zombie-guardian”

Requirements

  • Node.js

Workflow steps

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

  1. Launch a managed Node process through the wrapper
  2. Audit live Node ownership and liveness
  3. Simulate cleanup

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ddcaa2a. 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 powershell).

    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

Node Zombie Guardian loads about 759 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 297 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~48
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~759

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

The full file from foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills at commit ddcaa2a, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© foryourhealth111-pixel). 297 words, ~759 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/node-zombie-guardian/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
node-zombie-guardian
description
Use when diagnosing stale or orphaned Node.js processes launched by VCO, auditing ownership/liveness, or safely simulating cleanup without touching external Node workloads.

Node Zombie Guardian

This skill is for managed-process hygiene inside the VCO ecosystem.

It exists to answer one question safely: which Node processes belong to VCO, which of them are stale, and which of those are eligible for cleanup without risking live external workloads.

Safety Boundary

  • Only processes with ownership = vco-managed can ever become cleanup candidates.
  • external and unknown processes remain audit-only.
  • Cleanup is report-first by default.
  • Fixture -Apply mode remains simulation-only and must never terminate real processes.

When To Use

  • Node processes accumulate after long VCO runs and you need an ownership-aware audit.
  • You want to register or observe VCO-launched Node processes through the wrapper.
  • You need a Markdown or JSON report of managed vs external Node processes.
  • You want to simulate cleanup of stale VCO-managed Node processes without touching real workloads.

Operator Surfaces

This skill is a focused wrapper around the operator scripts that live in the bundled vibe skill:

  • ../vibe/scripts/common/NodeLaunchWrapper.ps1
  • ../vibe/scripts/governance/Invoke-NodeProcessAudit.ps1
  • ../vibe/scripts/governance/Invoke-NodeZombieCleanup.ps1
  • ../vibe/scripts/verify/vibe-node-zombie-gate.ps1

Quick Start

1. Launch a managed Node process through the wrapper

Use the wrapper when VCO starts a Node workload that should be tracked in the ledger.

powershell
& "..\vibe\scripts\common\NodeLaunchWrapper.ps1" `
  -RepoRoot "C:\path\to\repo" `
  -Command "node" `
  -ArgumentList @("scripts\worker.js")
2. Audit live Node ownership and liveness

Default mode is read-only and emits a report.

powershell
& "..\vibe\scripts\governance\Invoke-NodeProcessAudit.ps1" `
  -RepoRoot "C:\path\to\repo" `
  -WriteArtifacts

Expected outcomes:

  • classify processes such as managed_live, managed_stale, external_audit_only
  • emit JSON and Markdown artifacts for review
  • keep non-managed processes out of the cleanup candidate set
3. Simulate cleanup

Cleanup remains report-only unless explicitly switched, and the safety filters still apply.

powershell
& "..\vibe\scripts\governance\Invoke-NodeZombieCleanup.ps1" `
  -RepoRoot "C:\path\to\repo" `
  -WriteArtifacts

Use this to confirm which managed stale processes would be targeted before any real cleanup path is considered.

Verification

Run the dedicated gate before trusting changes in this area:

powershell
& "..\vibe\scripts\verify\vibe-node-zombie-gate.ps1" -WriteArtifacts

The gate proves:

  • classification is deterministic on fixtures
  • only managed rows become cleanup candidates
  • external rows never become cleanup candidates
  • report-only mode never terminates processes
  • fixture -Apply mode stays simulated

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Files

Just SKILL.md in bundled/skills/node-zombie-guardian of foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ddcaa2a

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Questions about Node Zombie Guardian

What does Node Zombie Guardian do?

A skill your agent uses when diagnosing stale or orphaned Node.js processes launched by VCO, auditing ownership/liveness, or safely simulating cleanup without touching external Node workloads. Node Zombie Guardian is an agent skill from foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills.js processes launched by VCO, auditing ownership/liveness, or safely simulating cleanup without touching external Node workloads.

When should I use Node Zombie Guardian?

Node Zombie Guardian fits situations like: diagnosing stale; orphaned Node.js processes launched by VCO; auditing ownership/liveness; safely simulating cleanup without touching external Node workloads.

How do I install Node Zombie Guardian in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills --skill node-zombie-guardian -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (bundled/skills/node-zombie-guardian in foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills) into .claude/skills/node-zombie-guardian in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Node Zombie Guardian in Codex?

Run `npx skills add foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills --skill node-zombie-guardian -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (bundled/skills/node-zombie-guardian in foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills) into .agents/skills/node-zombie-guardian in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Node Zombie Guardian 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 foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills --skill node-zombie-guardian -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/node-zombie-guardian, .gemini/skills/node-zombie-guardian, .github/skills/node-zombie-guardian and .opencode/skills/node-zombie-guardian in your project.

What does Node Zombie Guardian need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Node Zombie Guardian is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Node Zombie Guardian 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 Node Zombie Guardian 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 Node Zombie Guardian use?

Node Zombie Guardian is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Node Zombie Guardian use?

About 759 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3k 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 Node Zombie Guardian?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Node Zombie Guardian: Web Access via Browser CDP (eze-is/web-access, 9.1k stars), Knap Markdown Templates (kepano/obsidian-skills, 49k stars), Chart Visualization (bytedance/deer-flow, 84k stars) and Electron Multi-Process Architecture (iOfficeAI/AionUi, 33k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Node Zombie Guardian?

foryourhealth111-pixel (a GitHub user) maintains it in foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills, which has 3,627 GitHub stars. The repository holds 81 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 31, 2026.

Source: foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.