Agent skill

Remote Observable Process

by Mesh-LLM in Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm

A skill your agent uses when starting, supervising, debugging, holding open, or stopping any remote process over SSH that needs an operator-like interactive environment, a TTY, login-shell startup…

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedDevelopment

Install Remote Observable Process

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm --skill remote-observable-process -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm remote-observable-process --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/Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/remote-observable-process .claude/skills/remote-observable-process && 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
remote-observable-process
GitHub stars
3.5k
Token cost
~561 tokens
SKILL.md length
246 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
25
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when starting, supervising, debugging, holding open, or stopping any remote process over SSH that needs an operator-like interactive environment, a TTY, login-shell startup…

  • Stopping any remote process over SSH that needs an operator-like interactive environment
  • SKILL.md covers macOS Local Network privacy, Rule and Stage Runtime Debugging
  • Calls ssh
  • Login-shell startup files

What it does

Remote Observable Process is an agent skill from Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm. Use this skill when starting, supervising, debugging, holding open, or stopping any remote process over SSH that needs an operator-like interactive environment, a TTY, login-shell startup files, long-running observation, logs, readiness checks, or later inspection.

Its SKILL.md is about 560 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development, covering Debugging. It works with macOS. The repository describes itself as: Distributed AI/LLM for the people. Share compute privately or publicly to power your agents and chat. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Stopping any remote process over SSH that needs an operator-like interactive environment
  • Login-shell startup files
  • Long-running observation
  • Readiness checks

Example prompts

  • “/remote-observable-process”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2b36552. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • ssh

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use ssh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Remote Observable Process loads about 561 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 73 tokens; SKILL.md has 246 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~73
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~561

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 Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm at commit 2b36552, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© Mesh-LLM). 246 words, ~561 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/remote-observable-process/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
remote-observable-process
description
Use this skill when starting, supervising, debugging, holding open, or stopping any remote process over SSH that needs an operator-like interactive environment, a TTY, login-shell startup files, long-running observation, logs, readiness checks, or later inspection.
metadata.short-description
Run observable SSH processes

remote-observable-process

Use this skill before starting a non-trivial remote process over SSH when the process needs to behave like it was launched by an operator in a terminal, be observed after launch, expose readiness, keep running beyond one command, or be stopped cleanly later.

macOS Local Network privacy

If a macOS same-LAN join or split fails, or remote macOS nodes on the same LAN connect only via relay, check the deploy-macos skill's Local Network troubleshooting section before diagnosing iroh (not a routine preflight; SSH/shell launches normally just work). A raw UDP probe, a LAN address in an invite, or relay connectivity is not proof that the deployed process was authorized. Do not collect performance data until both nodes report the intended LAN peer as an iroh direct path.

Rule

For environment-sensitive processes, prefer SSH with a TTY and an interactive login shell:

bash
ssh -tt host '/bin/zsh -ilc '\''COMMAND'\'''

If the remote host does not use zsh, adapt the shell while preserving the same properties: allocate a TTY, use a login/interactive shell, and keep the session foreground for first repro/debug runs.

Avoid detached first attempts such as:

bash
ssh host "nohup COMMAND > /tmp/process.log 2>&1 &"
ssh host "COMMAND > /tmp/process.log 2>&1 &"

Those shapes hide lifecycle and can behave differently from a real remote session.

Stage Runtime Debugging

For network-sensitive server chains, model stage servers, GPU/Metal workloads, or bind/connect debugging, first prove the process in a held foreground TTY:

bash
ssh -tt host '/bin/zsh -ilc '\''COMMAND 2>&1 | tee /tmp/COMMAND.log'\'''

Keep the SSH session open while sending traffic. Use tmux or screen only after validating that they preserve the same listener, downstream connection, and request behavior on that host.

© Mesh-LLM, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/remote-observable-process of Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2b36552

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Questions about Remote Observable Process

What does Remote Observable Process do?

A skill your agent uses when starting, supervising, debugging, holding open, or stopping any remote process over SSH that needs an operator-like interactive environment, a TTY, login-shell startup…. Remote Observable Process is an agent skill from Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm. Use this skill when starting, supervising, debugging, holding open, or stopping any remote process over SSH that needs an operator-like interactive environment, a TTY, login-shell startup files, long-running observation, logs, readiness checks, or later inspection.

When should I use Remote Observable Process?

Remote Observable Process fits situations like: stopping any remote process over SSH that needs an operator-like interactive environment; login-shell startup files; long-running observation; readiness checks.

How do I install Remote Observable Process in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm --skill remote-observable-process -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/remote-observable-process in Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm) into .claude/skills/remote-observable-process in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Remote Observable Process in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm --skill remote-observable-process -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/remote-observable-process in Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm) into .agents/skills/remote-observable-process in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Remote Observable Process 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 Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm --skill remote-observable-process -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/remote-observable-process, .gemini/skills/remote-observable-process, .github/skills/remote-observable-process and .opencode/skills/remote-observable-process in your project.

What does Remote Observable Process need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Remote Observable Process needs the command-line tools its instructions call (ssh).

Does Remote Observable Process access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use ssh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Remote Observable Process 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 Remote Observable Process use?

Remote Observable Process 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 Remote Observable Process use?

About 561 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.2k 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 Remote Observable Process?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Remote Observable Process: OpenLogi macOS Permissions Triage (AprilNEA/OpenLogi, 23k stars), Cmux Debugging Guide (manaflow-ai/cmux, 28k stars), Gearcoleco Debugging (drhelius/Gearcoleco, 141 stars) and OpenLogi Device Diagnosis (AprilNEA/OpenLogi, 23k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Remote Observable Process?

Mesh-LLM (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm, which has 3,484 GitHub stars. The repository holds 25 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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