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Agent skill

No Polling Agents

by parcadei in parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3

“No Polling for Background Agents”

— description from SKILL.md by parcadei
MITAuto-check passed

Install No Polling Agents

skills CLI
$ npx skills add parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 --skill no-polling-agents -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 no-polling-agents --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/parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/no-polling-agents .claude/skills/no-polling-agents && 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
no-polling-agents
GitHub stars
3.9k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~302 tokens
SKILL.md length
126 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
141
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

  • Works in 3 steps: User explicitly asks "are they done?" → You need agent output to proceed with… → Significant time has passed and user is…
  • SKILL.md covers Pattern, DO, DON'T and When to Check Status, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

About this skill

No Polling Agents is a skill in parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 (3.9k stars). Its SKILL.md is about 302 tokens, and copies of it appear in 1 other owners' repositories. Licence: MIT.

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. User explicitly asks "are they done?"
  2. You need agent output to proceed with next task
  3. Significant time has passed and user is waiting

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d07ff4b. 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 typescript).

    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

No Polling Agents loads about 302 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 13 tokens; SKILL.md has 126 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~13
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~302

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 parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 at commit d07ff4b, republished under its MIT licence (© parcadei). 126 words, ~302 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/no-polling-agents/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
no-polling-agents
description
No Polling for Background Agents
user-invocable
false

No Polling for Background Agents

When launching parallel background agents, do NOT poll with sleep loops.

Pattern

Background agents write to status files when complete. Wait for them naturally.

DO

  • Launch agents with run_in_background: true
  • Continue with other work while agents run
  • Check status file only when user asks or when you need results to proceed
  • Trust the agent completion system

DON'T

  • Run sleep 10 && cat status.txt in loops
  • Continuously poll for completion
  • Waste tokens checking status repeatedly
  • Block on agents unless absolutely necessary

When to Check Status

  1. User explicitly asks "are they done?"
  2. You need agent output to proceed with next task
  3. Significant time has passed and user is waiting

Example

typescript
// Launch agents
Task({ ..., run_in_background: true })
Task({ ..., run_in_background: true })

// Continue with other work or conversation
// Agents will write to status file when done

// Only check when needed
cat .claude/cache/status.txt

Source

User feedback: "You can just wait until everyone pings you"

© parcadei, MIT. 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 .claude/skills/no-polling-agents of parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d07ff4b

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about No Polling Agents

How do I install No Polling Agents in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 --skill no-polling-agents -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/no-polling-agents in parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3) into .claude/skills/no-polling-agents in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install No Polling Agents in Codex?

Run `npx skills add parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 --skill no-polling-agents -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/no-polling-agents in parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3) into .agents/skills/no-polling-agents in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use No Polling Agents 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 parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 --skill no-polling-agents -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/no-polling-agents, .gemini/skills/no-polling-agents, .github/skills/no-polling-agents and .opencode/skills/no-polling-agents in your project.

What does No Polling Agents need to run?

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

Does No Polling Agents 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 No Polling Agents 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 No Polling Agents use?

No Polling Agents is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does No Polling Agents use?

About 302 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains No Polling Agents?

parcadei (a GitHub user) maintains it in parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3, which has 3,943 GitHub stars. The repository holds 141 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on January 26, 2026.

Source: parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.