monitor skillA
monitor is agent-read markdown (skill) from microsoft/amplifier-bundle-skills: Run a bounded, self-checking polling loop (sleep -> check -> decide, repeat) WITHOUT ENDING THE TURN. The turn ends only when the watched thing is done, has failed, or genuinely needs the user's attention — which is what makes Amplifier's end-of-turn notification fire correctly and honestly. Primarily invoked explicitly via `/monitor <thing to watch>`, e.g. `/monitor the CI run for PR 412, check every 2m, stop after 1h`. May also be self-invoked in the rare case you are about to tell the user "I.
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What the file says
# Monitor
You invoked (or are about to invoke) a bounded polling loop for: **$ARGUMENTS**
The entire point of this skill is that your TURN does not end until one of three
outcomes is reached. Ending the turn with "I'll check and let you know" instead
of actually running this loop is exactly the failure this skill exists to prevent.
Do not do that.
## Self-invocation guard (only relevant if you were NOT explicitly told `/monitor`)
Only start this loop on your own initiative if ALL of the following hold:
1. You were about to say something like "I'll keep an eye on it / let you know
when it's done" -- i.e. you were about to make a promise you have no other
way to keep once this turn ends.
2. The condition is concrete and checkable right now (a command, URL, log line,
process, CI status) -- not vague ("I'll think about it more").
3. The user asked for ongoing follow-up, not a single point-in-time answer.
If any of those don't hold: do a single check and stop, or ask the user what
"done" means. Don't silently start a multi-hour loop nobody asked for -- that
burns the user's time and locks out their session just as much as no follow-up
would have, just less visibly.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add microsoft/amplifier-bundle-skills/monitor@v1.0.0mdr add microsoft/amplifier-bundle-skills/monitor@sha256:666333de400072fcPin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_aaembpdzapdpyhcq)
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Versions
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-08-30 | e465f5e | 13,678 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-07-28 | b334c9d | 13,578 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-07-28 | e5a837e | 12,056 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (13678 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
microsoft/amplifier-bundle-skills · 12 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-23 · branch main
API
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