Add real-time monitoring: healthchecks, ntfy, GitHub heartbeat#8
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… heartbeat) Adds two-layer observability for solo founders running the agent 24/7: - Liveness (dead-man's switch): agent pings HEALTHCHECKS_URL at the start of every cycle; if pings stop for >2× idle sleep, healthchecks.io fires an alert. One env var, one curl call in the loop. - Activity (push notifications): ntfy_push() posts ▶/✓/⚠ messages to NTFY_TOPIC each cycle via ntfy.sh. Shows what's being worked on, cycle cost, and non-zero exits. No account required. - GitHub-native heartbeat: hb_commit() updates .agent/heartbeat via the GitHub API each cycle when AGENT_GITHUB_HEARTBEAT=1. Appears in mobile activity feed with zero external dependencies. All signals are fully opt-in — unset env vars are no-ops. .env.example documents each var with setup notes. README gets a "Real-time monitoring" section. Makefile gains `make agent-status` showing container state, last log activity, and today's cost. https://claude.ai/code/session_011xVoqL8J3Np2di1FUGHdk5
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What this does
Adds three optional monitoring integrations to the agent launcher, enabling real-time visibility into agent health and activity without opening GitHub:
.agent/heartbeatvia API each cycle for zero external dependenciesAll three are opt-in via
.envvariables and gracefully no-op if unconfigured. The launcher now loads.envbefore sourcing agent runtime, enabling these integrations.Changes
scripts/launch-agent.sh:
.envearly to provideHEALTHCHECKS_URL,NTFY_TOPIC,NTFY_SERVER,AGENT_GITHUB_HEARTBEAThc_ping(),ntfy_push(),hb_commit()helper functionshc_ping()andhb_commit()at cycle start.env.example: Document all four new monitoring variables with setup instructions and trade-offs
Makefile: Add
agent-statustarget showing container state, last log activity, and today's costREADME.md: New "Real-time monitoring (opt-in)" section explaining each integration, setup, and trade-offs
Issue / deliverable
Improves observability for long-running agent instances without requiring external infrastructure.
Checklist
make cipasses locallyRisk / blast radius
Low. All new code is additive and guarded by environment variable checks. Existing agent cycle logic unchanged; monitoring calls are fire-and-forget with
|| truefallbacks. No breaking changes to configuration or behavior.https://claude.ai/code/session_011xVoqL8J3Np2di1FUGHdk5