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prune-agents

Kill orphaned Claude subagent processes that didn't exit cleanly. Use when asked to "prune agents", "clean up agents", "kill orphaned processes", or when subagents accumulate from Task tool usage.

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quick start

Installation and usage

Kill orphaned Claude subagent processes that didn't exit cleanly. Use when asked to "prune agents", "clean up agents", "kill orphaned processes", or when subagents accumulate from Task tool usage.

Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage

Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:

skills use prune-agents