Background Job Control

Background Job Control is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by aden-hive in hive.

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Install Background Job Control

Copy Background Job Control into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/aden-hive/hive/tree/main/core/framework/skills/_preset_skills/terminal-tools-job-control ~/.claude/skills/terminal-tools-job-control

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: core/framework/skills/_preset_skills/terminal-tools-job-control/SKILL.md in aden-hive/hive
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/terminal-tools-job-control
Collection: One of 24 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What Background Job Control does

Background Job Control manages long-running terminal jobs using start, poll, wait, and signal tools. Use it before launching builds, deploys, streaming logs, or taking over auto-backgrounded processes from terminal_exec.

Background Job Control is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Background Job Control comes from a repository tagged agent, agent-framework, agent-skills, anthropic and automation.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Background job control

Background jobs are how you do things that take time without blocking your conversation. Three tools cover the surface: terminal_job_start, terminal_job_logs, terminal_job_manage.

When to use a job

Builds, deploys, long tests
Processes you want to monitor (streaming a log file, a dev server)
Anything that auto-backgrounded from terminal_exec (you have a job_id; pivot to this skill's idioms)

For one-shot work expected to finish quickly, terminal_exec is simpler. The auto-promotion mechanic in terminal_exec is your safety net — start with terminal_exec, take over with this skill if needed.

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Background Job Control

What else does aden-hive publish alongside Background Job Control?
Background Job Control is one of 24 skills that DirSkills catalogs from aden-hive/hive, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Browser Edge Cases, Chart Creation Foundations and Colony Progress Tracker. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Background Job Control does, and is maintained by aden-hive in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the aden-hive/hive page.
How does Background Job Control compare to other Automation skills?
Background Job Control ranks #156 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Background Job Control against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.