- tower-hermes.sh: health check, pause file, exponential backoff, message held on failure
- tower-timmy.sh: same pattern for Ollama backend, messages held not lost
- timmy-loop.sh: pause after 2 consecutive cycle failures, backoff probe
- tower-watchdog.sh: respect .paused files, don't restart paused loops
Behavior:
1 failure → log warning, retry next turn
2 failures → enter pause, write .paused file, probe with backoff
Backend returns → auto-resume, clear pause file
Watchdog sees .paused → skip that loop, don't fight the pause
Messages from the other side → held in inbox, not lost
Two-pane tmux session with file-based message passing:
- tower-hermes.sh: Hermes side (cloud/Claude)
- tower-timmy.sh: Timmy side (HERMES_HOME=~/.timmy)
- tower-watchdog.sh: self-healing, restarts dead panes
- tower-session.sh: tmux bootstrap script
Communication via ~/.tower/*.msg files.
Both agents maintain named sessions (tower-hermes, tower-timmy)
for conversation continuity across restarts.
