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hermes-config/bin/tower-watchdog.sh
Alexander Whitestone 48819eb36d feat: tower session — persistent Hermes ↔ Timmy conversation loop
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.
2026-03-15 20:15:33 -04:00

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# ── Tower Watchdog ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Ensures the tower session stays alive. Restarts dead panes.
# Run via cron: */5 * * * * ~/hermes-config/bin/tower-watchdog.sh
#
# Source-controlled: gitea/rockachopa/hermes-config
# ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
SESSION="tower"
TOWER_BIN="$HOME/hermes-config/bin"
LOG="$HOME/.tower/watchdog.log"
mkdir -p "$HOME/.tower"
log() { echo "[$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] $*" >> "$LOG"; }
# If session doesn't exist at all, recreate it
if ! tmux has-session -t "$SESSION" 2>/dev/null; then
log "Session '$SESSION' missing. Recreating."
# Start detached — don't attach (we're in cron)
tmux new-session -d -s "$SESSION" -n "tower" -x 200 -y 50
tmux split-window -h -t "$SESSION:1.1"
tmux select-pane -t "$SESSION:1.1" -T "⚡ Hermes"
tmux select-pane -t "$SESSION:1.2" -T "🕐 Timmy"
tmux select-layout -t "$SESSION:1" even-horizontal
tmux send-keys -t "$SESSION:1.1" "$TOWER_BIN/tower-hermes.sh" Enter
tmux send-keys -t "$SESSION:1.2" "$TOWER_BIN/tower-timmy.sh" Enter
log "Session recreated with both panes."
exit 0
fi
# Session exists — check each pane
PANE_COUNT=$(tmux list-panes -t "$SESSION:1" 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
if [ "$PANE_COUNT" -lt 2 ]; then
log "Only $PANE_COUNT pane(s). Killing and recreating session."
tmux kill-session -t "$SESSION" 2>/dev/null
exec "$0" # re-run to recreate
fi
# Check if the loops are actually running in each pane
for PANE in 1 2; do
PANE_PID=$(tmux display-message -p -t "$SESSION:1.$PANE" '#{pane_pid}' 2>/dev/null)
if [ -z "$PANE_PID" ]; then
continue
fi
# Check if there's a running process (not just a shell prompt)
CHILDREN=$(pgrep -P "$PANE_PID" 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
if [ "$CHILDREN" -eq 0 ]; then
if [ "$PANE" -eq 1 ]; then
log "Hermes pane idle. Restarting tower-hermes.sh"
# Clean stale lock
rm -f "$HOME/.tower/hermes.lock"
tmux send-keys -t "$SESSION:1.1" "$TOWER_BIN/tower-hermes.sh" Enter
else
log "Timmy pane idle. Restarting tower-timmy.sh"
rm -f "$HOME/.tower/timmy.lock"
tmux send-keys -t "$SESSION:1.2" "$TOWER_BIN/tower-timmy.sh" Enter
fi
fi
done
# Trim log if > 1000 lines
if [ -f "$LOG" ] && [ "$(wc -l < "$LOG")" -gt 1000 ]; then
tail -500 "$LOG" > "$LOG.tmp" && mv "$LOG.tmp" "$LOG"
log "Log trimmed to 500 lines."
fi