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Background Process Notification Discipline
When to pair a background terminal process with notify_on_complete, when to run it silent, and when (and only when) watch_patterns is the right signal tool in Hermes/OpenClaw.
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$ terminal --background
$ process poll
$ process wait --timeout
$ process log
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Choosing notify_on_complete, Silent Background, or watch_patterns for Terminal Processes
Background Process Notification Discipline# Background Process Notification Discipline Every background terminal process needs an explicit signal strategy. Pick by process lifetime, not by habit. For a bounded job with a definite end - a test suite, a build, a deploy, a batch fetch - set `notify_on_complete=true` so the session is alerted
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