Resume or Stop an Agent Session

To continue a running agent, reconnect to its existing Herdr pane. If the process has ended, use the AI tool’s own conversation-resume feature when available.

Return to a running agent

1. Select the same computer and open Terminal as agent.
2. Find the workspace and tab where the agent was started.
3. Read the latest output.
4. Answer any pending prompt, or give the next instruction.

From an SSH shell, use herdr session list and herdr session attach SESSION_NAME with the relevant listed session. Check existing sessions before starting another copy.

Resume after the process ended

First inspect the files already changed and any saved progress notes. Start the provider tool in the original project folder and use its documented resume or conversation-selection command.

Resume syntax differs by agent and version. Check that tool’s help or setup guide rather than assuming that a Herdr session name is a provider conversation ID. Confirm the chosen conversation’s project before continuing.

Stop an agent intentionally

Focus the pane containing the task and use the tool’s own stop or exit action. Ctrl+C commonly interrupts the foreground operation, but some agents require a second action to exit the application. Read the resulting prompt.

Check whether child processes, development servers, or delegated agents remain running. Ending one foreground process does not necessarily end everything it started.

Use computer power controls only when you mean to interrupt the whole computer. See Squad recovery and Monitor Computer Resources and Workloads.