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monitor_claude.exp

#!/usr/bin/expect -f

# You can comment this out now that we've found the problem
# exp_internal 1

# --- Configuration ---
set command "/Users/bsonntag/.nvm/versions/node/v24.0.2/bin/claude"
set args "/init"

# CHANGE THIS LINE: Add a wildcard * to jump over the formatting codes
set watch_phrase "esc*to interrupt"

set initial_timeout 30
set monitor_timeout 1
# --- End Configuration ---

spawn $command $args
send_user "🚀 Starting '$command $args'.\n"


# --- STAGE 1: Wait for the phrase to APPEAR ---
send_user "Stage 1: Waiting for '$watch_phrase' to appear (max $initial_timeout seconds)...\n"
expect {
  timeout {
    send_user "\n❌ ERROR: Timed out. The phrase '$watch_phrase' never appeared.\n"
    exit 1
  }
  # CHANGE: Using -gl (glob match) with wildcards (*) to ignore formatting.
  -gl "*$watch_phrase*" {
    send_user "✅ Phrase found. Proceeding to Stage 2.\n"
  }
  eof {
    send_user "\nℹ️ INFO: Claude process exited before monitoring could start.\n"
    exit 0
  }
}


# --- STAGE 2: Monitor for the phrase to DISAPPEAR ---
send_user "Stage 2: Monitoring for '$watch_phrase' to disappear...\n"
set timeout $monitor_timeout
expect {
  # CHANGE: Using -gl (glob match) with wildcards (*) as well.
  -gl "*$watch_phrase*" {
    exp_continue
  }
  timeout {
    send_user "\n✅ '$watch_phrase' disappeared. Sending Ctrl+C twice.\n"
    send "\x03"
    send "\x03"
    exit 0
  }
  eof {
    send_user "\nℹ️ INFO: Claude process finished on its own during monitoring.\n"
    exit 0
  }
}

run_all.sh

#!/bin/bash

# --- Configuration ---
# The starting directory where the script is run.
START_DIR=$(pwd)
# Define what "not short" means. Skip if CLAUDE.md is bigger than this many bytes.
MIN_SIZE=10
# --- End Configuration ---

# Find all directories in the current folder
for dir in */; do
  # Remove trailing slash from directory name
  dir=${dir%/}

  echo "====================================="
  echo "Inspecting directory: $dir"

  # --- New Check ---
  # Check if CLAUDE.md exists and its size is greater than MIN_SIZE.
  if [ -f "$dir/CLAUDE.md" ] && [ $(wc -c < "$dir/CLAUDE.md") -gt $MIN_SIZE ]; then
    echo "⏩ Skipping '$dir' because a non-empty CLAUDE.md already exists."
    echo "====================================="
    echo ""
    continue # Immediately skip to the next directory in the loop
  fi
  # --- End of Check ---

  echo "✅ Processing directory: $dir"

  # Navigate to the target directory
  cd "$START_DIR/$dir"

  # Call the expect script to run the CLAUDE process.
  ../monitor_claude.exp

  echo "Finished processing $dir."
  echo "====================================="
  echo ""

  # Return to the starting directory for the next loop
  cd "$START_DIR"
done

echo "✅ All directories have been processed."