What it is
Agent Reaper is a command-line tool for finding stale helpers left behind when AI development sessions end. Its report mode identifies orphaned helpers and long-running daemons before an operator chooses whether to clean them up.
Active agent sessions and processes that may hold live work are report-only. Cleanup rechecks process identity and starts with a graceful termination signal.
Made for: Developers and fleet operators maintaining machines that run AI coding agents.
What you can do
- Report-first stale helper-process discovery
- Orphan and age-based matching rules
- JSON reports and logged, guarded cleanup of kill candidates
What exists today
Internal tool; distribution by arrangement.
As of Oct 26, 2026.
Where it stands
In development. Nothing is distributed publicly yet.
Dotcoder builds this kind of product
Agent Reaper came out of the studio’s own practice. The same work is available as a client engagement: Agent-driven software delivery — A written, reviewable delivery loop for an existing product or a focused new slice.
What members get
The signed-in collection adds a getting-started guide for Agent Reaper: what you need, first steps, current limitations, and where to get help.