A common process layer for multi-agent development workflows that allows agents and humans to view and control long-running processes, such as web servers, reducing code duplication when working with AI.

Installation

pip

pip install persistproc

Available Tools

Tool	Description
ctrl	Unified process management: start, stop, or restart processes
list	List all managed processes and their status. Can filter by pid, command, or working directory...
output	Retrieve captured output from a process

Features

• Runtime process management without configuration files
• Support for multi-agent workflows
• Universal design independent of tools
• Process output streaming
• Error log retrieval
• Process restart capabilities
• Standard MCP server at http://127.0.0.1:8947

Usage Examples

List the running processes

The web server seems stuck. Can you restart it?

Show me any errors from the web server

run your dev server using persistproc

Notes

The server runs at http://127.0.0.1:8947. Start the server with the 'persistproc serve' command in a separate terminal, then launch processes via 'persistproc '. Most useful when you want agents to manage processes rather than just view their output. Full documentation is available at steveasleep.com/persistproc.