$cancel

Invoke with $cancel.

Stops active execution modes such as $ralph, $autopilot, and $team. Use it when a task is heading in the wrong direction or no further progress is needed.

When to use

• When $ralph is looping and you need to stop it
• When $autopilot is going in an unexpected direction
• When you need to stop a specific $team lane
• When a task is done or requirements have changed and there's no reason to continue

When to avoid

• If you want to start a completely different task rather than pause — just call a new skill
• If a task is still in progress, it's better to wait for it to finish than cancel early

Commands

$cancel
$cancel --force

--force resets all active state. In most cases, running without arguments is enough.

How it works

Reads the state of the current active execution mode and sends a stop signal. In-progress agent tasks finish their current step before halting. Partially completed files are left as-is.

To resume after $cancel, call the skill again from where it left off.

Related docs

• $ralph — repeating execution mode
• $autopilot — full end-to-end execution
• $team — parallel lane execution