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kill-dev-process

The kill-dev-process Claude Code skill terminates orphaned development processes including dev servers, browsers, and build tools that accumulate during development work. Use this skill when ports become occupied, too many node or browser processes are running, or when starting fresh is needed after interrupted development sessions.

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SKILL.md

# Dev Environment Cleanup

Safely clean up processes accumulated during development (dev servers, browsers, node, etc.).

Usage: `/kill-dev-process`
Usage: `/kill-dev-process $MODE`

`$ARGUMENTS` to specify mode:
- `ports` — Only processes occupying listening ports
- `browsers` — Only browser processes
- `all` — Process all categories at once
- No argument — Interactive selection

## Execution Steps

### Step 1: Investigate the Current State

Run the following commands **in parallel** to assess the current situation:

```bash
# List listening TCP ports (macOS)
lsof -iTCP -sTCP:LISTEN -P -n 2>/dev/null | grep -v "^COMMAND"
```

```bash
# Dev-related node processes
ps aux | grep -E '[n]ode|[t]sx|[v]ite|[n]ext|[n]uxt|[e]sbuild|[t]sc |[b]un ' | grep -v 'grep'
```

```bash
# Browser processes (including those from Playwright/Chrome DevTools MCP)
ps aux | grep -E '[C]hromium|[c]hrome|[C]hrome Helper|[p]laywright' | grep -v 'grep'
```

### Step 2: Classify and Display Results

Classify detected processes into the following categories and display in **table format**:

| Category | Criteria |
|----------|----------|
| Dev Servers | Processes listening on ports 3000-9999 via node/bun/deno |
| Browsers | Chromium, Chrome, Playwright-related processes |
| Build Tools | Residual esbuild, tsc, webpack, turbopack, etc. |
| Other | Anything else requiring user confirmation |

Display format example:
```
## Detected Processes

### Dev Servers (3 items)
PID    PORT   COMMAND              STARTED
12345  3000   node next-server     10:30
12346  5173   node vite            11:45
12347  8080   node express         09:00

### Browsers (5 items)
PID    COMMAND                      MEM
23456  Chromium --headless           120M
23457  Chrome Helper (Renderer)       80M
...
```

### Step 3: Safety Check

**Processes that must NEVER be killed:**
- System processes (PID < 100, root-owned system daemons)
- Databases (postgres, mysql, redis, mongo)
- Docker / containerd
- SSH / sshd
- IDE itself (VSCode, Cursor) — Chrome helpers ARE eligible targets
- Long-running processes that appear to be intentionally started by the user

If any of the above are detected, exclude them and display a notice about the exclusion.

### Step 4: Confirm with the User

Unless the mode is `all`, use `AskUserQuestion` to get confirmation:

- Allow the user to select "Kill / Skip" for each category
- Support keeping specific PIDs alive

### Step 5: Terminate Processes

1. First attempt graceful shutdown with `kill -TERM <PID>`
2. Wait 1 second and check survival: `kill -0 <PID> 2>/dev/null`
3. If still alive, force kill with `kill -9 <PID>`
4. Display termination results

```bash
# Example: graceful shutdown
kill -TERM 12345 12346 12347

# Check survival after 1 second
sleep 1
for pid in 12345 12346 12347; do
  kill -0 $pid 2>/dev/null && echo "PID $pid still alive, force killing..." && kill -9 $pid
done
```

### Step 6: Result Report

Display a summary of the cleanup results:

```
## Cleanup Complete

- Terminated: 8 processes
- Freed ports: 3000, 5173, 8080
- Skipped: 2 (postgres, redis)
- Failed: 0
```

## Notes

- Assumes macOS environment (`lsof` flags, etc.)
- Always get user confirmation before killing processes (including `all` mode)
- Only use actual PIDs obtained from investigation results for `kill` commands
- Investigation and termination are separate steps — never pipe them together (prevents accidental kills)