Agents create work. Daemons maintain it.

What's in a Daemon .md file? Daemons are defined in Markdown files that live in your repo. You define the role once — what it watches, what it does, what it can't do — and the daemon handles it from there.

Frontmatter Declarative fields between --- fences define what the daemon is: its name, purpose, watch conditions, routines, deny rules, and schedule.

Content Markdown below the --- frontmatter defines how the daemon operates: policy, output format, escalation rules, limits, and more.