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Building a crash-tolerant AI agent with launchd watchdog

DEV.to AIΒ·April 14, 2026

This article explains how to build a crash-tolerant AI agent using `launchd` on macOS to ensure automatic recovery for crashing agents, such as Claude Code processes. The system aims to auto-restart processes, protect against OOM, and recover agent state, eliminating the need for human intervention overnight.

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