RU: Stop

EXECUTE IMMEDIATELY: Use the Bash tool to run the following script.

/usr/bin/env bash << 'RALPH_UNIVERSAL_STOP' PROJECT_DIR="${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR:-$(pwd)}"

echo "Stopping RU loop..."

Set state to stopped

STATE_FILE="$PROJECT_DIR/.claude/ru-state.json" if [[ -d "$PROJECT_DIR/.claude" ]]; then echo '{"state": "stopped"}' > "$STATE_FILE" fi

Create kill switch for redundancy

touch "$PROJECT_DIR/.claude/STOP_LOOP"

Update config if exists

CONFIG_FILE="$PROJECT_DIR/.claude/ru-config.json" if [[ -f "$CONFIG_FILE" ]]; then jq '.state = "stopped"' "$CONFIG_FILE" > "$CONFIG_FILE.tmp" && mv "$CONFIG_FILE.tmp" "$CONFIG_FILE" fi

Clean up markers

rm -f "$PROJECT_DIR/.claude/ru-start-timestamp"

Create global stop signal

echo '{"state": "stopped", "timestamp": "'$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)'"}' > "$HOME/.claude/ru-global-stop.json"

echo "" echo "RU: STOPPED" echo "Project: $PROJECT_DIR" RALPH_UNIVERSAL_STOP

After execution, confirm the loop has been stopped.

Troubleshooting

Issue Cause Solution

Loop continues running Hook still active Wait for current iteration to finish

State file not created .claude dir missing Create with mkdir -p .claude

jq error Config file malformed Delete and recreate config file

Permission denied File not writable Check directory permissions

Global stop not working Different project dir Ensure CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR is correct