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PC Diagnostics

Reference for coven pc status, top, disk, kill, and cache-clear commands.

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coven pc prints a local machine pressure report. It is intended for workstation support during heavy agent or build sessions.

coven pc

Commands

CommandUse it for
coven pcFull compact report.
coven pc statusOne-line health summary.
coven pc status --jsonMachine-readable health summary.
coven pc topTop processes by CPU and memory.
coven pc top --n 20Show more processes.
coven pc top --verboseInclude full command-line arguments.
coven pc diskDisk usage breakdown.
coven pc kill <pid> --confirmTerminate one process by pid.
coven pc cache clear --confirmClear user and system caches.

Confirmation boundary

Relief actions require explicit confirmation flags:

coven pc kill 12345 --confirm
coven pc cache clear --confirm

The diagnostic commands are safe to run for evidence. The kill and cache-clear commands are state-changing and should be used deliberately.

When to use it

Use coven pc before assuming a harness is broken. CPU pressure, memory pressure, low disk, or runaway background processes can look like agent failure.

For Coven-specific daemon issues, start with Doctor and Daemon observability.

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