Pause

In plain language

A recorded stop for the whole org or one seat.

In a sentence

• The founder issued a pause for the seat after the alert.
• A pause on the org stopped the next autonomous seat run.

Examples written for this glossary

Usage note

A pause is effective when its halt file is on main. A resume removes that file; an already running job may have passed its earlier check.

Not to be confused with

• Kill switch

  A pause is a recorded command that may cover one seat or the whole org; the kill switch is the standing halt file that stops every seat.

  Source: Autonomous Operation (opens in a new tab)

  Source: How It Works (opens in a new tab)

Why it matters

The record distinguishes a requested stop from a file that landed and from a later run that observed it.

See also

• Valve

  Pretool hook that refuses named irreversible commands in a Claude session, including force push flags, remote branch deletion, destructive SQL and credential rotation.