How do I know if caffeinate is currently active?

When you run the toggle command, Claude will report either 'STARTED' to indicate sleep prevention is active or 'STOPPED' when it is deactivated.

What does the Caffeinate skill do?

It toggles the macOS 'caffeinate' command to prevent your computer from entering idle, disk, or system sleep modes during long tasks.

How do I activate sleep prevention with Claude?

You can use natural language phrases like 'prevent sleep', 'keep awake', 'stop sleeping', or 'toggle caffeinate'.

Is this skill compatible with Windows?

No, this skill is designed specifically for macOS as it relies on the native 'caffeinate' system utility.

Does this skill keep my screen on the whole time?

No, it specifically uses the -ims flags which allow the display to sleep to save battery while keeping the system and disk active.

Caffeinate Control

Name: Caffeinate Control
Author: jongwony

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生産性とワークフロー

Manages macOS system sleep states to prevent idle, disk, and system sleep during long-running tasks.

This skill provides a seamless interface for Claude to manage the macOS 'caffeinate' utility, ensuring your system stays awake during critical operations. By toggling idle, disk, and system sleep prevention while allowing the display to dim, it optimizes power consumption without interrupting background processes. It is particularly useful for developers running long builds, heavy downloads, or server tasks that require the machine to remain active without manual intervention.

主な機能

01Provides real-time status reporting (STARTED/STOPPED)

02Maintains display sleep capabilities for battery saving

03Prevents idle, disk, and system sleep modes

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05Supports clamshell mode sleep prevention

06Toggles macOS system sleep prevention (caffeinate -ims)

ユースケース

01Preventing system sleep during large file transfers or database migrations

02Maintaining connectivity while the laptop is closed in clamshell mode

03Keeping a Mac awake during lengthy software compilations or CI/CD tasks

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add jongwony/cc-plugin caffeinate

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT