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Watch Job — Development skill for Claude Code

Development community

Watch a VASP job and diagnose/fix issues if it fails.

How to install Watch Job

Installs to ~/.claude/commands/jkitchin-vasp-watch-job.md

Terminal

mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jkitchin/vasp/HEAD/.claude/commands/watch-job.md -o ~/.claude/commands/jkitchin-vasp-watch-job.md

Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.

What Watch Job does

Watch a VASP job and diagnose/fix issues if it fails.

Arguments: $ARGUMENTS (job directory path)

Workflow

**Check job directory**:
- If $ARGUMENTS provided, use that path
- Otherwise, check current directory
- Verify VASP files exist (INCAR, POSCAR, etc.)

**Assess current status**:

# Check for output files
ls -la OUTCAR OSZICAR CONTCAR vasprun.xml 2>/dev/null

# Check last modification time
stat OUTCAR 2>/dev/null | grep Modify

**Check if j

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Iterate Feature — Iterate on the feature "$ARGUMENTS" to fix issues and address feedback 180 ★