From fda707134da4b901e1bee24e06ba787ecc30580b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ProtocolWarden <32967198+ProtocolWarden@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 07:13:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add loop-start/stop/status to operations-center.sh

Wraps tools/loop/controller.py with three subcommands:
  loop-start   start controller in background, show status after 1s
  loop-stop    write stop flag (current session finishes cleanly)
  loop-status  show controller lock state and last schedule

All three skip the janitor. Mirrors existing watchdog-loop-* pattern.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .console/log.md              |  6 ++++++
 scripts/operations-center.sh | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.console/log.md b/.console/log.md
index 22fd1be1..a6f7e59e 100644
--- a/.console/log.md
+++ b/.console/log.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Log
 
+## 2026-05-21 — Add loop-start/stop/status to operations-center.sh
+
+Added loop_start, loop_stop, loop_status functions and case entries to
+scripts/operations-center.sh. loop-start/stop/status skip the janitor.
+Mirrors existing watchdog-loop-* pattern.
+
 ## 2026-05-21 — Add loop controller (replace /loop + ScheduleWakeup)
 
 tools/loop/controller.py spawns a fresh claude -p session per watchdog cycle.
diff --git a/scripts/operations-center.sh b/scripts/operations-center.sh
index 487dcd29..19730307 100755
--- a/scripts/operations-center.sh
+++ b/scripts/operations-center.sh
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ Usage:
   scripts/operations-center.sh watchdog-loop-acquire
   scripts/operations-center.sh watchdog-loop-release
   scripts/operations-center.sh watchdog-loop-status
+  scripts/operations-center.sh loop-start
+  scripts/operations-center.sh loop-stop
+  scripts/operations-center.sh loop-status
 
 Environment:
   OPERATIONS_CENTER_CONFIG   Override config path (default: ${CONFIG_PATH})
@@ -232,6 +235,26 @@ check_watchdog_loop_lock() {
   fi
 }
 
+LOOP_CONTROLLER_LOCK="${LOG_DIR}/loop_controller.lock"
+LOOP_STOP_FLAG="${LOG_DIR}/loop_stop.flag"
+LOOP_LOG="${LOG_DIR}/loop_controller.log"
+
+loop_start() {
+  rm -f "${LOOP_STOP_FLAG}"
+  nohup python3 "${ROOT_DIR}/tools/loop/controller.py" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+  sleep 1
+  python3 "${ROOT_DIR}/tools/loop/controller.py" --status
+  echo "Log: ${LOOP_LOG}"
+}
+
+loop_stop() {
+  python3 "${ROOT_DIR}/tools/loop/controller.py" --stop
+}
+
+loop_status() {
+  python3 "${ROOT_DIR}/tools/loop/controller.py" --status
+}
+
 watch_pid_file() {
   local role="$1"
   echo "${WATCH_DIR}/${role}.pid"
@@ -561,7 +584,7 @@ shift || true
 cd "${ROOT_DIR}"
 # Skip janitor for read-only / stop commands — they're fast and don't need it.
 case "${cmd}" in
-  watch-all-status|dev-status|watch-all-stop|watch-stop|watchdog-stop|plane-status|providers-status|doctor|status) ;;
+  watch-all-status|dev-status|watch-all-stop|watch-stop|watchdog-stop|plane-status|providers-status|doctor|status|loop-start|loop-stop|loop-status) ;;
   *) run_janitor ;;
 esac
 
@@ -877,6 +900,15 @@ PYEOF
   watchdog-loop-status)
     check_watchdog_loop_lock
     ;;
+  loop-start)
+    loop_start
+    ;;
+  loop-stop)
+    loop_stop
+    ;;
+  loop-status)
+    loop_status
+    ;;
   *)
     usage
     exit 1