For Claude Code users

Dead man's
switch for Claude Code.

Set your limits before you walk away.
Budget. Boundaries. Tripwires.
Claude Code stops itself — before it goes too far.

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claude-code · auth-refactor
$orbital run --task "refactor auth module"
→ Agent started · budget: 50k tokens
→ File boundary: /src/auth/**
→ Forbidden: /prod, migrations
Reading auth/index.ts...
Reading auth/session.ts...
Drafting refactor plan...
⚠ Attempting to read /src/db/schema.ts
✗ BOUNDARY VIOLATION — halted
✓ Notification sent to your phone
Waiting for your decision...
The Problem

You launch Claude Code and walk away.
Two hours later — you have no idea what it did.

11:04 PM

You launch Claude Code on a feature branch. Task looks simple. You go to sleep.

1:17 AM

The agent hits a wall. Doesn't ask. Starts rewriting adjacent modules it wasn't supposed to touch.

6:30 AM

You wake up. 38,000 tokens burned. Four files changed. Two wrong. One in prod config.

Claude Code is powerful enough to do real damage.
It needs a dead man's switch — rules that cut the power
the moment it crosses a line you didn't see coming.

How It Works

Set your limits.
Then let it run.

Before you launch, you define what Claude Code is allowed to do. Orbital watches the run and enforces your rules automatically.

If a limit is hit, the agent halts. Not pauses — halts. You get a notification. You decide what happens next.

▸Token budget — Stop at 20k tokens. Or 50k. You decide.
▸File boundaries — Only touch /src/auth. Never /prod.
▸Time limit — Still running after 30 min? Something's wrong.
▸Loop detection — Repeated identical calls? Dead stop.
▸Require approval — Flag writes to files over 200 lines before proceeding.
orbital.config · auth-refactor Armed
token_budget50,000
time_limit45 min
allowed_paths/src/auth/**
forbidden_paths/prod, /migrations
loop_detection
require_approval_onboundary_breach
notifypush + email
on_triggerHALT
In Practice
01
Configure

Define your budget, boundaries, and tripwires in a single config. Takes 60 seconds.

02
Launch

Run Claude Code through Orbital. The daemon watches every action in real time.

03
Walk Away

Actually walk away. The switch is set. If something goes wrong, it stops — not you.

04
Decide

Get notified if a limit triggers. Approve, redirect, or kill from your phone.

Let it run.
Not forever.

Orbital is in early development. Sign up to get access when it's ready — and to help shape what it becomes.

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