---
skill_id: gf-ops-agent-timeout-policies
evaluation: free
quality: agent-decision-grade
functional: true
price_usd_full: 5.99
price_label: $5.99 / unlock
kind: service
category: Async Ops
challenge: https://lvlltd.com/api/pay?skill=gf-ops-agent-timeout-policies
outline: https://lvlltd.com/skills/gf-ops-agent-timeout-policies/outline.json
runtime_after_unlock: src/index.js createSkill
standards: x402, ERC-7857
completion_pass: functional-v1
---

# Free sample — Agent Timeout Policy Pack

**Skill ID:** `gf-ops-agent-timeout-policies`  
**Unlock:** $5.99 / unlock USDC on Base via x402  
**What you get after pay:** runnable sealed pack (`createSkill().run`) + workbook + templates  

## Summary

Timeout, deadline, and cancellation policies for multi-step agents so hung tools fail closed instead of burning budget.

Hung agent steps drain wallets and block queues. This pack sets wall clocks, per-tool timeouts, cancellation trees, and user-visible failure modes for async agent work. Free outline + x402. Not legal advice; no cost-savings guarantees.

## When to use

- Agents hang on slow tools and keep burning tokens or holding worker slots indefinitely.
- You need consistent deadlines across orchestration, tool calls, and user-facing async jobs.
- Partial failures leave orphaned subtasks with no cancellation path.

## Decision-grade outline (free)

1. Set hierarchy of clocks: user-visible SLA, orchestration wall clock, per-tool timeout, and network connect/read timeouts.
2. Map each tool class (LLM, HTTP, DB, browser, payment check) to a default timeout and max-retry with total budget caps.
3. Define cancellation trees: parent job cancel propagates to children; document what is safe to abort mid-flight.
4. Specify failure surfaces: user message, retry eligibility, dead-letter queue, and ops alert thresholds for hang rates.
5. Add soak tests: inject artificial latency and verify jobs fail closed within policy without cascading retries.

## Capabilities

- Layered deadline model from user SLA down to socket timeouts
- Per-tool timeout and retry budget matrix for common agent tool classes
- Cancellation propagation rules for multi-step async graphs
- Hang-rate alerts and latency injection soak checklist

## Artifacts after unlock

- `agent-timeout-policy.md`
- `tool-timeout-matrix.yaml`
- `cancellation-tree.md`

## Detailed description

Async agents without timeout policy are open wallets and stuck queues. The Agent Timeout Policy Pack is built for teams running multi-step agents where one slow tool call freezes the whole graph and retries multiply cost. The pack establishes a clear hierarchy of clocks: the user-visible completion SLA, the orchestration wall clock for the whole run, per-tool timeouts, and low-level connect/read network limits so nothing is “infinite by default.” Each tool class—LLM completion, outbound HTTP, database query, browser automation, payment or unlock verification—gets a default timeout, a max retry count, and a total time budget so thrashing cannot continue forever. Cancellation trees document how a parent cancel flows to children and which mid-flight operations are safe to abort versus must run to a clean checkpoint. Failure surfaces are product-aware: what the user sees, when a job may auto-retry, when it lands in a dead-letter queue, and when ops gets a hang-rate page. A soak section uses injected latency to prove jobs fail closed inside policy without retry cascades. Free outline available; sealed pack unlocks via x402 on Base with USDC. Operational and engineering guidance only—not legal advice, not a cost-optimization guarantee, and it does not promise lower bills or higher success rates. Use it so hung work dies cleanly instead of dying expensively.

## Functional runtime (paid)

After verified payment the sealed pack includes:

| Path | Role |
|------|------|
| `src/index.js` | `createSkill`, `run`, `plan`, `checklist` |
| `src/runbook.js` | Outline-driven steps with done_when |
| `src/tools.js` | Tool schemas for agent registries |
| `WORKBOOK.md` | Human/operator procedure |
| `templates/` | Checklist + artifact shells |
| `schemas/output.schema.json` | Result contract |

### Agent snippet (after unlock)

```js
import { createSkill } from "./src/index.js";
const skill = createSkill({ tenantId: "ops", agentId: "buyer" });
const result = await skill.run({
  goal: "Execute Agent Timeout Policy Pack for my catalog",
  context: { skill_id: "gf-ops-agent-timeout-policies" },
  dry_run: false,
});
// result.ok, result.steps, result.artifacts
```

## Pay path

1. Free: this sample + outline.json  
2. `GET https://lvlltd.com/api/pay?skill=gf-ops-agent-timeout-policies` → HTTP 402  
3. Transfer `maxAmountRequired` USDC to `payTo` on Base  
4. `POST /api/pay` with `X-PAYMENT: {"txHash":"0x…","skill":"gf-ops-agent-timeout-policies"}`  
5. Write `sealed_pack.files` to disk or use install-unlocked-pack.mjs  
6. Re-redeem anytime with the same verified txHash  

## Honesty

- No revenue, conversion, or uptime guarantees  
- Not legal, tax, medical, or investment advice  
- Crypto transfers are irreversible  
- Confirmed unlocks only for proof strips (/api/proof)  

*Public `/sealed/gf-ops-agent-timeout-policies/` is teaser-only. Full `src/` is paywalled under locked sealed delivery.*