# The overnight queue rules and the evening preflight check (free sample)

> From the Hermes Overnight Worker: the six rules for an unattended agent night (queue yes before the run, three budgets, staging only, a separate critic, nothing published or bought, promote only with a yes), plus a read-only Python check that tests tonight's queue against them, with a worked example and its expected output.

- URL: https://paperchasewebb.ai/bots/marketplace/items/overnight-queue-rules-and-evening-preflight-check-free-sample/
- Type: Bot template
- Category: Creative and video
- By: PaperChaseWebb
- Works with: Claude Code, Codex, Grok Bot, Hermes (named in the listing); Plain .md plus one Python 3 script
- Price: Free USD
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Setup time: 15 min
- Time to result: About 15 minutes to save the files and run the check twice
- Format: Markdown (.md) file, overnight-queue-rules-and-evening-preflight-check-free-sample.md
- Version: 1.0, updated 2026-10-28
- License: Personal and commercial use.

## What you end up with

You know before bed whether tonight's queue keeps the agent inside staging, inside budget and away from anything it should not touch.

## What you get

- The six rules for an unattended night
- The worker folder and a sample worker.json and queue.json
- queue_preflight.py with six checks
- A worked example: 5 findings, the fixes, then 0

## Who it is for

Anyone about to let an agent work unattended on a project folder who wants the rules written down and checked before the night starts.

## Tools needed

- Grok Bot, Claude Code, Codex or Hermes: turns the owner's list into a queue, runs the night and the separate critic session, writes the morning report; never publishes or buys
- Python 3: runs the runner, the evening preflight and the read-only morning check; standard library only
- You need: Python 3.8 or newer

Cost to run: Free.

## Sample prompt: Write tonight's queue (Grok Bot, Claude Code, Codex, Hermes)

```
Turn this list into queue.json with run_id r<date>: one job per prop, output_dir staging/<run_id>/<id>, tris_max, minutes_max and rounds_max 1 to 3, and publish, upload, purchase, install_addon and delete false, spend_usd 0.
Run queue_preflight.py and fix every finding except P1. Then show me the queue and wait for my yes.
```

The rules and the check are in the file.

## Free preview of overnight-queue-rules-and-evening-preflight-check-free-sample.md

````markdown
# The overnight queue rules and the evening preflight check (free sample)

From the Hermes Overnight Worker by PaperChaseWebb. Free to use. Works with Grok Bot, Claude Code, Codex and Hermes.

Two pieces of the worker you can use tonight, before you set up any Blender automation: the approval rules that decide what an unattended agent may do while you sleep, and a small read-only Python check that tells you whether tonight's queue follows them. No Blender needed for either.

## 1. The rules for an unattended night

1. **The queue is approved before the run.** The owner sees every job, its budgets and its source, and replies `yes queue <run_id>`. The yes names the run id. A job added after the yes means a new run id and a new yes.
2. **Every job has three budgets.** A triangle cap for the exported mesh, a wall-clock cap in minutes for the Blender process, and a cap of one to three critique rounds before the job stops and goes to a person.
3. **Writes go to staging only.** Every output goes to staging/<run_id>/<job_id>/. The owner's files sit in originals/, are hashed before the run, and are never written.
4. **The critic is not the builder.** A separate session, under its own name, judges each preview against the brief and writes keep, revise or drop.
5. **Nothing is published or bought.** No publishing, uploading, buying assets or credits, installing add-ons, deleting, or calling a paid generator. Those are daytime tasks with the owner present.
6. **The morning promote step n
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## Worth knowing

- The sample has no Blender scripts, runner or morning check; the full pack adds them with a seeded fixture and a tested demo night.
- On 2026-10-28 the worked example gave 5 findings, then 0 after the listed fixes.

## Questions

**What is in the full pack?** build_prop.py, night.py, queue_check.py with fifteen checks, a seeded fixture with fifteen planted faults and fixes, a real-Blender demo night, four skills, ten prompts, harness notes and an install plan. $29.

## How to get it

Free sample. Download it directly at https://paperchasewebb.ai/bots/marketplace/items/overnight-queue-rules-and-evening-preflight-check-free-sample/, no signup.

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