Emergency stop plan
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Emergency stop plan
To be filled in as soon as you have an automation running. Keep it printed or in a note that is easy to find. It is for the day when something acts without you wanting it to.
Updated on: ____ / ____ / ________
1. Cut it right away (2 minutes)
| What is running | Where to cut it |
|---|---|
| ☐ Local scheduled tasks | Claude app, Code tab, Scheduled: status Paused |
| ☐ Cloud tasks | claude.ai/code/routines: pause |
| ☐ claude.ai connectors (Gmail, Calendar, Drive…) | Customize, Connectors, the connector, then Disconnect. The + button in a conversation is not enough: it only cuts that conversation |
| ☐ Servers added in Claude Code | /mcp: disable; or claude mcp remove <name>. For a claude.ai connector, /mcp only cuts it for the current project, in the terminal: to stop it everywhere, see the line above |
| ☐ Hooks | "disableAllHooks": true in your personal settings file ~/.claude/settings.json; check that the project’s .claude/settings.json file doesn’t say otherwise |
| ☐ Plugins | claude plugin disable --all in the terminal, then claude plugin list: none should still be enabled; then close your running sessions (disabling only applies to the next sessions) |
| ☐ Session in progress | Stop the response, then close the session |
2. Remove the access (10 minutes)
- Google account: myaccount.google.com/connections, choose Claude, then remove its access (“Delete all connections”, according to Claude’s help) ☐
- Other connected services: ______________________ ☐
- Passwords to change, if an access may have been used wrongly: ______________________ ☐
3. Assess and repair
- What happened (with the time): ______________________
- What was changed, sent or deleted: ______________________
- Going back: folder files = Git, dated copy or automatic backup (module 5, lesson 6); deleted email or file = Gmail or Drive trash, for 30 days; deleted Gmail draft = not recoverable ☐
- Notify the people concerned (an email sent by mistake, for example) ☐
4. Before restarting
- The cause is understood: ______________________
- The task is fixed, and restarted once with Run now, under watch ☐