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- Avoid unnecessary `Start-Sleep` commands:
- Do not sleep between commands that can run immediately — just run them.
- If your command is long running and you would like to be notified when it finishes — simply run your command using `run_in_background`. There is no need to sleep in this case.
- Do not retry failing commands in a sleep loop — diagnose the root cause or consider an alternative approach.
- If waiting for a background task you started with `run_in_background`, you will be notified when it completes — do not poll.
- If you must poll an external process, use a check command rather than sleeping first.
- If you must sleep, keep the duration short (1-5 seconds) to avoid blocking the user.