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gsd:resume-work

Resume work from previous session with full context restoration

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2026-05-26
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davepoon--buildwithclaude--resume-work
View on GitHubRaw SKILL.md

// install — copy + paste into any project

mkdir -p .claude/skills && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude/HEAD/plugins/gsd/skills/resume-work/SKILL.md -o .claude/skills/resume-work.md

Drops the SKILL.md into .claude/skills/resume-work.md. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any agent that loads SKILL.md files from .claude/skills/.

Restore complete project context from a previous session — handling both manual pause (from `/gsd:pause-work`) and auto-compact (from the PreCompact hook) handoffs identically.

  1. Detect handoff state. Check for .planning/HANDOFF.json via Read tool. If missing, the session has no handoff — announce "No handoff found" and proceed to normal /gsd:progress routing.

  2. Load STATE.md. Read .planning/STATE.md to restore the big-picture project position. If missing, reconstruct from .planning/ROADMAP.md and the latest phase directory's SUMMARY.md files; if reconstruction fails, surface the error and stop.

  3. Read the handoff. Parse .planning/HANDOFF.json. Extract phase, plan, task, status, source, uncommitted_files, decisions, context_notes, next_action. Per HANDOFF schema, all fields are always present (empty arrays / null for unset).

  4. Present project status. Emit a compact status block covering:

    • Milestone + percent complete (from STATE.md frontmatter progress.percent).
    • Current phase name and number.
    • Plan / task position from the handoff.
    • Handoff source (manual-pause vs auto-compact) and timestamp.
    • Top 3 decisions and any blockers from the handoff.
    • Uncommitted files summary.
    • The next_action string verbatim — it's the resumption hint.

  5. Route to the next action. Offer 1-3 concrete options based on handoff state. Common patterns:

    • If task was mid-execute: offer /gsd:execute-phase with the current phase.
    • If phase is at plan boundary: offer /gsd:plan-phase or /gsd:execute-phase for the next phase.
    • If there are uncommitted files that look in-progress: call attention to them before offering continuation.

  6. Clean up the handoff (LIFE-01). After routing — once steps 1-5 have completed without error — remove the handoff file:

    node "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-$HOME/.claude/plugins/cache/gsd-plugin/current}/bin/gsd-tools.cjs" checkpoint --clear

    If the command is unavailable for any reason, fall back to direct removal:

    rm -f .planning/HANDOFF.json

    Do not abort the resume if cleanup fails — it's hygiene, not correctness. The next session's SessionStart will overwrite a stale handoff anyway (per D-05 from Phase 4: latest snapshot wins).

 - Step 6 runs **last**, after all context is loaded and the user has been shown status. A failed/aborted resume (steps 1-5 error out) leaves HANDOFF.json on disk for recovery (per D-08). - If `HANDOFF.json` is absent in step 1, skip everything — don't attempt to clean up what isn't there. `checkpoint --clear` is idempotent but unnecessary work. - The skill is the single owner of HANDOFF.json deletion. The SessionStart hook must NOT delete — it only detects (per D-10).