doob-context-prime

name	doob-context-prime
description	Use at the start of any doob work session to load situational awareness — pending todos, overdue items, kanban state, and recent git activity. Use before starting new features, triaging work, or resuming after a break.

doob: Context Prime

Overview

Run these three commands to establish full situational awareness before any doob work session.

Commands

# 1. Pending + in-progress todos (JSON for parsing)
doob todo list --status pending,in_progress --json

# 2. Visual kanban board
doob kan

# 3. Recent git context
git log --oneline -10

Interpreting Output

From todo list --json:

• due_date past today → overdue, address first
• status: "in_progress" with old updated_at → stale, may need undo
• High priority (>200) + pending → blocking work

From kan:

• Columns: Pending | In Progress | Completed | Cancelled
• Todos grouped by project — spot cross-project drift

From git log:

• Match recent commit topics to open todos
• Identify todos that should have been completed by recent commits

Quick Reference

# Overdue check (requires jq)
doob todo list --status pending --json | jq '[.todos[] | select(.due_date != null and .due_date < "2026-03-25")]'

# Count by status
doob todo list --json | jq '.todos | group_by(.status) | map({(.[0].status): length}) | add'

# Current project todos only
doob todo list --project $(basename $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)) --json

When Context Reveals Problems

Signal	Action
Many stale in_progress todos	doob todo undo <id> to reset them
Completed work still marked pending	doob todo complete <id>
Todos with no project	Add --project on next add
Nothing pending	Check git log for unreleased work