| name | close-out |
| description | Drive work to completion. Audits scope, generates cut lists, produces completion checklists, and identifies hard calls that need human input. |
| argument-hint | ["none"] |
| user-invocable | true |
| allowed-tools | Bash(bd *), Bash(git status*), Bash(git log*), Bash(git diff*), Bash(cat *), Read |
Drive the current work to completion. Audit scope, identify cuts, and produce a completion checklist.
1. Gather State
Read current phase and canary:
!cat .claude/state/system_phase.json 2>/dev/null || echo '{"phase": "unknown"}'
!cat .claude/state/canary_signals.json 2>/dev/null || echo '{"pressure": 0}'
Read beads state:
!bd stats 2>/dev/null || echo "No beads stats"
!bd list --status=open 2>/dev/null || echo "No open issues"
!bd list --status=in_progress 2>/dev/null || echo "No in-progress issues"
Read git state:
!git status --short 2>/dev/null || echo "Clean"
!git log --oneline -5 2>/dev/null || echo "No recent commits"
2. Scope Audit
Compare planned work against actual state:
- Planned: What was the original scope? (Check beads issues, recent commits, session context)
- Completed: What's actually done? (Closed issues, committed code)
- Outstanding: What's still open? (Open/in-progress issues, uncommitted changes)
3. Generate Cut List
For each outstanding item, make a hard call:
- CUT: Remove from scope. Not essential for this session. Give a reason.
- DEFER: Create a beads issue for later. Important but not now. Specify when.
- KEEP: Must be done before session ends. Explain why it's essential.
The default should be CUT or DEFER. Only KEEP items that are truly blocking.
4. Completion Checklist
Produce a concrete checklist of what must happen before "done":
- Code changes committed and pushed
- Beads issues updated (close completed, create deferred)
- No uncommitted changes in git
- Phase state reflects reality
- Any hard calls surfaced to the user
5. Output
## Close-Out Assessment
### Scope Audit
**Planned:** [original scope — what we set out to do]
**Completed:** [what's done — closed issues, committed code]
**Outstanding:** [what's still open]
### Cut List
| Item | Decision | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| [item] | CUT/DEFER/KEEP | [reason] |
### Completion Checklist
- [ ] [concrete step]
- [ ] [concrete step]
- [ ] [concrete step]
### Hard Calls Needed
[Decisions that require human input — present as structured options, not open questions]
### Session Summary
[2-3 sentences: what was accomplished, what was deferred, what the user should know]
6. Execute
After presenting the assessment, help execute the completion checklist:
- Close completed beads issues (
bd close <id1> <id2> ...)
- Create deferred issues (
bd create --title="..." --type=task)
- Commit and push code changes
- Update phase state if appropriate
