name: prime
description: Prime yourself with prior OpenStory context before starting — pick up exactly where the last session on this project left off: what was done, what's open, the tools used. Use at the START of work, or when the user says "where did we leave off", "resume", "pick up where I left off", "catch up on this project", or "what was I doing here".
prime
The highest-leverage habit: lean on the record instead of guessing. Pull the last
session's context so you resume instead of restart. Two phases.
Phase 1 — pull
OpenStory MCP tools (mcp__openstory__*):
mcp__openstory__list_sessions — the most recent session(s) for this project /
host (sort by last_event).mcp__openstory__session_synopsis — what that session did + open threads.mcp__openstory__session_transcript — the trailing/unfinished messages, to see
exactly where it stopped (the "what's mid-flight" tail).
Scope to the current project by project_name when known.
If those tools aren't available, OpenStory isn't connected — say so, don't guess.
Phase 2 — render
Resuming <project> — last session <date> · <events> events
Did: <2–4 bullets of what the last session accomplished>
Tools: <top tools, e.g. Bash×36 · Edit×23>
Open: <unfinished threads>
→ Resume here: <the concrete next step the last session was mid-way through>
Keep it tight — the goal is a running start, not a full history. Close with the
single most actionable "resume here" line.
When NOT to use this skill
- To search across all history for a topic, use
/openstory:recall.
- For a multi-project week summary, use
/openstory:recap.
- Pairs well as a CLAUDE.md routing rule ("before starting, run /openstory:prime").
