continue-work

name	continue-work
description	Use when the user says "continue", "pick up where I left off", "what was I working on", or similar. Also use when starting a session and memory has pending work.

Continue Work

Fast context recovery. Gather local state first, vault search only when needed.

When to use

• User asks to continue, resume, or pick up where they left off
• User asks what was being worked on
• Starting a fresh session when memory has unfinished items

Process

Step 1 — Local context (do all in parallel)

Gather these simultaneously — no agents needed:

• Scope detection: Run git rev-parse --show-toplevel to get the current worktree/repo path. Extract the scope name (last path component). If not in a git repo, use the current directory name. This is your scope key for filtering MEMORY.md.
• MEMORY.md: Read the project's MEMORY.md from the auto memory path. Filter pending work to entries matching the current worktree only (look for ## Pending - <worktree>/ sections). Ignore pending entries from other worktrees.
• Git state: git branch --show-current, git log --oneline -10, git status --short. This tells you what branch, what was done recently, and what's uncommitted.
• Active plan: Check the plans directory for the most recently modified plan file. If one exists and references the current branch or ticket, read it.

Step 2 — Present what you found

Give a brief summary:

• Worktree: current worktree path
• Branch: current branch name
• Recent work: 1-2 sentence summary from git log + any uncommitted changes
• Pending items: from MEMORY.md for this worktree only (if any)
• Active plan: link to plan file + current step (if any)
• Suggested next step: based on the above

Step 3 — Ask, don't act

Ask the user what they want to pick up. Do NOT start working autonomously.

Step 4 — Vault search (only if needed)

Skip the vault entirely unless:

• Local context is thin (no recent commits, no pending items, no plan)
• The user explicitly asks about history beyond the current branch

If vault search IS needed, spawn the concierge agent with a specific question — not a broad "find everything" query.

Key principle

This skill is read-only. It never modifies files. It orients, then waits for direction.