os-done-or-not

# os-done-or-not One question, one screen: **did the agent finish, and what actually happened** - in words a reader who does not code will understand. Nothing happened (pure questions, no files touched) → one line saying so, no report. ## Language The language the user speaks in this session, detected from the conversation - translate every template label. Code, files, commands stay English. ## Step 1 - gather proof that takes seconds Fast checks only; never re-run the test suite - use results this session already produced. Not confirmable in seconds, or still running → **"not checked"**, never "yes". ```bash git status --porcelain # uncommitted? git log --oneline -10 # what landed git log origin/HEAD..HEAD --oneline 2>/dev/null # unpushed? gh pr view --json state,mergeStateStatus && gh pr checks # if a PR exists ``` ## Step 2 - name the outcome Sessions end one of eight ways; pick the match **before** writing, or the report says "fully done: yes" and "safe to close: no" in the same breath. | # | Outcome | Verdict shape | |---|---|---| | 1 | Shipped and verified | done Yes · nothing needed · close Yes | | 2 | Done - one action is yours | done Yes · needed = that action · close Yes | | 3 | Stalled on your decision | done No · needed = the decision · close No | | 4 | Partly done, rest deferred | core Yes, rest recorded as debt · close Yes | | 5 | Didn't work - rolled back | done No · lead = what was learned · close Yes | | 6 | Something broke | lead opens with ⚠️ · risk in full (rule 7) · close No | | 7 | Research only | the answer is the result · skip ship rows · close Yes | | 8 | Nothing to report | one line, no report, no file | Outcomes 5 and 6 are where reports start lying; "the approach failed and was rolled back" is a complete result. ## Step 3 - write the report (translate the labels, keep the shape) ``` <Lead: 1–2 sentences. What changed for the product. Best result first.> | | | |---|---| | ✅ | <done, and what proves it> | | ⚠️ | <surprise or bad news> | | ⏳ | <deferred, and until when> | **Verdict** | | | |---|---| | Fully done? | Yes / No / Not checked | | Anything needed from you?| No / <one concrete action> | | New debt? | No / <how many, where recorded> / Not checked | | Safe to close? | Yes / No - <reason in five words> | ``` Checkmark rows: two to five; drop an empty row, never a non-empty ⚠️. Verdict cells are one line each - detail lives in the checkmark rows, not the verdict. Two conditional rows, only when the session makes them real - never "not applicable": **Easy to undo?** (Yes - how / Hard - why) and **Security touched?** only when yes - one line: exposed what, closed how. Deliberately no "live for users?" row: unmerged it repeats the action line; merged but not reaching users is a surprise - a ⚠️ row. ## Step 4 - save it Write to both paths, creating directories as needed - never anywhere else under `~/.claude`, never into the user's project: - `~/.claude/open-steps/reports/<project-folder-name>/latest.md` - overwritten - `~/.claude/open-steps/reports/<project-folder-name>/history/<YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM>.md` Head the file with date, project, ticket. **Two parts; only part one goes in the chat.** Part one - the report above, for the person. Part two - for the next session, which reads it instead of re-exploring the repository; the only home for engineering identifiers. ``` --- ## Technical detail - for the next session, not the reader above - Branch / worktree / PR and their state; commits made this session - Files changed, with paths; test and check results as measured - Commands worth re-running; the first thing to look at next ``` Terse, factual, a handover note; nothing changed → omit part two. ## Step 5 - fold it into the map The report describes one session. `BIG-PICTURE.md` holds the standing picture of the product, and this is the moment it goes out of date. Use the `os-big-picture` skill to update only the rows this session touched - a new feature, a stage that moved, a deferred item joining the backlog. Skip it in two cases only: outcome 8, or no `BIG-PICTURE.md` and the user has never asked for one. A session that changed no row is **not** a third case - the map is not a second copy of the report, but its measured columns went a day stale while this session ran, and that pass is what refreshes them. The map is not skipped for having nothing to say; it is skipped for not existing. ## Jargon → plain words Examples of the move - apply it in the user's language. A ticket or PR number naming an action ("review PR #892") stays; elsewhere say what it changed. | Don't write | Write | |---|---| | `a1b2c3d`, commit, SHA | "the version" - or drop it | | deploy, prod | "put it on the live product", "the live product" | | CI green, checks passed | "all the automatic checks passed" | | fail-closed, the gate fired | "the safety check refused to ship it - correctly" | | migration / rollback | "a change to the database" / "put it back as it was" | | tech debt / flaky test | "an unfinished bit, written down" / "a check that sometimes lies" | ## Hard rules - these rules *are* the skill 1. One screen: about 10 lines, 15 the ceiling. 2. Lead with the outcome - best thing first, never the chronology. 3. Numbers a human can use - counts, money, time; hashes, branch names and build IDs stay out unless asked. 4. Translate every term; no plain equivalent → say what the user would *see*. 5. Every "yes" names its proof; no proof → "not checked". 6. Bad news gets its own ⚠️ row - never buried inside another line. 7. Exception, do not compress: an unhandled security risk or data loss is spelled out plainly - in the lead and its ⚠️ row, never by inflating a verdict cell. A handled risk is one line: exposed what, closed how. ## Known gotchas - "New debt? - No" gets written when there is no debt and when nobody looked; say "no" only after checking. - Neither a green check nor a merge means users have it: landed-but-unreached gets a ⚠️ row naming what would ship it - the most common way a report ends up technically true and practically wrong. - An approval can be revoked - a verdict is a snapshot; say so while a review is open. - Do not grow the table: ten rows is a wall of text in a table costume. - Matches none of the eight → say what happened; the list serves honesty.