ejs-session-wrapup

EJS Session Wrap-Up

Use this skill when a session is ending — for example when the user says "wrap up", "finalize session", "end session", "ship it", "commit this", or "commit and push".

This skill also applies for context-threshold checkpoints — proactive mid-session saves that prevent documentation loss if context runs out. See the Checkpoint vs. Full Finalization section below for the differences.

Steps

1. Review the Session Journey for completeness

   • Read the current journey file at ejs-docs/journey/YYYY/ejs-session-YYYY-MM-DD-<seq>.md
   • Identify any sections that are incomplete or missing context.

2. Finalize all sections Complete each section with coherent summaries:

   • Interaction Summary — ensure all key exchanges are documented
   • Agent Collaboration Summary — which agents participated and their contributions
   • Sub-Agent Contributions — if sub-agents were involved, ensure their decisions and handoffs are captured
   • Agent Influence — suggestions adopted vs. rejected, human overrides
   • Experiments / Evidence — what was tried and what happened
   • Iteration Log — pivots, reversals, or refinements
   • Decisions Made — all decisions with reason and impact
   • Key Learnings — technical, prompting, and tooling insights
   • If Repeating This Work — do this, avoid this, watch out for
   • Future Agent Guidance — prefer/avoid patterns for future agents

3. Populate machine extracts Fill in the ## MACHINE EXTRACTS section with structured summaries:

   • INTERACTION_EXTRACT — compact summary of the collaboration trail
   • DECISIONS_EXTRACT — list of decisions with rationale
   • LEARNING_EXTRACT — transferable insights
   • AGENT_GUIDANCE_EXTRACT — guidance for future agents
   • SUB_AGENT_EXTRACT — sub-agent contributions (if applicable)

4. Evaluate the ADR decision rubric Create an ADR only if at least one of these criteria is met:

   • Introduces or changes a system boundary (service, datastore, topology)
   • Changes a public contract (API, schema, protocol)
   • Alters security, privacy, or compliance posture
   • Requires choosing among credible alternatives with meaningful trade-offs
   • Has long-lived or hard-to-reverse consequences
   • Changes engineering process or workflow for future work

5. Update decision_detected field

   • Set to true if an ADR is warranted, false otherwise.

6. Create ADR if warranted

   • Use template: ejs-docs/adr/0000-adr-template.md
   • Save to: ejs-docs/adr/NNNN-<kebab-title>.md (next available number)
   • Link the ADR back to the session journey and vice versa via adr_links.

7. Confirm finalization

   • Inform the user: "Session finalized: ejs-session-YYYY-MM-DD-<seq>"
   • If an ADR was created, mention it: "ADR NNNN created: <title>"

Contextual References

• ADR template: ejs-docs/adr/0000-adr-template.md
• Lifecycle patterns: ejs-docs/session-lifecycle-patterns.md
• Database tool: scripts/adr-db.py

Key Principle

By session end, most of the journey should already be populated from continuous updates. Finalization is a quick review and completion step, not a full reconstruction effort.

Checkpoint vs. Full Finalization

Aspect	Checkpoint (mid-session)	Full Finalization (session end)
Trigger	Context getting large, 3+ unsaved interactions, before heavy operations, 5+ exchanges since last save	User signals session end
Sections updated	Interaction Summary, Decisions Made, Experiments, Iteration Log, Key Learnings	All sections reviewed and completed
Machine extracts	Not populated	Populated in full
ADR rubric	Not evaluated	Evaluated; ADR created if warranted
Goal	Preserve work-in-progress against context loss	Produce a coherent, complete record

When to Perform a Checkpoint

• 3+ unsaved interactions have accumulated since the last save (an interaction is one human prompt and the corresponding agent response)
• A significant decision has been made but not yet written to the journey
• A large, context-intensive operation is about to start
• 5+ exchanges have occurred since the last journey file save
• Substantial work completed but user has not signalled session end