Restores full context and active task state from a previous coding session.

Install

mkdir -p .claude/skills/gsd-resume-work-alekseitsvetkov && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/15466" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/gsd-resume-work-alekseitsvetkov && rm skill.zip

Installs to .claude/skills/gsd-resume-work-alekseitsvetkov

Activation

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Resume work from previous session with full context restoration
63 charsno explicit “when” trigger
Intermediate

Key capabilities

  • Restore complete project context
  • Load STATE.md or reconstruct it
  • Detect checkpoints (.continue-here files)
  • Detect incomplete work (PLAN without SUMMARY)
  • Present status visually
  • Route to appropriate next action

How it works

This skill executes the `resume-project` workflow, which loads or reconstructs `STATE.md`, detects checkpoints and incomplete work, presents the project status, and routes to the next context-aware action.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
Request to resume work from a previous session
You get back
Restored project context and routing to the next context-aware action

When to use gsd-resume-work

  • Pick up work where I left off
  • Restore project context
  • Resume interrupted task workflow

About this skill

<codex_skill_adapter>

A. Skill Invocation

  • This skill is invoked by mentioning $gsd-resume-work.
  • Treat all user text after $gsd-resume-work as {{GSD_ARGS}}.
  • If no arguments are present, treat {{GSD_ARGS}} as empty.

B. AskUserQuestion → request_user_input Mapping

GSD workflows use AskUserQuestion (Claude Code syntax). Translate to Codex request_user_input:

Parameter mapping:

  • headerheader
  • questionquestion
  • Options formatted as "Label" — description{label: "Label", description: "description"}
  • Generate id from header: lowercase, replace spaces with underscores

Batched calls:

  • AskUserQuestion([q1, q2]) → single request_user_input with multiple entries in questions[]

Multi-select workaround:

  • Codex has no multiSelect. Use sequential single-selects, or present a numbered freeform list asking the user to enter comma-separated numbers.

Execute mode fallback:

  • When request_user_input is rejected (Execute mode), present a plain-text numbered list and pick a reasonable default.

C. Task() → spawn_agent Mapping

GSD workflows use Task(...) (Claude Code syntax). Translate to Codex collaboration tools:

Direct mapping:

  • Task(subagent_type="X", prompt="Y")spawn_agent(agent_type="X", message="Y")
  • Task(model="...") → omit. spawn_agent has no inline model parameter; GSD embeds the resolved per-agent model directly into each agent's .toml at install time so model_overrides from .planning/config.json and ~/.gsd/defaults.json are honored automatically by Codex's agent router.
  • fork_context: false by default — GSD agents load their own context via <files_to_read> blocks

Spawn restriction:

  • Codex restricts spawn_agent to cases where the user has explicitly requested sub-agents. When automatic spawning is not permitted, do the work inline in the current agent rather than attempting to force a spawn.

Parallel fan-out:

  • Spawn multiple agents → collect agent IDs → wait(ids) for all to complete

Result parsing:

  • Look for structured markers in agent output: CHECKPOINT, PLAN COMPLETE, SUMMARY, etc.
  • close_agent(id) after collecting results from each agent </codex_skill_adapter>
<objective> Restore complete project context and resume work seamlessly from previous session.

Routes to the resume-project workflow which handles:

  • STATE.md loading (or reconstruction if missing)
  • Checkpoint detection (.continue-here files)
  • Incomplete work detection (PLAN without SUMMARY)
  • Status presentation
  • Context-aware next action routing </objective>

<execution_context> @/Users/base/Documents/dem/.codex/get-shit-done/workflows/resume-project.md </execution_context>

<process> **Follow the resume-project workflow** from `@/Users/base/Documents/dem/.codex/get-shit-done/workflows/resume-project.md`.

The workflow handles all resumption logic including:

  1. Project existence verification
  2. STATE.md loading or reconstruction
  3. Checkpoint and incomplete work detection
  4. Visual status presentation
  5. Context-aware option offering (checks CONTEXT.md before suggesting plan vs discuss)
  6. Routing to appropriate next command
  7. Session continuity updates </process>

When not to use it

  • When automatic spawning of sub-agents is not permitted and work needs to be done inline

Limitations

  • Codex has no `multiSelect` for user input
  • Codex restricts `spawn_agent` to cases where the user has explicitly requested sub-agents
  • Requires structured markers in agent output for result parsing

How it compares

This skill automates the restoration of a full project context, including agent interactions and session parameters, enabling smooth continuation of work from a previous session, unlike manually re-establishing context.

Compared to similar skills

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