pika-session-start
Standardizes the startup process for Pika AI coding sessions to ensure consistency.
Install
mkdir -p .claude/skills/pika-session-start && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/12835" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/pika-session-start && rm skill.zipInstalls to .claude/skills/pika-session-start
Activation
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Start a new Pika AI session. Validates worktree environment, runs verify-env.sh, loads compact current context and git state, checks feature inventory, and identifies the next task. Run at the beginning of every coding session.Key capabilities
- →Validate worktree environment
- →Run `verify-env.sh` script
- →Load compact current context and git state
- →Check feature inventory
- →Identify the next task
- →Load issue numbers with `gh issue view <number>`
How it works
The skill runs a session start script to validate the environment, load context, check feature status, and identify the next task, optionally skipping mutation for report-only work.
Inputs & outputs
When to use pika-session-start
- →Start new coding session
- →Verify worktree
- →Load issue context
About this skill
Pika Session Start
Overview
Automates the .ai/START-HERE.md ritual to ensure every AI session begins with validated environment and compact current context.
Workflow
- Run the session start script:
For report-only, docs-only, or review work, use:bash .codex/skills/pika-session-start/scripts/session_start.shbash .codex/skills/pika-session-start/scripts/session_start.sh --orient-only - Review the output — confirm worktree, branch,
.ai/CURRENT.md, and feature status. - If an issue number is provided, load it with
gh issue view <number>. - Propose implementation plan before writing any code.
Guardrails
- Run from the current Pika worktree root, not the hub checkout.
- STOP if the resolved repo root equals
$HOME/Repos/pika(the hub). - The default script path creates a missing
.env.localsymlink to$HOME/Repos/.env/pika/.env.localbefore verification. --orient-only/--read-onlykeeps startup non-mutating and skipsverify-env.sh; use it only for report-only, docs-only, or review work.- STOP if
verify-env.shfails. - Do NOT write any code until a plan is approved.
- Use the resolved repo root consistently for git commands and file paths.
Script
- Main:
scripts/session_start.sh
When not to use it
- →When the resolved repo root equals `$HOME/Repos/pika` (the hub)
- →When `verify-env.sh` fails
- →When writing code before a plan is approved
Limitations
- →Must run from the current Pika worktree root
- →Requires a missing `.env.local` symlink to `$HOME/Repos/.env/pika/.env.local` to be created before verification
- →Does not write any code until a plan is approved
How it compares
This skill automates the setup and context loading for a Pika AI coding session, ensuring a validated environment and clear next steps, unlike manual workspace preparation.
Compared to similar skills
pika-session-start side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.
| Skill | Installs | Updated | Safety | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pika-session-start (this skill) | 0 | 2mo | Review | Beginner |
| resolve-conflicts | 81 | 8mo | Review | Intermediate |
| openspec-onboard | 10 | 6mo | Review | Beginner |
| codex-cli-bridge | 9 | 9mo | Review | Intermediate |
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