pickup

Resume this project from the repo-local handoff state.

Current repo state

git status --short 2>/dev/null || echo "(not a git repo)"

git log --oneline -12 2>/dev/null || echo "(no git log)"

Instructions

Check for .ai/HANDOFF.md. Two paths:

If found: Read it, along with CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md if present. Then verify it against current repo state: confirm the branch matches, check that referenced files exist, and flag any commits more recent than the handoff that aren't reflected in it. If .ai/reviews/ exists, note the most recent review report and surface any of its unresolved findings that bear on the next action.

If not found: Tell the user explicitly that no handoff was found before doing anything else. Then reconstruct best-effort from the repo: scan recent git log, read recently modified files, and check for obvious entry points (scripts, notebooks, configs).

Report

State on the first line whether the handoff was loaded: Handoff loaded from .ai/HANDOFF.md or No handoff found — reconstructed from repo.

Then open with a 2–3 sentence conversational recap — what this project is, what was being worked on, and where things stand. Write it the way a colleague would catch someone up after they've been away, not as a bullet list.

Then follow with only the sections that have real content:

Key decisions — consequential choices already locked in.

Scientific context — datasets, baselines, reference periods, counterfactual definitions, known data quality issues.

Risks — load-bearing assumptions, things likely to go wrong.

Next action — the one concrete thing to do right now. If multiple paths are plausible, compare them in 2–3 lines each and recommend one.