Recover a dead session

Use the bundled necromancy.ps1 with PowerShell. Resolve <skill-dir> to the directory containing this loaded SKILL.md, including plugin installs. The script reads the current user's ~/.claude/projects store; it needs access to the actual host store, not an unrelated sandbox home.

1. List candidates for the requested project, defaulting to the project under discussion:

   & "<skill-dir>/necromancy.ps1" -Project "<project path>"

2. Select by topic, timeframe, and checkpoint state. The newest transcript may be the current live session; do not select it merely for being newest. Ask if multiple candidates fit.

3. Digest the selected session:

   & "<skill-dir>/necromancy.ps1" -Project "<project path>" -Session "<UUID prefix>"

4. Synthesize from the digest: request, user decisions, completed work, interrupted work, and next action. Verify completion claims against current artifacts; transcript statements alone do not prove writes or releases completed.
5. Persist recovered state through checkpoint when the user authorizes resuming or recording it. If the checkpoint already reflects the session, use it rather than repeating recovery.

Do not load a full raw JSONL transcript into model context. The digest caps each category and uses regex anchors; errors and commits are leads. If required detail is omitted, search only the selected transcript for specific anchors. Report uncertainty instead of reconstructing missing events.

Project slugs replace non-alphanumeric path characters with hyphens; the script also checks case variants. A missing store or unsupported runtime is a limitation, not evidence that the session never existed.

Credit: digest pattern adapted from herderp.