task-aware-project-work
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Load canonical root and subsystem task context before continuing project work.
In this repository15 other files it gives its agents.
- compact-directory-memorySkill
- task-archaeologySkill
- task-artifact-integritySkill
- task-context-storageSkill
- task-cross-machine-syncSkill
- task-external-repos-patternSkill
- task-frameworkSkill
- task-lifecycle-disciplineSkill
- task-lifecycle-edge-casesSkill
- task-lifecycle-portabilitySkill
- task-nested-subtask-lifecycleSkill
- task-requirement-intakeSkill
- task-root-git-operationsSkill
- task-timestamp-conventionSkill
- task-trackerSkill
The file
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6 rules. About 0 are common, 4 are distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.
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Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Very specific
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- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 24
Use when continuing a task by name/hash, returning to project work tied to a task, or before creating project artifacts that may already …
- Very specific: line 29
Read TASK.md, root MEMORY.md, and recent root CHANGELOG.md.
- Very specific: line 33
If a hierarchical subsystem is missing, load compact-directory-memory and create the complete pair before source changes.
- Distinctive: line 40
Never start implementation before loading task context.
- Distinctive: line 41
Search actual repositories before concluding an artifact was deleted.
- Distinctive: line 42
Do not duplicate a project or subsystem because another session used a different path.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Task-Aware Project Work
Use when continuing a task by name/hash, returning to project work tied to a task, or before creating project artifacts that may already exist.
Protocol
- Resolve the task with
task_api.py describe <identifier>. - Read
TASK.md, rootMEMORY.md, and recent rootCHANGELOG.md. - Detect
.hermes-task.json.memory_layoutormemories/. - Identify the target subsystem and read its full MEMORY plus recent CHANGELOG.
- Resolve project/repository paths from task context and verify existing artifacts before creating anything.
- If a hierarchical subsystem is missing, load
compact-directory-memoryand create the complete pair before source changes.
Legacy TASK_MEMORY.md is not canonical. Use it only as archaeological evidence when canonical files are absent.
Pitfalls
- A ticket is not a task-framework task.
- Never start implementation before loading task context.
- Search actual repositories before concluding an artifact was deleted.
- Do not duplicate a project or subsystem because another session used a different path.
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