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Load handoff on session start, review lessons, output readiness signal. Triggers: '/session-start', 'start session'. Skip if: first session (no handoff), user requests 'start fresh', or standalone question unrelated to project context.

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Session Start

Dominant Variable

Does the handoff document what to do next, or what was done? If it lists completed work, the handoff was written incorrectly. If Priority 1 cannot be identified immediately, deepen your inspection of Phase 1.

Trigger

/session-start
"start session"
"continue from where"
"where did we get"
(Korean language triggers handled in YAML frontmatter above)

Discard If

memory/session-handoff-LATEST.md missing (first session) → skip, start fresh
User requests "start fresh" / "ignore context" → skip
Project-unrelated standalone question → skip

Phase 0.5 runs even on discard: configuration errors must be detected in first session and standalone questions too.

Key Assumptions

memory/session-handoff-LATEST.md exists — if broken: fallback to "new session" mode. Do not synthesize handoff.
tasks/lessons.md exists — if broken: skip lesson review Phase.
settings.json parseable — if broken: skip health-check Phase only; proceed normally with rest.

Phase 0.5: Environment Health Check

Warnings only — no blocking. Use Read tool only (no modifications).

Check 1 — Model ID (read ~/.claude/settings.json):

Confirm "model" field value → warn if outside this list:

["opus", "sonnet", "haiku", "fable",
 "claude-sonnet-5", "claude-opus-4-8", "claude-opus-4-7", "claude-sonnet-4-6",
 "claude-haiku-4-5", "claude-opus-4-5", "claude-sonnet-4-5", "claude-fable-5"]
# Context suffixes like [1m]/[200k] are stripped before comparison (e.g., claude-fable-5[1m] → claude-fable-5)

Message: ⚠️ settings.json model ID invalid: "{value}" — please update
If file missing: skip silently

Check 2 — Accumulated Allow Entries (read ~/.claude/settings.local.json):

Count permissions.allow array items
If count > 5 → ⚠️ settings.local.json allow: N entries
If file missing: skip silently

Note — session-scoped authorization does not carry over: one-time approvals for risky actions, temporarily-enabled high-risk feature flags, and other session-scoped permissions granted in a previous session are not restored automatically in a new session. If the handoff notes something as "approved" or "enabled," treat that as historical context only — ask the user to re-confirm before relying on it this session.

Output rule: Both clean → no output (omit environment-alerts line in Phase 5). If warnings present, display in Phase 5 **Environment alerts:** line.

Phase 1: Load Handoff

Read memory/session-handoff-LATEST.md (auto-injected above).

Extract:

Priority 1 — most urgent task for this session
Outstanding decisions — questions awaiting user input
Remaining issues — unresolved bugs or blockers
Context notes — failed approaches from previous session (prevent repetition), critical causal links

If file empty or missing: output [No handoff — starting fresh] and stop.

Phase 2: Review Lessons

Read tasks/lessons.md.

2.0 Load Graduated Gates (always-on — highest priority)

Extract the ## Graduated Gates (Graduated Gates) table section. Output it regardless of conf filter — these are verified gates (conf≥0.7 AND obs≥3), so always-on exposure is intentional (Loop B self-correction enforcement layer). In Phase 5 **Graduated gates:** line, compress each gate as trigger → check on one line.

Nature (user-specified, 2026-06-04): Gates are "expose → consult → decide" tools. Pause before the triggering action, check, and consult if unclear. Not automatic execution; not auto-generated. Their role is to surface decisions left to the user and conversation.

Skip section if missing.

Scan correction rules relevant to today's planned work:

Code changes expected → check that domain's correction rules
Commit/push planned → check commit-related rules
Debugging planned → check debugging anti-patterns

v2 metadata line usage (> conf · seen · obs, from 2026-04-28~):

conf ≥ 0.7 (verified/core) → one-line summary from body (priority exposure/signal)
conf 0.5 (normal/Opus-triggered) → title only on one line
conf < 0.5 (experimental/unresolved) → header title only or skip (noise control)
seen within 30 days + obs ≥ 3 = active pattern — priority exposure
v2 metadata absent = legacy lesson, treat normally (backward compat)

Flag one line per matching rule. Skip silently if file missing.

2.2 Model Difference Analysis Reminder (semi-automatic — deterministic check)

Trigger for converting accumulated model-tagged behavior observations into rules. Periodic reminder to digest model tag backlog into patterns → rules.

Deterministic commands (run in order — each is a single grep/read, no manual scanning):

grep -c "model:" tasks/lessons.md → lessons_tagged (0 if file missing)
grep -c '"model"' <each file in ~/.claude/.harness/interventions/*.jsonl>, summed across files → jsonl_tagged (0 if directory missing)
grep "^last-analysis:" ~/.claude/memory/model-diff-ledger.md → baseline_date (if the header or file is absent, fall back to the earliest seen:/date: value found in the two counts above)
Count seen:/date: values dated after baseline_date across the same two sources → new_tags

Fixed stdout format: model_tags: total=N new=M days_elapsed=D (N = lessons_tagged + jsonl_tagged; D = today − baseline_date; if baseline_date cannot be established, days_elapsed=N/A)

Remind condition (both must be true):

days_elapsed ≥ 14 AND new_tags ≥ 5
→ In Phase 5 **Model analysis:** line, output: 💡 Model-difference analysis recommended (new=M / days_elapsed=D) — call "model analysis" to aggregate + promotion candidates
If unmet (elapsed too short OR tag count too low) → no output (prevent premature analysis, avoid noise)

Skip entirely if both source files/directories are missing. If total=0, Phase 2.2 produces no output (no model tags recorded yet — normal).

2.3 Context Rot Prevention

When loading handoff + lessons, apply a sliding window to prevent stale context from crowding out recent work:

Recent 5 sessions: load full handoff content
Older entries: 1-line summary only (title + date + outcome)
context-log.md: entries older than 90 days with ref:0 → skip (no one referenced them)

Deterministic commands:

grep -c "^## " memory/context-log.md → total_entries (0 if file missing)
grep -c "\[ref:0\]" memory/context-log.md → ref0_entries (skip candidates; grep alone cannot test the 90-day age cutoff, so confirm age only on entries actually surfaced, not the whole file)
skipped = ref0_entries that also pass the 90-day age check

Fixed stdout format: context_rot: total=N skipped=M rate=X% (X = M/N × 100, 1 decimal; rate=N/A if total_entries=0)

This prevents the "memory keeps growing but quality keeps dropping" pattern where old context dilutes recent priorities.

2.4 Autoimmunity Rate

The rate at which harness gates (verification/pre-push/goal-lock) incorrectly block normal behavior. Excessive intervention is a signal that the harness itself is a net negative (the harness paradox).

Deterministic commands:

find ~/.claude/.harness/interventions/ -name "*.jsonl" -mtime -30 → recent_files (empty if directory missing)
grep -c '"type": *"rejection"' on each file in recent_files, summed → rejection_count
grep -c '"type"' on each file in recent_files, summed → total_count

Fixed stdout format: autoimmunity: rejection=N total=M rate=X% (X = N/M × 100, 1 decimal; rate=N/A if total_count=0)

Output conditions:

recent_files empty or total_count=0 → no output
rate ≤ 5% → no output (normal range)
rate > 5% → Phase 5 **Immune rate:** line: ⚠️ Autoimmunity rate X% (rejection N/total M) — review gate over-intervention
rate > 15% → 🚨 Autoimmunity rate X% — recommend gate reduction or redesign

Phase 3: Check Global State

Read ~/.claude/STATE.md (if it exists).

Assess:

Outstanding decisions: any resolvable in this session?
Active blockers: any you can tackle now?

Skip if STATE.md missing.

Phase 4: Quick Memory Check

4.1 Selective Load (2-M2, 2026-04-24)

Read memory/MEMORY.md but filter by tag.

Rules:

 tagged sections → load entire section (core info)
 tagged sections → output headers as TOC only (Grep on demand for access)
No tag in MEMORY.md → load entire file (backward compat)
Query-conditional load: individual fact files listed under On-Demand Reference (e.g. per-topic user-profile/project_* files) get Grep-loaded only after confirming this conversation is actually about that topic — surface keyword overlap between the header text and the user's message is not sufficient justification. When it's unclear, don't load; load later if it turns out to be needed.

Execute:

Grep ^##.* → Read that section
Grep ^##.* → extract headers list only

Below readiness signal, output TOC:

MEMORY.md (on-demand, access via Grep):
- AI Constitution branch status
- Claude agent environment
- Known Issues & Fixes
...

4.2 Spot Check (existing)

Stale references — if handoff mentions file paths or function names, verify 1–2 with Glob/Grep. Flag immediately if missing.
Promotion candidates — scan memory/context-log.md for entries with [ref:N] where N≥3 → escalate now to MEMORY.md.

Check only 1–2 items. Stop if elapsed time exceeds 60 seconds.

Skip if MEMORY.md missing.

Phase 5: Output Readiness Signal

## Session Ready

**Priority 1:** [handoff's highest-priority item — concrete, actionable]
**Priority 2:** [second item (if any)]

**Outstanding decisions:** [list, or "none"]
**Active blockers:** [list, or "none"]

**Graduated gates (verify before action · not auto-executed):**
  G1 commit/push → user said "commit" this session?
  G2 "none/done/clean" assertion → Grep/ls confirm + "verified/not looked" 2 lines
  G3 agent dispatch → single mission + 5-section skeleton?
  G4 pattern/optimization proposed → Glob/Grep actual call sites?
  G5 Korean/Windows paths → Python pathlib?
  G6 Windows stdout → ASCII/_safe_print?
  G7 External repo/tool evaluation → read implementation mechanism, not just the name?
  G8 Design/direction proposal → actively explored adjacent problems the user didn't ask about? (TIDE)
  G9 Code change complete → checked caller/callee impact of changed files?
  G10 Write overwrite → did you Read this session before overwriting?
  G11 Number/count reported → mechanically counted vs LLM-e

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File metadata

skill_type: lifecycle
tools: Read, Write
triggers:
  - "/session-start"
  - "세션 시작"
  - "이어서 해줘"
  - "어디부터"
  - "start session"
name: session-start
description: "Load handoff on session start, review lessons, output readiness signal. Triggers: '/session-start', 'start session'. Skip if: first session (no handoff), user requests 'start fresh', or standalone question unrelated to project context."
user_invocable: true
depends_on:
  skills: []
  agents: []
  files:
    - memory/session-handoff-LATEST.md
    - tasks/lessons.md
    - memory/MEMORY.md
    - memory/context-log.md
    - ~/.claude/STATE.md
    - ~/.claude/settings.json
    - ~/.claude/settings.local.json
    - ~/.claude/.harness/interventions/
    - ~/.claude/memory/model-diff-ledger.md
concurrency_profile:
  read_only: true
  concurrency_safe: true
  destructive: none
# (removed 2026-06-10) context: !cat — non-standard YAML tag, breaks parser. Handoff injection is handled by SessionStart hook
not_for:
  - "First session (no handoff exists) -> start directly"
  - "One-off question -> answer directly"
  - "User says 'start fresh' -> skip"
see_also:
  - skill: session-checkpoint
    relation: "lifecycle pair — open/close"

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---
skill_type: lifecycle
tools: Read, Write
triggers:
  - "/session-start"
  - "세션 시작"
  - "이어서 해줘"
  - "어디부터"
  - "start session"
name: session-start
description: "Load handoff on session start, review lessons, output readiness signal. Triggers: '/session-start', 'start session'. Skip if: first session (no handoff), user requests 'start fresh', or standalone question unrelated to project context."
user_invocable: true
depends_on:
  skills: []
  agents: []
  files:
    - memory/session-handoff-LATEST.md
    - tasks/lessons.md
    - memory/MEMORY.md
    - memory/context-log.md
    - ~/.claude/STATE.md
    - ~/.claude/settings.json
    - ~/.claude/settings.local.json
    - ~/.claude/.harness/interventions/
    - ~/.claude/memory/model-diff-ledger.md
concurrency_profile:
  read_only: true
  concurrency_safe: true
  destructive: none
# (removed 2026-06-10) context: !cat — non-standard YAML tag, breaks parser. Handoff injection is handled by SessionStart hook
not_for:
  - "First session (no handoff exists) -> start directly"
  - "One-off question -> answer directly"
  - "User says 'start fresh' -> skip"
see_also:
  - skill: session-checkpoint
    relation: "lifecycle pair — open/close"
---

# Session Start

## Dominant Variable

Does the handoff document **what to do next**, or **what was done**? If it lists completed work, the handoff was written incorrectly. If Priority 1 cannot be identified immediately, deepen your inspection of Phase 1.

## Trigger

- `/session-start`
- "start session"
- "continue from where"
- "where did we get"
- (Korean language triggers handled in YAML frontmatter above)

## Discard If

- `memory/session-handoff-LATEST.md` missing (first session) → skip, start fresh
- User requests "start fresh" / "ignore context" → skip
- Project-unrelated standalone question → skip

> **Phase 0.5 runs even on discard**: configuration errors must be detected in first session and standalone questions too.

---

## Key Assumptions

1. **memory/session-handoff-LATEST.md exists** — if broken: fallback to "new session" mode. Do not synthesize handoff.
2. **tasks/lessons.md exists** — if broken: skip lesson review Phase.
3. **settings.json parseable** — if broken: skip health-check Phase only; proceed normally with rest.

## Phase 0.5: Environment Health Check

> Warnings only — no blocking. Use Read tool only (no modifications).

**Check 1 — Model ID** (read `~/.claude/settings.json`):
- Confirm `"model"` field value → warn if outside this list:
  ```
  ["opus", "sonnet", "haiku", "fable",
   "claude-sonnet-5", "claude-opus-4-8", "claude-opus-4-7", "claude-sonnet-4-6",
   "claude-haiku-4-5", "claude-opus-4-5", "claude-sonnet-4-5", "claude-fable-5"]
  # Context suffixes like [1m]/[200k] are stripped before comparison (e.g., claude-fable-5[1m] → claude-fable-5)
  ```
- Message: `⚠️ settings.json model ID invalid: "{value}" — please update`
- If file missing: skip silently

**Check 2 — Accumulated Allow Entries** (read `~/.claude/settings.local.json`):
- Count `permissions.allow` array items
- If count > 5 → `⚠️ settings.local.json allow: N entries`
- If file missing: skip silently

**Note — session-scoped authorization does not carry over**: one-time approvals for risky actions, temporarily-enabled high-risk feature flags, and other session-scoped permissions granted in a previous session are not restored automatically in a new session. If the handoff notes something as "approved" or "enabled," treat that as historical context only — ask the user to re-confirm before relying on it this session.

**Output rule**: Both clean → **no output** (omit environment-alerts line in Phase 5). If warnings present, display in Phase 5 `**Environment alerts:**` line.

---

## Phase 1: Load Handoff

Read `memory/session-handoff-LATEST.md` (auto-injected above).

Extract:
- **Priority 1** — most urgent task for this session
- **Outstanding decisions** — questions awaiting user input
- **Remaining issues** — unresolved bugs or blockers
- **Context notes** — failed approaches from previous session (prevent repetition), critical causal links

If file empty or missing: output `[No handoff — starting fresh]` and stop.

---

## Phase 2: Review Lessons

Read `tasks/lessons.md`.

### 2.0 Load Graduated Gates (always-on — highest priority)

Extract the `## Graduated Gates (Graduated Gates)` table section. **Output it regardless of conf filter** — these are verified gates (`conf≥0.7 AND obs≥3`), so always-on exposure is intentional (Loop B self-correction enforcement layer). In Phase 5 `**Graduated gates:**` line, compress each gate as `trigger → check` on one line.

**Nature** (user-specified, 2026-06-04): Gates are **"expose → consult → decide"** tools. Pause before the triggering action, check, and consult if unclear. **Not automatic execution; not auto-generated.** Their role is to surface decisions left to the user and conversation.

Skip section if missing.

### 2.1 Scan Related Lessons

Scan correction rules relevant to today's planned work:
- Code changes expected → check that domain's correction rules
- Commit/push planned → check commit-related rules
- Debugging planned → check debugging anti-patterns

**v2 metadata line usage (`> conf · seen · obs`, from 2026-04-28~)**:
- `conf ≥ 0.7` (verified/core) → **one-line summary from body** (priority exposure/signal)
- `conf 0.5` (normal/Opus-triggered) → **title only** on one line
- `conf < 0.5` (experimental/unresolved) → **header title only** or skip (noise control)
- `seen` within 30 days + `obs ≥ 3` = active pattern — priority exposure
- v2 metadata absent = legacy lesson, treat normally (backward compat)

Flag one line per matching rule. Skip silently if file missing.

### 2.2 Model Difference Analysis Reminder (semi-automatic — deterministic check)

> Trigger for converting accumulated model-tagged behavior observations into rules. Periodic reminder to digest model tag backlog into patterns → rules.

Deterministic commands (run in order — each is a single grep/read, no manual scanning):
1. `grep -c "model:" tasks/lessons.md` → `lessons_tagged` (0 if file missing)
2. `grep -c '"model"' <each file in ~/.claude/.harness/interventions/*.jsonl>`, summed across files → `jsonl_tagged` (0 if directory missing)
3. `grep "^last-analysis:" ~/.claude/memory/model-diff-ledger.md` → `baseline_date` (if the header or file is absent, fall back to the earliest `seen:`/`date:` value found in the two counts above)
4. Count `seen:`/`date:` values dated after `baseline_date` across the same two sources → `new_tags`

Fixed stdout format: `model_tags: total=N new=M days_elapsed=D` (`N` = `lessons_tagged` + `jsonl_tagged`; `D` = today − `baseline_date`; if `baseline_date` cannot be established, `days_elapsed=N/A`)

Remind condition (both must be true):
- `days_elapsed ≥ 14` **AND** `new_tags ≥ 5`
- → In Phase 5 `**Model analysis:**` line, output: `💡 Model-difference analysis recommended (new=M / days_elapsed=D) — call "model analysis" to aggregate + promotion candidates`
- If unmet (elapsed too short OR tag count too low) → **no output** (prevent premature analysis, avoid noise)

Skip entirely if both source files/directories are missing. If `total=0`, Phase 2.2 produces no output (no model tags recorded yet — normal).

---

### 2.3 Context Rot Prevention

When loading handoff + lessons, apply a **sliding window** to prevent stale context from crowding out recent work:
- **Recent 5 sessions**: load full handoff content
- **Older entries**: 1-line summary only (title + date + outcome)
- **context-log.md**: entries older than 90 days with `ref:0` → skip (no one referenced them)

Deterministic commands:
1. `grep -c "^## " memory/context-log.md` → `total_entries` (0 if file missing)
2. `grep -c "\[ref:0\]" memory/context-log.md` → `ref0_entries` (skip candidates; grep alone cannot test the 90-day age cutoff, so confirm age only on entries actually surfaced, not the whole file)
3. `skipped` = `ref0_entries` that also pass the 90-day age check

Fixed stdout format: `context_rot: total=N skipped=M rate=X%` (`X` = `M`/`N` × 100, 1 decimal; `rate=N/A` if `total_entries=0`)

This prevents the "memory keeps growing but quality keeps dropping" pattern where old context dilutes recent priorities.

### 2.4 Autoimmunity Rate

The rate at which harness gates (verification/pre-push/goal-lock) incorrectly
block normal behavior. Excessive intervention is a signal that the harness
itself is a net negative (the harness paradox).

Deterministic commands:
1. `find ~/.claude/.harness/interventions/ -name "*.jsonl" -mtime -30` → `recent_files` (empty if directory missing)
2. `grep -c '"type": *"rejection"'` on each file in `recent_files`, summed → `rejection_count`
3. `grep -c '"type"'` on each file in `recent_files`, summed → `total_count`

Fixed stdout format: `autoimmunity: rejection=N total=M rate=X%` (`X` = `N`/`M` × 100, 1 decimal; `rate=N/A` if `total_count=0`)

Output conditions:
- `recent_files` empty or `total_count=0` → no output
- `rate ≤ 5%` → no output (normal range)
- `rate > 5%` → Phase 5 `**Immune rate:**` line: `⚠️ Autoimmunity rate X% (rejection N/total M) — review gate over-intervention`
- `rate > 15%` → `🚨 Autoimmunity rate X% — recommend gate reduction or redesign`

---

## Phase 3: Check Global State

Read `~/.claude/STATE.md` (if it exists).

Assess:
- Outstanding decisions: any resolvable in this session?
- Active blockers: any you can tackle now?

Skip if STATE.md missing.

---

## Phase 4: Quick Memory Check

### 4.1 Selective Load (2-M2, 2026-04-24)

Read `memory/MEMORY.md` but filter by tag.

**Rules:**
- `<!-- #always -->` tagged sections → load entire section (core info)
- `<!-- #on-demand -->` tagged sections → output headers as TOC only (Grep on demand for access)
- No tag in MEMORY.md → **load entire file** (backward compat)
- **Query-conditional load**: individual fact files listed under On-Demand Reference (e.g. per-topic `user-profile`/`project_*` files) get Grep-loaded only after confirming this conversation is actually about that topic — surface keyword overlap between the header text and the user's message is not sufficient justification. When it's unclear, don't load; load later if it turns out to be needed.

**Execute:**
1. Grep `^##.*<!-- #always -->` → Read that section
2. Grep `^##.*<!-- #on-demand -->` → extract headers list only
3. Below readiness signal, output TOC:
   ```
   MEMORY.md (on-demand, access via Grep):
   - AI Constitution branch status
   - Claude agent environment
   - Known Issues & Fixes
   ...
   ```

### 4.2 Spot Check (existing)

1. **Stale references** — if handoff mentions file paths or function names, verify 1–2 with Glob/Grep. Flag immediately if missing.
2. **Promotion candidates** — scan `memory/context-log.md` for entries with `[ref:N]` where N≥3 → escalate now to MEMORY.md.

Check only 1–2 items. Stop if elapsed time exceeds 60 seconds.

Skip if MEMORY.md missing.

---

## Phase 5: Output Readiness Signal

```
## Session Ready

**Priority 1:** [handoff's highest-priority item — concrete, actionable]
**Priority 2:** [second item (if any)]

**Outstanding decisions:** [list, or "none"]
**Active blockers:** [list, or "none"]

**Graduated gates (verify before action · not auto-executed):**
  G1 commit/push → user said "commit" this session?
  G2 "none/done/clean" assertion → Grep/ls confirm + "verified/not looked" 2 lines
  G3 agent dispatch → single mission + 5-section skeleton?
  G4 pattern/optimization proposed → Glob/Grep actual call sites?
  G5 Korean/Windows paths → Python pathlib?
  G6 Windows stdout → ASCII/_safe_print?
  G7 External repo/tool evaluation → read implementation mechanism, not just the name?
  G8 Design/direction proposal → actively explored adjacent problems the user didn't ask about? (TIDE)
  G9 Code change complete → checked caller/callee impact of changed files?
  G10 Write overwrite → did you Read this session before overwriting?
  G11 Number/count reported → mechanically counted vs LLM-e

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Session Start

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Phase 0.5: Environment Health Check

Phase 1: Load Handoff

Phase 2: Review Lessons

2.0 Load Graduated Gates (always-on — highest priority)

2.1 Scan Related Lessons

2.2 Model Difference Analysis Reminder (semi-automatic — deterministic check)

2.3 Context Rot Prevention

2.4 Autoimmunity Rate

Phase 3: Check Global State

Phase 4: Quick Memory Check

4.1 Selective Load (2-M2, 2026-04-24)

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