# long-task-continuation

Maintains checkpoints, evidence records, and drift tracking across context resets or multi-agent workflows. Keeps state intact during multi-step coding tasks.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1388
- Author: GanyuanRan
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/GanyuanRan/Aegis/tree/HEAD/skills/long-task-continuation/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/long-task-continuation

## What it does

The skill enforces a continuation protocol for long engineering tasks. It mandates picking exactly one state carrier: an inline checkpoint for smaller jobs, or a durable record in `docs/aegis/work/YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>/` for work crossing sessions. Work divides into bounded slices using compact Slice Cards that track files and stop states.

Continuation discipline is the sole responsibility here. The protocol leaves test execution, subagent dispatch, and final completion decisions to outer tools or parent plans. Verification failures count as another attempt inside the active slice, avoiding commit clutter.

Without `durable-work-guidance.md` and the `<aegis-workspace-helper>`, building the full durable artifact structure will not work.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add GanyuanRan/Aegis --skill long-task-continuation -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/long-task-continuation/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/long-task-continuation/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add GanyuanRan/Aegis --skill long-task-continuation -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/long-task-continuation/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add GanyuanRan/Aegis --skill long-task-continuation -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/long-task-continuation/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install GanyuanRan/Aegis long-task-continuation
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/long-task-continuation/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add GanyuanRan/Aegis --skill long-task-continuation -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/GanyuanRan/Aegis --path skills/long-task-continuation
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/long-task-continuation/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add GanyuanRan/Aegis --skill long-task-continuation -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/GanyuanRan/Aegis/tree/HEAD/skills/long-task-continuation/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Prevent state loss during context resets or agent handoffs
- Isolate test failures within the current slice instead of spawning new tasks
- Track scope drift against the original goal using Slice Cards
- Maintain structured checkpoint trails under `docs/aegis/work/`

## Example prompts
- Apply long-task-continuation to track this multi-file database migration.
- Create an inline checkpoint and verify drift before proceeding to the next slice.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: long-task-continuation
description: "Use when a task is multi-step, may span context resets or sessions, uses subagents, or risks losing state before completion."
---

# Long Task Continuation

## Overview

Keep long work checkpointed, resumable, drift-aware, and evidence-gated. This
protocol does not execute plans, dispatch subagents, run tests, or grant
completion authority.

## Authority Boundary

The Method Pack owns continuation discipline only. It does not own the parent
plan, host retry/watchdog behavior, authoritative `GateDecision`, evidence
sufficiency, requirement acceptance, or completion.

## When To Use

Use this skill when the work has meaningful phases, may be compacted/resumed or
handed off, uses subagents, or explicitly needs continuity and drift control.
Architecture, contract, shared-workflow, and verification-gate changes also
benefit from it. Do not force it onto a short answer or one-command check.

Choose exactly one state carrier:

- within this continuation workflow, use a durable `work/` record for
  medium/high work, or for work of any complexity that actually crosses
  sessions, needs handoff, or requires resumable state;
- otherwise keep one inline checkpoint.

Multi-step, todo-driven, possible-compaction, and subagent use do not force
durable records for low-complexity work by themselves. Do not create both carriers or a record per
slice.

## Required Artifacts

A durable task has one process trail under
`docs/aegis/work/YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>/`. It keeps logical intent/baseline state,
the latest todo/checkpoint/resume state, terminal evidence/drift state, and a
completion reflection when warranted. These are
`TaskIntentDraft`, `BaselineReadSetHint`, `BaselineUsageDraft`,
`ImpactStatementDraft`, `TodoCheckpointDraft`, `ResumeStateHint`,
`DriftCheckDraft`, and `EvidenceBundleDraft` views—not authoritative runtime
records or separate plan owners.

Read only the lifecycle-matched section of `durable-work-guidance.md`:

- `## Required Artifact Layout` and `## Create A Durable Work Record` for a new durable work record;
- `## Update A Slice` when an existing helper-backed record needs sidecar updates;
- `## Retry Convergence Detail` for retry/attempt bookkeeping;
- `## Pause, Handoff, And Completion Bundle` when preparing a pause, handoff, or completion bundle; and
- `## Expanded State Fields` only when natural checkpoint prose is ambiguous.

The reference owns artifact layout and `<aegis-workspace-helper>` command
detail; this file owns carrier selection, resume order, drift decisions, and
stop conditions.

An `Execution Readiness View` may be kept in the intent or active checkpoint
for medium/high, handoff-prone, long-running, subagent-driven, architecture,
contract, compatibility, or retirement-sensitive work. It renders existing
intent, scope, baseline, owner, test, review, and drift constraints; it is not a
new JSON artifact or completion authority.

Planless Slice Lane:
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