Start

/start — Begin Session

Load your workspace state so the session begins where the last one left off, then give a short briefing. User-timed, so nothing runs ambiently.

Invocation: user-only (disable-model-invocation: true) — you decide when a session starts, and the flag keeps this skill out of ambient context.

Configuration

Read the optional workspace.yaml at the project root. Below, `, , and are its resolved values; defaults are state/, sessions/, and TODO.md. Staleness thresholds come from staleness.currentdays (3), weeklydays (5), blockers_days (7). Full reference: docs/state-model.md`.

Instructions

1. Get today's date. Run date +%Y-%m-%d. Note the day of week.

1. Check what changed since last session. If this is a git repository, find the most

recent session log in ` and run: `bash git log --oneline --since="" ` Flag any state or context files modified since the last session — they may hold updates from other sessions or manual edits. If not a git repository (git rev-parse --git-dir` fails), skip this step and continue.

1. Load context (read in order):

• /current.md — active priorities, open threads
• /decisions.md — scan the last 5 entries for awareness
• /weekly-priorities.md — what matters this week
• /blockers.md — things waiting on dependencies
• /{TODAY}.md — if it exists, you are resuming today

1. Health checks. Flag anything that needs attention; skip silently if all clean:

• current.md older than staleness.current_days — flag it
• weekly-priorities.md older than staleness.weekly_days — flag it
• blockers.md older than staleness.blockers_days — flag it
• Inbox: if the project keeps a drop-zone (e.g. inbox/) and it holds files, note

the count and suggest triaging them

• Overdue items: scan `` for unchecked items with a date that has passed

1. Give a briefing. Keep it short:

• Date and day of week
• State freshness (one line if all fresh, individual flags if stale)
• Files changed since last session
• Top 2–3 priorities from current.md
• Any time-sensitive open threads
• Any blockers worth flagging
• Ask: "What's the focus today?"

If resuming today's session, acknowledge what was already covered.

Design principles

• Fast. Under 60 seconds. If it's slow, it won't get used.
• Skip what's clean. All fresh, no near deadlines → say so in one line.
• Graceful degradation. If state files don't exist yet, note it and point to

templates/; outside a git repo, run the file-based checks only.

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: conorbronsdon
• Source: conorbronsdon/agent-workspace
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://conorbronsdon.com/go/agent-workspace

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.