# Pause

> A Claude skill from mattjaikaran/meridian.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-mattjaikaran-meridian-pause`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [mattjaikaran](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/mattjaikaran)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Upstream author:** [mattjaikaran](https://github.com/mattjaikaran)
- **Source:** https://github.com/mattjaikaran/meridian/tree/main/skills/pause

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-mattjaikaran-meridian-pause
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# /meridian:pause — Session Handoff

Create a structured HANDOFF.json before ending a session. The next `/meridian:resume` will incorporate this context for richer restoration.

## Arguments
- `[notes]` — Optional freeform notes about what you were working on

## Procedure

### Step 1: Create Handoff
```bash
PYTHONPATH=$MERIDIAN_HOME uv run --project $MERIDIAN_HOME -- python -c "
import json
from scripts.handoff import create_handoff
handoff = create_handoff('.', user_notes='')
print(json.dumps(handoff, indent=2))
"
```

### Step 2: Create Checkpoint
```bash
PYTHONPATH=$MERIDIAN_HOME uv run --project $MERIDIAN_HOME -- python -c "
from scripts.db import connect, get_db_path
from scripts.state import create_checkpoint
conn = connect(get_db_path('.'))
cp = create_checkpoint(conn, trigger='pause', notes='')
print(f'Checkpoint created: {cp[\"id\"]}')
conn.close()
"
```

### Step 3: Confirm
Report to user:
- Handoff saved to `.meridian/HANDOFF.json`
- Checkpoint recorded in DB
- Next session will auto-load this context via `/meridian:resume`

## When to Use
- End of a work session
- Before context window fills up
- Switching between projects
- Any time you want richer resume context

## When NOT to Use
- Quick breaks (just use `/meridian:checkpoint`)
- If you haven't made meaningful progress to capture

## Source & license

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

- **Author:** [mattjaikaran](https://github.com/mattjaikaran)
- **Source:** [mattjaikaran/meridian](https://github.com/mattjaikaran/meridian)
- **License:** Apache-2.0

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

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-mattjaikaran-meridian-pause
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/mattjaikaran
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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