Resume

/meridian:resume — Deterministic Resume

Generate and load a resume prompt from SQLite state. Start exactly where you left off.

Arguments

• (no args) — run pre-flight health check then generate resume prompt
• --skip-health — skip the pre-flight health check

Procedure

Step 0: Pre-flight Health Check (skip if --skip-health)

PYTHONPATH=$MERIDIAN_HOME uv run --project $MERIDIAN_HOME -- python -c "
import json
from pathlib import Path
from scripts.health import run_health_check
result = run_health_check(Path('.'), do_repair=False)
print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))
"

If status is "warning" or "error", surface the findings to the user before continuing. Example output:

> ⚠ Health check found 2 warnings: > - Phase 'Build API' (id=3) has been executing for 7.2h — may be stuck > - Artifact dir '04-old-feature' has no DB phase record > > Run /meridian:health --repair to auto-fix, or continue with --skip-health.

If status is "ok", proceed silently.

Step 1: Generate Resume Prompt

PYTHONPATH=$MERIDIAN_HOME uv run --project $MERIDIAN_HOME -- python -c "
from scripts.resume import generate_resume_prompt
print(generate_resume_prompt('.'))
"

Step 2: Display Resume

Print the full resume prompt so the agent can understand current state.

Step 3: Determine Next Action

The resume prompt always ends with a computed next action. Follow it:

• activate_milestone → Activate the planned milestone
• create_phases → Run /meridian:plan
• gather_context → Dispatch context-gatherer subagent
• create_plans → Generate plans for the phase
• execute → Run /meridian:execute
• execute_plan → Execute the specific plan shown
• verify_phase → Run acceptance criteria verification
• review_phase → Run /meridian:review
• complete_phase → Mark phase complete
• complete_milestone → Mark milestone complete
• fix_failed_plan → Debug and retry the failed plan
• unblock_phase → Address the blocker

Step 4: Announce Position

Tell the user where we are and what's next. Example:

> Resuming MyApp — Phase 2: Features (executing) > 2/4 plans complete. Next: execute "Add API routes" (wave 2). > Ready to continue?

Source & license

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

• Author: mattjaikaran
• Source: mattjaikaran/meridian
• License: Apache-2.0

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