catch-me-up-on-a-thread

Summarizing a customer support thread with this Skill produces three actionable bullets covering current status, outstanding commitments, and customer expectations. It loads thread data from conversations/{id}/thread.json and pulls follow-up data to detect uncaptured promises.

Tracking promises in a conversation is handled by pulling outstanding commitments from followups.json and scanning the thread for uncaptured promises. The results are summarized as one of three bullet points so you know what was promised before replying.

Generating context notes for a dormant conversation is done by summarizing the thread into three bullets and appending a dated summary block to conversations/{id}/notes.md. This persistent notes file ensures the recap is reusable in future sessions without rereading the full thread.

Yes, you can use this thread summarization Skill without external dependencies since it operates entirely on local JSON files. It reads conversations.json for the index, thread.json for messages, and followups.json for commitments, requiring no external APIs or packages.

Thread summarization is designed for conversations with many messages, when a dormant conversation needs reopening, or before drafting a reply that depends on historical commitments. Threads with only a few messages may not benefit from the three-bullet condensation since context is already minimal.