shine-pause-work

A handoff file preserves complete work state by capturing your current phase, completed work, remaining tasks, decisions, and blockers in a timestamped file. It provides full session continuity by recording all relevant context alongside a Git WIP commit and explicit resume instructions.

Run the pause-work workflow to generate a .continue-here.md handoff file containing your work state and resume instructions, then execute a Git WIP commit. This saves your mid-phase progress and provides explicit steps for continuing the work later.

A handoff file is a timestamped .continue-here.md document that maintains session continuity by recording the current work phase, completed tasks, remaining items, decisions, and blockers. It provides explicit resume instructions so you can seamlessly pick up incomplete work across different sessions.

Yes, you need a local repository to generate the handoff file and execute the Git WIP commit. The pause-work workflow script requires local repository access to detect the current work phase from recent files and commit the work-in-progress state.

The best way to track remaining tasks and blockers when stopping midway is to consolidate them into a timestamped .continue-here.md handoff file. This approach captures your current phase, decisions, and blockers alongside a Git WIP commit for complete state preservation.