spinoff

What problem does it solve?

Prevents context-switching mishaps by safely splitting an in-progress topic into an explicitly PM-authorized handoff for a future EM to pick up.

Core Features & Use Cases

• PM-gated spinoff creation: Ensures the current EM never initiates the split without a specific PM authorization for that exact topic.
• Workstream-scoped handoff authoring: Produces a pickup-ready handoff file with structured frontmatter, references, specification, acceptance criteria, and anti-scope.
• Optional chain discovery for prior work: Pulls related completion records for the same chain slug to anchor the picking-up EM in existing history.

Use case example: While executing the main session plan, the EM identifies a promising but separate migration cleanup workstream; the PM authorizes a spinoff, and the EM generates a new handoff so the future EM can execute it without derailing the current session.

Quick Start

Ask the PM to authorize a fork, then run the spinoff command with the required slug and one-line title for the workstream you want to split off.