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Resume by bestagentkits — Agent Skill

Name: Resume
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: bestagentkits

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/ar:resume — Resume Experiment

Resume a paused or context-limited experiment. Reads all history and continues where you left off.

Usage

/ar:resume                                  # List experiments, let user pick
/ar:resume engineering/api-speed            # Resume specific experiment

What It Does

Step 1: List experiments if needed

If no experiment specified:

python {skill_path}/scripts/setup_experiment.py --list

Show status for each (active/paused/done based on results.tsv age). Let user pick.

Step 2: Load full context

# Checkout the experiment branch
git checkout autoresearch/{domain}/{name}

# Read config
cat .autoresearch/{domain}/{name}/config.cfg

# Read strategy
cat .autoresearch/{domain}/{name}/program.md

# Read full results history
cat .autoresearch/{domain}/{name}/results.tsv

# Read recent git log for the branch
git log --oneline -20

Step 3: Report current state

Summarize for the user:

Resuming: engineering/api-speed
  Target: src/api/search.py
  Metric: p50_ms (lower is better)
  Experiments: 23 total — 8 kept, 12 discarded, 3 crashed
  Best: 185ms (-42% from baseline of 320ms)
  Last experiment: "added response caching" → KEEP (185ms)

  Recent patterns:
  - Caching changes: 3 kept, 1 discarded (consistently helpful)
  - Algorithm changes: 2 discarded, 1 crashed (high risk, low reward so far)
  - I/O optimization: 2 kept (promising direction)

Step 4: Ask next action

How would you like to continue?
  1. Single iteration (/ar:run)  — I'll make one change and evaluate
  2. Start a loop (/ar:loop)     — Autonomous with scheduled interval
  3. Just show me the results    — I'll review and decide

If the user picks loop, hand off to /ar:loop with the experiment pre-selected. If single, hand off to /ar:run.

---name: resumedescription: Resume a paused experiment. Checkout the experiment branch, read results history, continue iterating. Use when the user runs /ar:resume or asks to pick up a previously started autoresearch experiment.---# /ar:resume — Resume ExperimentResume a paused or context-limited experiment. Reads all history and continues where you left off.## Usage```/ar:resume # List experiments, let user pick/ar:resume engineering/api-speed # Resume specific experiment```## What It Does### Step 1: List experiments if neededIf no experiment specified:```bashpython {skill_path}/scripts/setup_experiment.py --list```Show status for each (active/paused/done based on results.tsv age). Let user pick.### Step 2: Load full context```bash# Checkout the experiment branchgit checkout autoresearch/{domain}/{name}# Read configcat .autoresearch/{domain}/{name}/config.cfg# Read strategycat .autoresearch/{domain}/{name}/program.md# Read full results historycat .autoresearch/{domain}/{name}/results.tsv# Read recent git log for the branchgit log --oneline -20```### Step 3: Report current stateSummarize for the user:```Resuming: engineering/api-speed Target: src/api/search.py Metric: p50_ms (lower is better) Experiments: 23 total — 8 kept, 12 discarded, 3 crashed Best: 185ms (-42% from baseline of 320ms) Last experiment: "added response caching" → KEEP (185ms) Recent patterns: - Caching changes: 3 kept, 1 discarded (consistently helpful) - Algorithm changes: 2 discarded, 1 crashed (high risk, low reward so far) - I/O optimization: 2 kept (promising direction)```### Step 4: Ask next action```How would you like to continue? 1. Single iteration (/ar:run) — I'll make one change and evaluate 2. Start a loop (/ar:loop) — Autonomous with scheduled interval 3. Just show me the results — I'll review and decide```If the user picks loop, hand off to `/ar:loop` with the experiment pre-selected.If single, hand off to `/ar:run`.

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