Continue Codex Work
Continue means finish the still-unfulfilled business task. Reading history is a
mandatory evidence phase, not the deliverable.
Entry gate: external takeover, not native resume
| Current situation |
Action |
| Codex itself natively resumed this same conversation, and the restored turns or compaction state are already in the current context |
Do not invoke this Skill or read-codex-history. Continue directly from the retained context, then verify current workspace and external state before changing anything. |
| A new/different Agent context must take over an earlier Codex rollout, or the user identifies another Session ID whose continuity is not already present here |
Use this Skill. Step 1's verified history receipt remains mandatory. |
A restart is not enough to choose the second row. The deciding fact is whether
the current conversation is the host-restored continuation of the same Session,
not whether a Codex process was restarted.
Step 1: Obtain a verified Codex read receipt
Invoke daymade-claude-code:read-codex-history for the exact Session ID and request
the full chronological Session evidence briefing. If the ID is unknown, use that
Skill's inventory or bounded search first.
The receipt must state:
- prompt-ledger, state-index, and rollout sources used;
- selected
session_meta.id and whether it exactly matches the requested ID;
- root-to-child fork lineage and exact inherited byte boundaries;
- selected and inherited chronological user/assistant turns;
- compacted context, latest plan, end reason, unresolved calls, files, and gaps.
Fail closed on a mismatched rollout, missing child rollout, ambiguous physical copy,
missing parent, broken byte boundary, or continuation cue with no recoverable parent
objective. Never continue from the “closest” file.
Step 2: Rebuild the continuation contract
Before the first project-changing tool call, fill this internal contract from the
read receipt and current-state verification:
| Field |
Evidence required |
| Original business outcome |
Earliest still-governing human request across inherited and selected timelines |
| Current explicit request |
Latest human request that is not only a continuation cue |
| Already completed |
Current independent verification, not old Agent narration |
| Still unfulfilled |
Requested result without completion evidence |
| User corrections / do-not-repeat |
Human messages rejecting a route, assumption, or output |
| Proven assets and successful routes |
Existing code, documents, Skills, outputs, commands, and prior successful experiments |
| Next direct action |
One action whose success visibly reduces the unfulfilled business result |
If the child contains only “继续,” “continue,” or /fork, inherit the task from the
verified parent snapshot. A local cue is not a standalone goal.
Step 3: Reconcile with current reality
- Read the current target project's
AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md.
- Confirm cwd, branch, working tree, relevant files, and external state.
- Verify that recorded patches, commits, pushes, downloads, jobs, or Agent outputs
actually landed; rollouts record attempted actions too.
- Retrieve and reuse prior successful assets before creating a replacement.
- For transient failures such as usage limits or service errors, verify whether the
original process later resumed and finished before duplicating work.
Step 4: Execute the business task
Perform the next direct action and close its feedback loop. Reviews, Skill work,
infrastructure cleanup, format polish, and extra safety machinery remain subordinate
unless they directly unblock the original result or the user explicitly promoted them.
Before every material branch, ask: “If this succeeds, which original unfulfilled
result becomes smaller?” No answer means the branch is not continuation work.
Do not run codex resume or codex --continue. Do not overwrite unrelated changes.
Step 5: Report against the contract
- Recovered goal: exact Session lineage and original business outcome.
- Executed: actions and independent verification.
- Now complete: contract rows actually closed.
- Remaining: unresolved rows and exact blockers.
- Not repeated: relevant rejected routes deliberately avoided.
Context recovery, parser success, a green review, or a finished subprocess is not by
itself successful continuation. The user's business result is the completion unit.
1---2name: continue-codex-work3description: Continues interrupted OpenAI Codex work only after read-codex-history verifies the selected rollout identity and complete fork/compaction lineage. Use when the user provides a Codex Session ID, asks to pick up a prior Codex run, says Codex was interrupted, fused, compacted, or stuck, or wants the current Agent to take over without `codex resume`. Restores the original business outcome, unfulfilled requests, user corrections, proven prior assets, current workspace truth, and the next action that directly advances the goal. Do not use when Codex itself natively resumed this same conversation and its prior turns or compaction state are already present in the current context.4---5
6# Continue Codex Work
7
8Continue means finish the still-unfulfilled business task. Reading history is a
9mandatory evidence phase, not the deliverable.
10
11## Entry gate: external takeover, not native resume
12
13| Current situation | Action |
14|---|---|
15| Codex itself natively resumed this same conversation, and the restored turns or compaction state are already in the current context | Do not invoke this Skill or `read-codex-history`. Continue directly from the retained context, then verify current workspace and external state before changing anything. |
16| A new/different Agent context must take over an earlier Codex rollout, or the user identifies another Session ID whose continuity is not already present here | Use this Skill. Step 1's verified history receipt remains mandatory. |
17
18A restart is not enough to choose the second row. The deciding fact is whether
19the current conversation is the host-restored continuation of the same Session,
20not whether a Codex process was restarted.
21
22## Step 1: Obtain a verified Codex read receipt
23
24Invoke `daymade-claude-code:read-codex-history` for the exact Session ID and request
25the full chronological Session evidence briefing. If the ID is unknown, use that
26Skill's inventory or bounded search first.
27
28The receipt must state:
29
30- prompt-ledger, state-index, and rollout sources used;
31- selected `session_meta.id` and whether it exactly matches the requested ID;
32- root-to-child fork lineage and exact inherited byte boundaries;
33- selected and inherited chronological user/assistant turns;
34- compacted context, latest plan, end reason, unresolved calls, files, and gaps.
35
36Fail closed on a mismatched rollout, missing child rollout, ambiguous physical copy,
37missing parent, broken byte boundary, or continuation cue with no recoverable parent
38objective. Never continue from the “closest” file.
39
40## Step 2: Rebuild the continuation contract
41
42Before the first project-changing tool call, fill this internal contract from the
43read receipt and current-state verification:
44
45| Field | Evidence required |
46|---|---|
47| Original business outcome | Earliest still-governing human request across inherited and selected timelines |
48| Current explicit request | Latest human request that is not only a continuation cue |
49| Already completed | Current independent verification, not old Agent narration |
50| Still unfulfilled | Requested result without completion evidence |
51| User corrections / do-not-repeat | Human messages rejecting a route, assumption, or output |
52| Proven assets and successful routes | Existing code, documents, Skills, outputs, commands, and prior successful experiments |
53| Next direct action | One action whose success visibly reduces the unfulfilled business result |
54
55If the child contains only “继续,” “continue,” or `/fork`, inherit the task from the
56verified parent snapshot. A local cue is not a standalone goal.
57
58## Step 3: Reconcile with current reality
59
601. Read the current target project's `AGENTS.md`/`CLAUDE.md`.
612. Confirm cwd, branch, working tree, relevant files, and external state.
623. Verify that recorded patches, commits, pushes, downloads, jobs, or Agent outputs
63 actually landed; rollouts record attempted actions too.
644. Retrieve and reuse prior successful assets before creating a replacement.
655. For transient failures such as usage limits or service errors, verify whether the
66 original process later resumed and finished before duplicating work.
67
68## Step 4: Execute the business task
69
70Perform the next direct action and close its feedback loop. Reviews, Skill work,
71infrastructure cleanup, format polish, and extra safety machinery remain subordinate
72unless they directly unblock the original result or the user explicitly promoted them.
73
74Before every material branch, ask: “If this succeeds, which original unfulfilled
75result becomes smaller?” No answer means the branch is not continuation work.
76
77Do not run `codex resume` or `codex --continue`. Do not overwrite unrelated changes.
78
79## Step 5: Report against the contract
80
81- **Recovered goal**: exact Session lineage and original business outcome.
82- **Executed**: actions and independent verification.
83- **Now complete**: contract rows actually closed.
84- **Remaining**: unresolved rows and exact blockers.
85- **Not repeated**: relevant rejected routes deliberately avoided.
86
87Context recovery, parser success, a green review, or a finished subprocess is not by
88itself successful continuation. The user's business result is the completion unit.
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