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Run npx skillmds add majiayu000/checkpoint-9 in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

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majiayu000 (@majiayu000) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Checkpoint by majiayu000 — Agent Skill

Name: Checkpoint
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: majiayu000

Checkpoint

Save and restore task state for long-running operations. Use when: - User says "checkpoint", "save state", "save progress" - User says "restore checkpoint", "list checkpoints" - Context window is running low and state needs persisting - Before risky operations that might need rollback

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Checkpoint: Save & Restore Task State

Manage checkpoints for long-running tasks. Enables recovery from interruptions and context window exhaustion.

Subcommands

save [label]

Save current state with an optional label.

~/.claude/scripts/checkpoint.sh save "Completed phase 3 migration"

list

List all checkpoints for the current project.

~/.claude/scripts/checkpoint.sh list

show [checkpoint-id]

Show details of a specific checkpoint.

~/.claude/scripts/checkpoint.sh show chk-20240115-103000

restore [checkpoint-id]

Restore from the latest checkpoint, or a specific one by ID.

# Restore latest
~/.claude/scripts/checkpoint.sh restore

# Restore specific
~/.claude/scripts/checkpoint.sh restore chk-20240115-103000

clean

Remove old checkpoints, keeping the last 10.

~/.claude/scripts/checkpoint.sh clean

Examples

User: "save a checkpoint"
  -> /checkpoint save

User: "checkpoint before this refactor"
  -> /checkpoint save "Before auth refactor"

User: "list my checkpoints"
  -> /checkpoint list

User: "restore from last checkpoint"
  -> /checkpoint restore

User: "show checkpoint details"
  -> /checkpoint show <id>

User: "clean up old checkpoints"
  -> /checkpoint clean

Storage

Checkpoints are stored at ~/.claude/checkpoints/<project-name>/ as JSON files with a latest symlink pointing to the most recent.

Frequently asked questions