# Wrap Up

> Session end. Write a lean handoff in this project's handoffs/, commit it on the current branch. Do not auto-ship. Save standing memory to Engram MCP.

- Skill: `nhouseholder/wrap-up` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add nhouseholder/wrap-up`
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- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: nhouseholder (https://skillmd.com/u/nhouseholder)
- Updated: 2026-09-21
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/nhouseholder/wrap-up

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# Wrap up (`/wrap-up`)

Last thing before ending a session. Write a lean handoff **in this project's** `handoffs/`. Save standing memory to the existing **Engram MCP** so other agents can `mem_search` it. Then stop.

## Hard gates

- Header matches **this** git root. Never a different repo's name.
- Do **not** auto-ship / deploy / `/safe-ship`. Wrap-up documents; it does not go live.
- Engram: **save standing memory.** After the handoff is written, call `mem_save` (scope `project`, stable `topic_key`) for binding decisions / architecture / preferences / the work just finished, then `mem_session_summary`. Mid-task chatter stays out. If the Engram namespace is `error` or has no tools, print `Engram: unavailable` — do not invent a save.
- Do not `git pull`, merge, or switch branches.
- Do not invent anti-pattern IDs. Do not assume `~/.claude/anti-patterns.md` exists here.
- Do **not** auto-archive this repo's dated notes unless it already uses `handoffs/_archived/` **and** `handoff_*.md` names. Repos that keep `YYYY-MM-DD_*.md` as history (sharp-oracle) keep them.

## 1. Detect convention

Look at existing `handoffs/`:

| What you see | New filename |
|---|---|
| `YYYY-MM-DD_*.md` | `handoffs/YYYY-MM-DD_<short-kebab>.md` (today's date, one-line topic) |
| `handoff_*.md` | `handoffs/handoff_YYYY-MM-DD_HHMM.md` |
| neither | `handoffs/YYYY-MM-DD_wrap-up.md` |

Create `handoffs/` if missing.

## 2. Gather facts

From **this** repo only: branch, `HEAD` short + subject, version if present, `git status --short`, commits on this branch since it diverged from its upstream (or last 12 hours if no upstream).

## 3. Write

Match this repo's existing handoff shape if one is sitting there. If none, use:

```markdown
# Handoff YYYY-MM-DD — <short title>
HEAD: <sha>  Version: <version or "n/a">

## Shipped
- [real bullets, files + outcome]

## State
[where things stand. Learning / topics / todo / branches if this repo uses those lines]

## Next
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. [...]
```

Every section is real sentences. No placeholders, no "N/A" unless it is truly not applicable.

## 4. Engram (existing MCP)

Use the **Engram** plugin tools already on the agent (`mem_save`, `mem_session_summary`). Do not add a second memory product.

1. `mem_save` — one observation per standing fact (decision / architecture / preference / bugfix). Reuse `topic_key` when the topic evolved.
2. `mem_session_summary` — Goal, Instructions, Discoveries, Accomplished, Next Steps, Relevant Files.

Cloud VMs only share that write with the iMac / other agents when the account plugin wrapper has hydrated `~/.engram/cloud.json` (R2 `prompt-betting-engram/client.json`) and exported `ENGRAM_CLOUD_AUTOSYNC=1`. If hydrate skipped because Cloudflare creds are missing, still save locally **and** say the store is not replicated.

## 5. Commit (do not ship)

```
git add handoffs/<the-new-file>
git commit -m "handoff: YYYY-MM-DD — <one-line summary>"
```

Push the **current** branch if this session already pushes to origin. Do not open a PR unless the session already uses PRs for this branch.

Uncommitted other work: leave it uncommitted unless it was already meant to land; mention it under State.

## 6. Output

```
WRAP-UP
=======
File: handoffs/<file>
HEAD: <sha>
Pushed: yes|no
Engram: <topic_key list> | unavailable | saved-local-only (no cloud autosync)
Next agent: /get-ready
```