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continue-codex-work

Continues interrupted Codex work only after read-codex-history verifies rollout identity and fork/compaction lineage — restores the original outcome, unfulfilled requests, and the next action. Use when given a Codex Session ID, asked to pick up a prior Codex run, told Codex was interrupted, fused, compacted or stuck, or asked to take over without `codex resume`. Not for a conversation Codex already natively resumed.

Quality

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85%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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A dense, well-structured instruction-only skill: unambiguous entry gate, a five-step workflow with explicit fail-closed validation and feedback loops, and appropriately delegated detail in a verified one-level reference. Its only weaknesses are sentence-level verbosity in a couple of Step 3/4 passages and a few abstract directives that lack concrete examples.

Suggestions

Tighten Step 3 item 6 (in-flight task handling): lead with the concrete shell pattern and poll mechanics, moving the SIGHUP/pty rationale into a shorter parenthetical to cut clause nesting.

Add one concrete mini-example for the abstract Step 4 directives (e.g., what 'verify at the user's consumption surface' looks like for a typical rollout outcome) so every step is as executable as the rerun snippet.

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Conciseness

Nearly every token is skill-specific protocol knowledge Claude would not already know (fail-closed conditions, byte boundaries, detached rerun channels), with no padding about known concepts. It is anchor 4 rather than 5 because a few passages — the long in-flight paragraph in Step 3 and asides like 'An absent recovery tool in one tool menu is not proof that the live host has no recovery control' — are ornate and could be trimmed.

4 / 5

Actionability

Gives executable specifics: the exact Skill to invoke ('daymade-claude-code:read-codex-history'), files to read ('AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md'), a copy-ready detached-rerun shell snippet, explicit fail-closed conditions, and prohibitions ('Do not run `codex resume`'). It sits below anchor 5 because several directives remain abstract ('close its feedback loop', 'verify the result at the user's consumption surface') without concrete examples of how.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clearly sequenced entry gate plus Steps 1-5 with explicit validation checkpoints: the mandatory verified receipt with fail-closed mismatch handling, reconciliation of recorded vs. actual state, verification at the consumption surface, and a final report checked against the contract. Feedback loops are present (fail closed, reuse passed checks, expand verification on failures/gaps).

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The body is a well-organized overview with a single clearly signaled, one-level-deep reference — 'use [Native Goal reconciliation](references/native-goal-reconciliation.md)' — placed exactly where that sub-procedure applies, and the referenced file exists with matching purpose. The specialized detail is appropriately split out; navigation is easy.

5 / 5

Total

18

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20

Passed

Description

95%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong description: third-person, concrete, with an explicit trigger clause covering natural phrasings and synonyms, and a negative boundary that separates it from native Codex resume. Only minor abstraction in the 'restores' phrasing keeps specificity off the top anchor.

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Specificity

Lists several concrete capabilities — 'verifies rollout identity and fork/compaction lineage — restores the original outcome, unfulfilled requests, and the next action' — but phrases like 'restores the original outcome' stay abstract relative to anchor 5's fully concrete action list. Not anchor 3: more than 1-2 concrete actions are named and coverage of the skill's function is nearly complete.

4 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what ('Continues interrupted Codex work... restores the original outcome, unfulfilled requests, and the next action') and when (a concrete 'Use when...' clause with multiple trigger phrases), plus a negative boundary. This matches the anchor-5 example structure.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

'Use when given a Codex Session ID, asked to pick up a prior Codex run, told Codex was interrupted, fused, compacted or stuck, or asked to take over without `codex resume`' covers the natural phrasings plus synonyms for this domain, and even includes the negative trigger. Coverage matches anchor 5's comprehensiveness bar.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

A clear niche (external takeover of interrupted Codex rollouts, gated on read-codex-history) with distinct triggers and an explicit exclusion — 'Not for a conversation Codex already natively resumed' — minimizing conflict with the related history-reading skill.

5 / 5

Total

19

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20

Passed

Validation

93%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

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Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository

daymade/claude-code-skills

Path

daymade-claude-code/continue-codex-work/SKILL.md

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