/resume

name: resume
description: Finds an album by name and shows detailed status with next steps. Use when the user mentions an album name or wants to continue previous work.
argument-hint: <album-name>
model: sonnet
effort: low
allowed-tools:
  - Read
  - Glob
  - Bash
  - bitwize-music-mcp

Resume Album Work

**Purpose**: Find an album and resume work where you left off.

**Usage**:

/bitwize-music:resume <album-name>
/bitwize-music:resume my-album
/bitwize-music:resume "demo album"

**When to use**: When user wants to continue working on an existing album.

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Instructions

When this skill is invoked with an album name:

Step 1: Find the Album via MCP

1. Call `find_album(name)` — fuzzy match by name, slug, or partial (case-insensitive) 2. If not found: MCP returns available albums — suggest closest match or `/bitwize-music:new-album` 3. If multiple matches: list all with paths, ask user which one 4. If MCP returns stale/missing cache error: call `rebuild_state()` then retry

Step 2: Get Album Progress

1. Call `get_album_progress(album_slug)` — returns track counts by status, completion percentage, and detected workflow phase 2. Call `list_tracks(album_slug)` — returns per-track details (status, has_suno_link, sources_verified)

Step 3: Update Session Context

Call `update_session(album=album_slug, phase=detected_phase)` to set the active album and phase.

Step 4: Determine Current Phase

Based on album and track statuses, identify the workflow phase:

| Album Status | Track Statuses | Current Phase | |--------------|----------------|---------------| | Concept | Most "Not Started" | Planning - Need to fill in album README and create tracks | | Research Complete | Some "Sources Pending" | Verification - Need human verification of sources (documentary albums) | | Sources Verified | All sources verified | Ready to Write - Sources cleared, begin lyrics (documentary albums) | | In Progress | Mixed, some "Not Started" | Writing - Need to complete lyrics (or route instrumental tracks to suno-engineer) | | In Progress | Some "Sources Pending" | Verification - Need human verification of sources | | In Progress | All have lyrics | Ready to Generate - Run Ready to Generate checkpoint | | In Progress | Some "Generated" | Generating - Continue generating on Suno. Check Generation Logs for rejected tracks needing regeneration | | In Progress | All "Generated", none "Final" | Review & Approve - Listen to generated tracks, mark keepers with ✓, regenerate rejected ones | | Complete | All "Final" | Mastering - Ready to master audio | | Released | All "Final" | Released - Album is live |

**Note**: Non-documentary albums skip `Research Complete` and `Sources Verified` — they go directly from `Concept` → `In Progress`.

Step 5: Report to User

Present a clear status report:

📁 Album: [Album Title]
   Location: {content_root}/artists/{artist}/albums/{genre}/{album}/
   Status: [Album Status]

📊 Progress:
   - Tracks: [X completed / Y total] ([N vocal, M instrumental])
   - Not Started: X
   - In Progress: Y
   - Generated: Z
   - Final: N

📍 Current Phase: [Phase Name]

✅ What's Done:
   - [List completed items]

⏭️ Next Steps:
   1. [Specific action 1]
   2. [Specific action 2]
   3. [Specific action 3]

Ready to continue? Tell me what you'd like to work on.

Step 6: Recommend the Single Best Next Action

Pick ONE clear recommendation from the decision tree below. Don't list 5 options — pick the best one, include the skill name, and be specific about which track.

**Decision Tree** (evaluate top-to-bottom, first match wins):

**Instrumental detection**: Check each track's frontmatter for `instrumental: true` or Track Details table for `**Instrumental** | Yes`. Instrumental tracks skip the lyrics workflow entirely and go straight to `/bitwize-music:suno-engineer`.

Album Status = "Concept"
  → "Define the album concept. Run /bitwize-music:album-conceptualizer"

Album Status = "Research Complete"
  → Any tracks Sources Pending?
    YES → "Sources need verification. Run /bitwize-music:verify-sources [album]"
    NO  → Any "Not Started" tracks instrumental?
      YES → "Create Style Box for instrumental track [name]. Use /bitwize-music:suno-engineer"
      NO  → "Ready to write! Pick a track and use /bitwize-music:lyric-writer"

Album has tracks with "Not Started"
  → Is the first not-started track instrumental?
    YES → "Create Style Box for [track]. Use /bitwize-music:suno-engineer directly (instrumental track)"
    NO  → "Write lyrics for [first not-started track]. Use /bitwize-music:lyric-writer"

Album has tracks with "In Progress" (lyrics partially written)
  → "Finish lyrics for [first in-progress track]. Use /bitwize-music:lyric-writer"

Album has tracks with "Sources Pending"
  → "Verify sources for [track]. Run /bitwize-music:verify-sources [album]"

All tracks have lyrics (or Style Box for instrumentals), none generated
  → Mixed album (vocal + instrumental)?
    YES → "All tracks ready! Run /bitwize-music:pronunciation-specialist on vocal tracks, then /bitwize-music:lyric-reviewer, then /bitwize-music:pre-generation-check to validate all gates (instrumental tracks auto-skip lyrics gates)."
    NO  → "All lyrics complete! Style prompts should be ready. Run /bitwize-music:pronunciation-specialist to check for pronunciation risks, then /bitwize-music:lyric-reviewer for final QC, then /bitwize-music:pre-generation-check to validate all gates before generating on Suno."

Some tracks generated, some not
  → Any Generated tracks without ✓ in Generation Log Rating?
    YES → "Track [name] was generated but not approved. Listen and decide:
           - Happy? Mark ✓ in Generation Log and set Status: Final
           - Not happy? Log the reason, then:
             Style issue → /bitwize-music:suno-engineer to revise Style Box
             Lyrics issue → /bitwize-music:lyric-writer to fix, then regenerate
             Bad luck → Regenerate on Suno wit