/cad-pause

name: cad-pause
description: "Pause work cleanly - a WIP commit of in-flight changes plus a STATE cursor set to paused with a one-line resume pointer (/cad-progress offers to resume it)"
argument-hint: "[one-line note about where you are]"
allowed-tools:
  - Read
  - Write
  - Edit
  - Bash
  - AskUserQuestion

<objective> Stop mid-work without losing the thread. Two small acts: commit the in-flight changes as WIP so nothing is lost, and write the STATE cursor so the next session (via /cad-progress, which finds it and offers to resume) knows exactly where to pick up. Tiny by design - no Stop hook, no handoff document, no activity log. </objective>

<execution_context> @${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/cadence-core/references/git-guard.md </execution_context>

<process> 1. **WIP commit.** If the tree has changes, stage exactly what the user was working on and commit `wip: <short description>` (protected-branch guard applies - references/git-guard.md). If the tree is clean, skip this; there is nothing to preserve.

2. **Set the cursor** through the seam (never hand-edit STATE.md):

   node "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/cadence-core/bin/planning.mjs" cursor set \
     --phase <current> --status paused --next-file <path>

The resume pointer is a one-line "where I was" naming the next concrete action (from `$ARGUMENTS`, or ask via the ask-user seam if not given) - the user's own sentence, so write it to a scratch file and pass the PATH (caller-derived text - references/conventions.md). This line IS the pause note /cad-progress surfaces. `--phase <current>` is required - the seam does NOT preserve a prior `Phase:` (it fails `bad-args` without it); supply the current phase from `cursor get`, which goes in one message with step 1's protected-branch git probes - they are independent, and only a call that consumes a prior call's output is serialized. The seam derives name/total from ROADMAP and stamps `Updated:` itself. Commit the cursor (`docs:`), or fold it into the WIP commit if one was made. Never leave the tree dirty.

3. **Report.** One line: paused at <phase>, resume with /cad-progress. </process>