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/finish-work

Wrap up the current session: archive the active task (and any other completed-but-unarchived tasks the user wants to clean up) and record the session journal. Code commits are NOT done here — those happen in workflow Phase 3.4 before you invoke this command.

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$ npx -y skills add mindfold-ai/trellis --agent claude-code

How it fires

How this command gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfClaude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/finish-work

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What this command does when you run it.

Wrap up the current session: archive the active task (and any other completed-but-unarchived tasks the user wants to clean up) and record the session journal. Code commits are NOT done here — those happen in workflow Phase 3.4 before you invoke this command.

Command definition

finish-work.md

Finish Work

Wrap up the current session: archive the active task (and any other completed-but-unarchived tasks the user wants to clean up) and record the session journal. Code commits are NOT done here — those happen in workflow Phase 3.4 before you invoke this command.

Step 1: Survey current state

python3 ./.trellis/scripts/get_context.py --mode record

This prints:

  • **My active tasks** — review whether any besides the current one are actually done (code merged, AC met) and should be archived this round.
  • **Git status** — quick visual on what's dirty.
  • **Recent commits** — you'll need their hashes in Step 4 for `--commit`.

If `--mode record` surfaces other completed tasks not tied to the current session, surface them to the user with a one-shot confirmation: "These N tasks look done — archive them too in this round? [y/N]". Default is no; the current active task is always archived in Step 3 regardless.

Step 2: Sanity check — classify dirty paths

Run:

git status --porcelain

Filter out paths under `.trellis/workspace/` and `.trellis/tasks/` — those are managed by `add_session.py` and `task.py archive` auto-commits and will appear dirty as part of this skill's own work.

For each remaining dirty path, decide whether it belongs to **the current task** or to **other parallel work** (e.g., another terminal window editing the same repo). Heuristics:

  • Paths referenced in the current task's `prd.md` / `implement.jsonl` / `check.jsonl` → current task
  • Paths in code areas matching the task's stated scope, or that you remember editing this session → current task
  • Paths in unrelated areas you have no recollection of touching this session → other parallel work

Then route:

  • **Any remaining path looks like current-task work** — bail out with:

> "Working tree has uncommitted code changes from this task: `<list>`. Return to workflow Phase 3.4 to commit them before running `/trellis:finish-work`."

Do NOT run `git commit` here. Do NOT prompt the user to commit. The user goes back to Phase 3.4 and the AI drives the batched commit there.

  • **All remaining paths look unrelated** (other parallel-window work) — report them once and continue to Step 3:

> "FYI, dirty files outside this task's scope — leaving them for the other window: `<list>`."

  • **Genuinely unsure** — ask the user once: "Are `<list>` this task's work I forgot to commit, or another window's? (commit / ignore)" — then route per their answer.

Step 3: Archive task(s)

python3 ./.trellis/scripts/task.py archive <task-name>

At minimum: the current active task (if any). Plus any extra tasks the user confirmed in Step 1. Each archive produces a `chore(task): archive ...` commit via the script's auto-commit.

If there is no active task and the user did not confirm any cleanup archives, skip this step.

Step 4: Record session journal

python3 ./.trellis/scripts/add_session.py \
  --title "Session Title" \
  --commit "hash1,hash2" \
  --summary "Brief summary"

Use the work-commit hashes produced in Phase 3.4 (visible in Step 1's `Recent commits` list, or via `git log --oneline`) for `--commit`. Do not include the archive commit hashes from Step 3. This produces a `chore: record journal` commit.

Final git log order: `<work commits from 3.4>` → `chore(task): archive ...` (one or more) → `chore: record journal`.

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