Resume SDD Interview

Continue an interrupted Spec Driven Development interview from where it left off.

Process

1. Check for Existing State

Look for .claude/sdd-manager.state.json:

If not found:

• Report: "No interrupted interview found."
• Suggest: "Use /sdd-manager:create to start a new interview."
• Exit

2. Load and Validate State

Read the state file and validate:

• current_project exists
• interview_phase is valid
• collected_data is present
• last_updated is parseable

If invalid:

• Report: "State file is corrupted or invalid."
• Offer: "Would you like to (1) start fresh with /sdd-manager:create, or (2) delete the state file?"

3. Display Resume Summary

Show the user what will be resumed:

## Resuming SDD Interview

**Project:** {current_project}
**Phase:** {interview_phase}
**Last Updated:** {last_updated}

**Already Collected:**
- Project Name: {project_name}
- Project Type: {project_type}
- Detail Level: {detail_level}
- ... (summary of collected data)

**Documents to Generate:**
- {document list}

**Next:** Continue with {next_questions_topic}

4. Confirm Resume

Ask user to confirm:

• "Ready to continue the interview from the {phase} phase?"
• Allow: "Yes, continue" or "No, start over"

If start over:

• Delete state file
• Suggest /sdd-manager:create
• Exit

5. Launch Interviewer with State

Launch the sdd-interviewer agent with existing state:

• Pass the loaded state context
• Agent will pick up from saved phase
• Agent will skip questions that already have answers

6. Continue Interview

The interviewer agent continues from saved phase:

• Validates previously collected data
• Asks remaining questions for current phase
• Proceeds through remaining phases
• Generates documents upon completion

State File Structure

{
  "current_project": "project-name",
  "interview_phase": "foundation|scope|problem|requirements|technical|design|generation",
  "collected_data": {
    "project_name": "...",
    "project_type": "...",
    "detail_level": "...",
    "document_structure": "...",
    "has_ui_components": false,
    "needs_timeline": false,
    "problem_statement": "...",
    "success_metrics": [...],
    "non_goals": [...],
    "core_features": [...],
    "user_stories": [...],
    "constraints": [...],
    "dependencies": [...],
    "architecture_notes": "...",
    "data_models": [...],
    "api_requirements": [...],
    "tech_stack": [...],
    "user_flows": [...],
    "key_screens": [...],
    "interactions": [...],
    "accessibility_requirements": [...]
  },
  "documents_to_generate": ["prd", "tech-spec", "design-spec"],
  "last_updated": "ISO-timestamp"
}

Example Usage

# Resume an interrupted interview
/sdd-manager:resume

Error Handling

• No state file: Direct to /sdd-manager:create
• Corrupted state: Offer to start fresh
• Very old state (>7 days): Warn user, confirm they want to continue
• Project folder already exists with documents: Warn about potential overwrite

Related Commands

• /sdd-manager:create - Start new interview
• /sdd-manager:edit <project-name> - Edit existing documents
• /sdd-manager:list - View all projects