continue

Continue

Overview

Resume work on an existing task in a new session. Recovers context from beads and sets up for continued work.

Use when: Starting a new session and continuing previous work.

Announce: "I'm resuming work on this task."

Arguments

<task-id>

• The beads task ID (e.g., beads-a1b2 or just a1b2)

If no task ID provided, show available work:

bd ready
bd list --status=in_progress

Process

Step 1: Load Context

# Get task details
bd show <task-id>

Display to user:

• Task title and description
• Current status
• Dependencies (what's blocking/blocked by)
• Comments (especially LEARNED notes)

Step 2: Claim Task

If not already in_progress:

bd update <task-id> --status in_progress

Log continuation:

deciduous add action "Continuing: <task title>"

Step 3: Summarize State

Present the user with:

## Resuming: <task title>

**Status:** <status>
**Priority:** <priority>

### Context
<description and notes from task>

### Recent Activity
<comments, especially LEARNED notes>

### Dependencies
- Blocked by: <list or "none">
- Blocking: <list or "none">

### Suggested Next Steps
<based on task type and state>

Step 4: Work

Continue working on the task. Use normal patterns:

# Discoveries
bd comment <task-id> "LEARNED: <finding>"

# Decisions
deciduous add decision "<choice> because <rationale>" -c 80  # -c takes integer 0-100, NOT float

# Progress
bd comment <task-id> "PROGRESS: <what was done>"

Step 5: Complete (when done)

bd update <task-id> --status done
deciduous add outcome "Completed: <summary>"
bd close <task-id> --reason "Complete"

Finding Tasks to Continue

If you don't remember the task ID:

# Show in-progress work
bd list --status=in_progress

# Show ready work (no blockers)
bd ready

# Search by text
bd search "<keyword>"

Examples

Direct resume:

/continue beads-a1b2

Find and resume:

User: /continue
Claude: Here's your current work:

In Progress:
- beads-a1b2: Implement token refresh (High)

Ready to Start:
- beads-c3d4: Add logout endpoint (Normal)

Which task would you like to continue?