session-end

Session End

Validate and complete session logs before commit. Complements session-init (which handles creation).

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Quick Start

Automated (Recommended)

python3 .claude/skills/session-end/scripts/complete_session_log.py

The script will:

1. Find the current session log automatically
2. Auto-populate session end evidence from git state
3. Run markdown lint on changed files
4. Validate with validate_session_json.py
5. Report pass/fail with actionable next steps

Preview Changes First

python3 .claude/skills/session-end/scripts/complete_session_log.py --dry-run

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Triggers

Phrase	Action
/session-end	Complete and validate current session log
complete session	Natural language activation
finalize session	Alternative trigger
validate session end	Alternative trigger
finish session	Alternative trigger

Input	Output	Quality Gate
Session log (auto-detected or specified)	Validated, completed session log	Exit code 0 from validation

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When to Use

REQUIRED before closing any session. The Stop hook at .claude/hooks/Stop/invoke_session_validator.py enforces this — sessions will not close until protocolCompliance.sessionEnd MUST items are complete. If you attempt to close without running session-end, the hook will force continuation.

Specifically:

• Finishing a work session and ready to commit
• Session log needs end-of-session evidence populated
• Want to verify session compliance before pushing

Use session-init instead when:

• Starting a new session (creating a session log from scratch)

Use session-log-fixer instead when:

• CI already failed and you need to fix a specific validation error
• Working with a session log from a previous PR

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Process Overview

User Request: /session-end
    |
    v
+---------------------------------------------+
| Phase 1: FIND SESSION LOG                    |
| - Auto-detect most recent .json in           |
|   .agents/sessions/                          |
| - Prefer today's sessions                    |
| - Accept explicit -SessionPath               |
+---------------------------------------------+
    |
    v
+---------------------------------------------+
| Phase 2: GATHER EVIDENCE                     |
| - Ending commit SHA (git rev-parse)          |
| - HANDOFF.md modification check              |
| - Serena memory update check                 |
| - Run markdown lint on changed files         |
| - Check for uncommitted changes              |
+---------------------------------------------+
    |
    v
+---------------------------------------------+
| Phase 3: UPDATE SESSION LOG                  |
| - Auto-populate evidence fields              |
| - Mark completed items                       |
| - Evaluate checklist completeness            |
| - Write updated JSON                         |
+---------------------------------------------+
    |
    v
+---------------------------------------------+
| Phase 4: VALIDATE                            |
| - Run validate_session_json.py               |
| - Update validationPassed field              |
| - Report pass/fail with details              |
+---------------------------------------------+
    |
    v
Completed Session Log (or actionable errors)

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What Gets Auto-Populated

Field	Source	Level
endingCommit	git rev-parse --short HEAD	Top-level
handoffNotUpdated	Check git diff for HANDOFF.md	MUST NOT
serenaMemoryUpdated	Check .serena/memories/ changes	MUST
markdownLintRun	Run markdownlint on changed .md files	MUST
changesCommitted	Check git status for uncommitted changes	MUST
checklistComplete	Evaluate all MUST items	MUST
validationPassed	Run validate_session_json.py	MUST

What You Must Provide Manually

• Serena memory updates (create/edit .serena/memories/ files before running)
• Commit your changes (run git commit before running)
• Work log entries in the session JSON

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Workflow

Step 1: Complete Your Work

Before running this skill, ensure you have:

• Finished implementation tasks
• Updated Serena memories if applicable
• Staged and committed your changes

Step 2: Run Session End

# Auto-detect and complete
python3 .claude/skills/session-end/scripts/complete_session_log.py

# Or specify session explicitly
python3 .claude/skills/session-end/scripts/complete_session_log.py --session-path ".agents/sessions/2026-02-07-session-05.json"

# Preview only
python3 .claude/skills/session-end/scripts/complete_session_log.py --dry-run

Step 3: Address Any Failures

If validation fails, the output shows exactly what is missing:

[TODO] Serena memory not updated - update .serena/memories/ before completing
[TODO] Uncommitted changes exist - commit before completing

Fix the issues and re-run the skill.

Step 4: Commit Final State

After the skill reports PASS, commit the updated session log:

git add .agents/sessions/*.json
git commit -m "docs: complete session log"

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Verification Checklist

Before reporting success, the script verifies:

• Session log found and readable
• Valid JSON structure
• Ending commit SHA populated
• HANDOFF.md NOT modified
• Serena memory updated (or flagged)
• Markdown lint passed on changed files
• All changes committed (or flagged)
• Validation script passes (exit code 0)

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Anti-Patterns

Avoid	Why	Instead
Skipping session-end before commit	Validation only catches errors at CI time	Run /session-end before every commit
Manually editing session end fields	Error-prone, misses evidence	Let the script auto-populate
Running without committing first	changesCommitted will fail	Commit work, then run session-end
Ignoring TODO warnings	Session will fail CI validation	Address each TODO before final commit

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Example Output

Success:

Auto-detected session log: .agents/sessions/2026-02-07-session-05.json

=== Session End Completion ===
File: .agents/sessions/2026-02-07-session-05.json

Running markdown lint...

--- Changes ---
  Set endingCommit: abc1234
  Confirmed HANDOFF.md not modified
  Confirmed Serena memory updated
  Markdown lint: 3 files linted
  All changes committed

Updated: .agents/sessions/2026-02-07-session-05.json

Running validation...

=== Session Validation ===
File: .agents/sessions/2026-02-07-session-05.json

[PASS] Session log is valid

[PASS] Session log completed and validated

Failure:

=== Session End Completion ===

--- Changes ---
  Set endingCommit: abc1234
  Confirmed HANDOFF.md not modified
  [TODO] Serena memory not updated - update .serena/memories/ before completing
  Markdown lint: 2 files linted
  [TODO] Uncommitted changes exist - commit before completing

[FAIL] Session validation failed. Fix issues above and re-run.

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Scripts

Script	Purpose	Exit Codes
complete_session_log.py	Auto-populate and validate session end	0=success, 1=validation failed

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
--session-path	string	No	Path to session log. Auto-detects if omitted.
--dry-run	flag	No	Preview changes without writing to file.

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Related Skills

Skill	Relationship
session-init	Creates session logs (this skill completes them)
session-log-fixer	Reactive fix after CI failure (this skill prevents the need)
session	Session management utilities

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References

• SESSION-PROTOCOL.md - Session end requirements
• validate_session_json.py - Validation script
• new_session_log_json.py - Session creation script

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Pattern: Shift-Left Validation

This skill follows the shift-left principle: catch errors at development time, not CI time.

Aspect	Without Skill	With Skill
When errors found	CI pipeline (minutes later)	Before commit (immediately)
Feedback loop	Push, wait, read logs, fix, push again	Run script, see errors, fix, done
Cost	CI minutes + developer context switch	Seconds of local validation
Reliability	Same script as CI	Same script as CI