/rota-pause
Stop cleanly and leave a handoff note for the next session.
When to use
Use when the session is approaching a context limit, the work must be handed off, a long /rota-work cycle should stop cleanly, or an orchestrator must stop mid-round.
Reach for another skill when
- you want to keep a durable gotcha, not the state of the work in flight:
/rota-learn - the work is done and ready to integrate:
/rota-ship
/rota-pause
Uncommitted work on rota/fix-B07-timer-badge: wip commit, stash, or leave in place?
wip commit
Paused rota/fix-B07-timer-badge - handoff note saved. Resume with /rota-work in a fresh session.
.rota/handoff/<branch>.md(gitignored, one per branch, overwritten on re-pause)- the chosen wip commit or stash
Flags and modes
--report- also write .rota/handoff/
.report.md (commits, files, tasks, proof) for you to read
Details
Stops mid-session (or an orchestrator mid-round, without winding the round down) by writing a handoff note to .rota/handoff/<branch>.md that records the current hypothesis, next planned step, files mid-edit and gotchas found. Use it when the context window is filling or you need to step away mid-/rota-work. With --report it also writes .rota/handoff/<branch>.report.md (commits, files changed, tasks, proof) for you to read; /rota-work ignores it. See pausing and resuming for the full flow.