Start or Resume Objective

Start work on a new objective or resume an existing one. Updates focus.md frontmatter for session context.

Current Focus Frontmatter

!bun run ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/read-focus-frontmatter.ts

Arguments

$ARGUMENTS

Instructions

1. Check if Argument is Existing Slug

• Call mcp__memory-bank__get_objective with the argument as slug
• If success: Go to Resume Mode
• If not_found error: Go to Create Mode

2. Resume Mode

1. Call mcp__memory-bank__build_context with the objective_slug
2. Run: bun run ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/write-focus-frontmatter.ts set-objective <slug>
3. Present context to user
4. List pending tasks with their status

3. Create Mode

1. Derive identifiers from description:

   • Slug: lowercase, hyphens, e.g., "implement-oauth"
   • Name: Readable title

2. Confirm with user:

   • Use AskUserQuestion to confirm name and slug
   • Options: "Use suggested", "Modify slug", "Modify name", "Other"

3. Search for related files:

   • Use Glob/Grep to search codebase for files related to the objective
   • Present findings to user

4. Link features:

   • Call mcp__memory-bank__list_features to show available features
   • Ask user which features to link (or if they want to create new ones)
   • If features selected, call mcp__memory-bank__link_objective_to_features

5. Create objective:

   • Call mcp__memory-bank__create_objective with:

     {
       "slug": "<slug>",
       "name": "<name>",
       "description": "<description>",
       "status": "in_progress"
     }
     

6. Create initial tasks:

   • Ask user for initial tasks to track
   • If provided, call mcp__memory-bank__create_tasks

7. Update focus.md:

   • Run: bun run ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/write-focus-frontmatter.ts set-objective <slug>

8. Build and present context:

   • Call mcp__memory-bank__build_context
   • Present context summary to user

Example Usage

# Resume existing objective
/start-objective implement-oauth

# Create new objective
/start-objective "Add user authentication with OAuth support"