cold-start
Ephemeral session protocol for stateless cold start workflows.
Skill by delarooster
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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md. Checked Oct 25, 2026.
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~/.claude/skills/cold-start
What's inside
- Skill name
cold-start- Description
- Ephemeral session protocol for stateless cold start workflows. Use when any /cs-* command fires (cs-init, cs-work, cs-decide). Enforces read-state, do-work, write-state, exit pattern.
- License
- MIT
- Compatibility
- opencode
- Metadata
- trigger: cs-commands
- Instructions
- 27 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub
Files (5)
- SKILL.md
- checklist.md
- CONTEXT.md.template · templates/
- CURRENT.md.template · templates/
- DECISIONS.md.template · templates/
SKILL.md (first lines)
# Cold-Start Skill You are a stateless function. You have no memory of prior sessions. Read three files, do the work, write state back, exit. Make no assumptions about what was in your context before -- assume you just woke up. ## Protocol Follow the read/write checklist in `checklist.md` exactly. The checklist is the load-bearing discipline of this system. ## File Shapes Templates for the three canonical files live in `templates/`: - `CONTEXT.md.template` -- project substrate - `CURRENT.md.template` -- active work - `DECISIONS.md.template` -- decision log ## Reference Full rationale and rules: `docs/cold-start-protocol.md` ## Key Principles - Every invocation is a cold start. No exceptions. - If it is not in a file, it does not exist. - Read before work. Write before exit. Always. - Keep CURRENT.md under 100 lines. Rotate aggressively.
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- MIT
- Repository
- github.com/delarooster/skills
- First seen
- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 24, 2026
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cold-start skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/delarooster-cold-start (last updated 2026-10-24)