AohDrllTools/.agents/skills/trellis-start/SKILL.md

name, description

name	description
trellis-start	Initializes an AI development session by reading workflow guides, developer identity, git status, active tasks, and project guidelines from .trellis/. Classifies incoming tasks and routes to brainstorm, direct edit, or task workflow. Use when beginning a new coding session, resuming work, starting a new task, or re-establishing project context.

Start Session

Initialize a Trellis-managed development session. This platform has no session-start hook, so manually load the equivalent context by following these steps (each one mirrors a section the hook would otherwise inject).

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Step 1: Current state

Identity, git status, current task, active tasks, journal location.

python ./.trellis/scripts/get_context.py

If this output includes a line beginning Trellis update available:, copy the full line verbatim when summarizing session context. Do not shorten operational command hints.

Step 2: Workflow overview

Phase Index + skill routing table + DO-NOT-skip rules.

python ./.trellis/scripts/get_context.py --mode phase

Full guide in .trellis/workflow.md (read on demand).

Step 3: Guideline indexes

Discover packages + spec layers, then read each relevant index file.

python ./.trellis/scripts/get_context.py --mode packages
cat .trellis/spec/guides/index.md
cat .trellis/spec/<package>/<layer>/index.md   # for each relevant layer

Index files list the specific guideline docs to read when you actually start coding.

Step 4: Decide next action

From Step 1 you know the current task. Check the task directory:

• Active task + prd.md exists → Phase 2 step 2.1. Load the step detail:

  python ./.trellis/scripts/get_context.py --mode phase --step 2.1 --platform codex
  

• Active task + no prd.md → Phase 1.1. Load the trellis-brainstorm skill.
• No active task → when the user describes multi-step work, load the trellis-brainstorm skill to clarify requirements, then create a task via task.py create. For simple one-off questions or trivial edits, skip this and just answer directly — no task needed.

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Skill routing (quick reference)

User intent	Skill
New feature / unclear requirements	trellis-brainstorm
About to write code	trellis-before-dev
Done coding / quality check	trellis-check
Stuck / fixed same bug multiple times	trellis-break-loop
Learned something worth capturing	trellis-update-spec

Full rules + anti-rationalization table in .trellis/workflow.md.