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Resume an unfinished Copilot task by analysing last actions and continuing automatically.

Resume Stalled Task

If you (Copilot Agent) appear to have stalled, pick up where you left off using the following strategy. Ask the human only if absolutely necessary.

1. Re‑establish context

  1. Run git status in the workspace terminal to see uncommitted changes.
  2. If a TODO.md exists, open it and locate incomplete checkbox items.
  3. Call terminalLastCommand to fetch the output of the last executed command; determine if it finished successfully or errored.
  4. Check the most recent edits via git diff --staged or git diff HEAD~1 to recall what was just implemented.

2. Identify the next actionable step

  • If the previous command failed, analyse the error message and plan a fix or retry.
  • If the last step completed but the checklist still has unticked items, start the next unchecked task.
  • If all tasks are checked yet the objective (e.g. build passes) isn’t met, run npm test, npm run build, or project‑specific verification to confirm completion.

3. Continue execution

  • Edit or create files as needed.
  • Re‑run build, test, or lint commands until they succeed.
  • Update TODO.md, marking tasks as complete or adding new subtasks that arise.
  • Commit progress frequently with meaningful messages, e.g. git commit -am "fix: resume scaffold – completed service‑worker config".

4. Escalate only on blockers

  • If repeated attempts still fail and you lack clues from logs, prompt the user with a concise description of the blocker and the exact error output.
  • Otherwise, proceed autonomously.

5. Finish up

  • When all acceptance criteria are met, push to the repository if configured or notify the user that the task is complete.

Quick‑start reminder for you (Copilot)

“Retrieve the last command output, reopen TODO.md, and continue executing pending steps until the build succeeds. Ask me only if you encounter a blocker you can’t resolve automatically.”

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