ace:resume-work

ace:resume-work is a command for coding agents from AgriciDaniel/ace-claude-code. It costs 10 tokens per session (496 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A session-restoration command that reads saved project notes and shows where the previous coding session stopped. It uses STATE.md and optional continue-here files stored in the project.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to recover the current phase, progress, last actions, and suggested next steps in a project managed with the ACE planning files.
Why use it?
It reduces the time spent reconstructing unfinished work after closing or restarting an agent session.

Command

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/agricidaniel/ace-claude-code/resume-work
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/ace-claude-code

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README.md
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Per session 10 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 496 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00010 $0.00496
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.00248
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00099
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00050

Measured 3d ago against content hash b788f08dd490, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

ace:resume-work scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.ace/commands/resume-work.md · 110 lines

What it actually says

This is the primary session restoration command.

Check for: .ace/planning/.continue-here*.md

1. Load State

Read STATE.md to understand:

  • Current position
  • Last activity
  • Resume file path (if any)

2. Check for Continue-Here File

glob: .ace/planning/.continue-here*.md

If found:

  • Read the most recent one
  • Load context from it

3. Display Restoration

+==============================================================+
|                    SESSION RESTORED                          |
+==============================================================+

Welcome back!

Last Session: [YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM]
Duration Since: [X] hours/days

## Current Position

Phase: [X] of [Y] ([Phase Name])
Plan: [A] of [B]
Status: [Status from STATE.md]

Progress: [##########..........] 50%

## Where You Left Off

[Content from continue-here file]

## Next Actions

1. [From continue-here or inferred]
2. [Following step]

+==============================================================+

4. Suggest Next Command

Based on status:

Status Suggestion
Ready to plan /ace:plan-phase [N]
Ready to execute /ace:execute-plan
In progress (task) /ace:resume-task [id]
Needs verification /ace:verify-work
SUGGESTED NEXT:

  /ace:[appropriate-command]

Or run /ace:progress for full status.

+==============================================================+

5. Clean Up (Optional)

If work resumed successfully, offer to archive continue-here file:

  • Move to .ace/state/archived/
  • Or delete

<success_criteria>

  • STATE.md loaded
  • Continue-here file found and read (if exists)
  • Context displayed to user
  • Appropriate next action suggested </success_criteria>
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 3d ago First seen · 110 lines · 10 tokens per session scan A b788f08dd490

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ace:resume-work is a command published in the GitHub repository AgriciDaniel/ace-claude-code (24 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 10 tokens to every session and 496 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.