summarize-session

Summarize Session

Purpose

At the end of a productive coding session, analyze the conversation to extract reusable patterns and generate Claude Code artifacts (rules, skills, commands) that can accelerate future work.

Instructions

1. Review Session Activity

   • What problems were solved?
   • What code was written or modified?
   • What workflows were performed?
   • What decisions were made and why?

2. Identify Patterns

   Rules Candidates (coding standards, project conventions):

   • Repeated code style corrections
   • Error patterns that were fixed
   • Best practices established
   • Project-specific conventions

   Skills Candidates (multi-step workflows):

   • Complex operations performed multiple times
   • Sequences of commands that go together
   • Integration or deployment workflows
   • Testing or validation procedures

   Commands Candidates (single-action shortcuts):

   • Frequently used command combinations
   • Build/test/deploy shortcuts
   • Common git operations
   • Project-specific utilities

3. Generate Artifacts

   For each identified pattern, create the appropriate artifact:

   Rules → .claude/rules/<name>/RULE.md

   ---
   name: rule-name
   description: Brief description
   ---
   
   # Rule Name
   
   ## When to Apply
   ...
   
   ## Guidelines
   ...
   

   Skills → .claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md

   ---
   name: skill-name
   description: Brief description
   ---
   
   # Skill Name
   
   ## Instructions
   1. Step 1
   2. Step 2
   ...
   

   Commands → .claude/commands/<name>.md

   # Command Name
   
   Description of what this command does.
   
   ## Steps
   1. ...
   2. ...
   

4. Validate Artifacts

   • Ensure artifacts are general enough to be reusable
   • Remove session-specific details
   • Test that instructions are complete and actionable

5. Document Session Summary

   • What was accomplished
   • What artifacts were generated
   • Recommendations for next session