Review Situation

Output style: lead with the bottom line, bullets over prose, one-line TL;DR, process/development-protocols/communication-standards.md.

Summarize the current repo state for handoff and resume work.

This is a helper skill only.

• Do use it for read-only branch, worktree, and active-plan summaries.
• Do use it to surface likely selected-plan context when it can be proven or safely hinted.
• Do not use it to choose a plan authoritatively.
• Do not use it to approve execution, resume execution, or mutate repo/process state.

Mode Selection

vc-review-situation operates in two modes. Choose based on the trigger signals below.

Simple Mode (default)

Run review-situation-scan.cjs, return the scan summary.

Use when:

• User asks "what's in flight", "what's next", "give me a handoff summary"
• Quick orientation needed at the start of a session
• Orchestrator needs a branch/plan status check before routing

Output: Current State, Recent Work, In-Flight Plans, Next Steps, Warnings (standard scan sections).

Deep Mode

Run the scan plus read umbrella plan, latest phase report, and all active-plan handoff sections. Synthesize into a full handoff briefing sufficient for an agent to resume without follow-up questions.

Trigger conditions (any one):

• User asks for a full program review: "what are we building", "summarize all active plans", "where are we in the program"
• Session is resuming after a long break or context compaction occurred
• Orchestrator needs a thorough handoff before routing to a phase agent
• Caller explicitly requests deep mode
• Program Review Mode is active, Program Review Mode is Deep Mode