Mark the current conversation as a durable handoff so a new agent can resume the work. Use when the user wants to preserve state for a later or parallel session. Triggers include "hand this off", "write a handoff", "drop a wheypoint", "checkpoint this", "compact the conversation", and "/wheypoint".

/wheypoint /wheypoint records the state a new agent needs to resume the work. Use it for culture sessions, for work without a phase slug, and when a phase offers Checkpoint & stop . Inputs The conversation is the primary input. The optional argument shapes only the orientation line. The focus never removes a decision, question, blocker, or directive. Runtime commands Run every command through this skill's archive by its repository path; see [ ../cheese/references/harness portability.md ](../cheese/references/harness portability.md). resolve , lint , list , log , show , schema , and turns only read; direct invocations return output, and STOP before checkpoint writing. /cheese continue uses resolve and never invokes another archive; slash commands are host renderings, not the control model. Phase skills run python3 skills/wheypoint/scripts/wheypoint.pyz resolve ref <slug . The command returns authoritative , not found , legacy , gated , ambiguous , or error . Use authoritative working context as the first batched tilth read ; follow [ references/delta contract.md ](references/delta contract.md) for all outcomes and findings. phase artifact is fallback context, and the handoff parser exposes its phase slug . Flow 1. Read the user's words. Run turns and keep every user turn in view. 2. Map each turn to an entry, or write one line that says why the turn is not captured. 3. Rehydrate. Run show for the work id; a first checkpoint binds the genesis sentinel itself. 4. After a compaction, rehydrate first and pass a proof with compacted . 5. Write the intent. Follow [ references/intent contract.md ](references/intent contract.md). 6. Put each user stated constraint or preference in a directive entry with its verbatim quote . 7. Put each choice in a decision entry with a rationale . 8. Put each open item in a question or blocker entry. 9. Record a parked fork in decision dossier with its options, evidence, and prior leaning. 10. Put the report a cold reader needs in notes . 11. Put paths and URLs in artifact links and working context , not their contents. 12. Validate. Run validate and fix every named problem. 13. Checkpoint. Run checkpoint . 14. Report. State the durability the result reports and the resume commands. What the runtime enforces The runtime refuses an intent instead of dropping data. It refuses an unknown key and names its path. It refuses a first checkpoint that carries no entry and no notes. It refuses next: affinage without a PR reference in artifact . It refuses next: cook or next: cut without an artifact . It refuses text that matches a credential pattern and names the field. It refuses an empty artifact links or remove artifact links list. It derives status: from the gating entries per the [handback contract](../cheese/references/handback contract.md); no author sets it. It refuses a baseline key rather than drop it; a Cook baseline stays in the Cook handoff. It requires a dossier fork for each gating entry. It derives every identifier, digest, and revision. Fix a refused intent and run checkpoint again. Handoff slug The checkpoint command writes the shared preamble at the top of the generated projection; every consumer reads it with parse handoff slug() . For next: tasks the projection adds a mode: parallel keyed line after artifact: ; the keyed block after the orientation holds the Wheypoint pins. The projection body shows gates, open entries, decisions, directives, notes, context, artifacts, the dossier, and tasks. The projection is never the authority; never edit it and never resume from it by hand. next: values mold , cut , cook , press , age , cure : the next pipeline phase. affinage : PR review comments or failing CI; artifact names the PR. briesearch , culture : a read only next move that /cheese continue dispatches. tasks : independent moves; see [ references/parallel handoffs.md ](references/parallel handoffs.md). hold : restore orientation and wait for instructions. done : the work is complete; the checkpoint is a record, not a baton. A missing next: makes the handoff malformed; use hold when no action follows. Derive next: and status: from the open questions and blockers, not from expected success. Use status: gated: for every human decision; the resumed agent asks through the shared [handoff gate](../cheese/references/handoff gate.md) before it dispatches. Handwritten notes, their legacy values, and their provenance fields are in [ references/legacy notes.md ](references/legacy notes.md) and [ references/provenance fields.md ](references/provenance fields.md). Rules Never run a Git commit, push, or publication to raise durability. Never write a note by hand, never edit a generated projection, and never include a secret value. Reference each artifact by path or URL; do not copy its contents. Use complete sentences; write one sentence per line. Handoff End with the orientation and this link: Wheypoint dropped: [.cheese/notes/<slug .md](<absolute note path ) . From the repository run /cheese continue <slug ; from elsewhere run /cheese continue <absolute repo path /.cheese/notes/<slug .md .