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catchup

Summarize recent changes from git history for context recovery, handoffs, and sprint review

skill-install — Terminal

Install via CLI (Recommended)

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/athola/nm-imbue-catchup
Or

Night Market Skill — ported from claude-night-market/imbue. For the full experience with agents, hooks, and commands, install the Claude Code plugin.

Table of Contents

  • Overview
  • When to Use
  • Activation
  • Progressive Loading
  • 4-Step Methodology
  • Output Format

Catchup Analysis Methodology

Overview

Structured method for quickly understanding recent changes in git repositories, meeting notes, sprint progress, document revisions, or system logs. Answers "what changed and what matters?" efficiently.

When To Use

  • Joining ongoing work or returning after absence
  • Before planning or reviewing handoffs
  • Any "what happened and what's next" context

When NOT To Use

  • Doing detailed diff analysis - use diff-analysis instead
  • Full code review needed
    • use review-core instead
  • Doing detailed diff analysis - use diff-analysis instead
  • Full code review needed
    • use review-core instead

Activation

Keywords: catchup, summary, status, progress, context, handoff Cues: "get me up to speed", "current status", "summarize progress"

Progressive Loading

Load modules based on context:

Git: Load modules/git-catchup-patterns.md for git commands. Consider sanctum:git-workspace-review for initial data gathering.

Documents/Notes: Load modules/document-analysis-patterns.md for meeting notes, sprint tracking, document revisions.

Logs/Events: Load modules/log-analysis-patterns.md for time-series and metric analysis.

Always Available: imbue:proof-of-work, TodoWrite workflow, structured output.

Required TodoWrite Items

  1. catchup:context-confirmed - Boundaries established
  2. catchup:delta-captured - Changes enumerated
  3. catchup:insights-extracted - Themes identified
  4. catchup:followups-recorded - Actions captured

4-Step Methodology

Step 1: Confirm Context

Define scope (git branch, sprint, meetings), baseline (last state), and current target. See modules for commands.

Step 2: Capture Delta

Enumerate changed items with metrics. Prioritize source/config/docs over generated artifacts. See modules for strategies.

Step 3: Extract Insights

Per item: What (change), Why (motivation), Implications (tests/risks/deps). Rollup into themes.

Step 4: Record Follow-ups

Capture: Tests, Documentation, Reviews, Blockers, Questions. If none, state explicitly.

Output Format

## Summary
[2-3 sentence theme + risk overview]

## Key Changes
- [Item]: [what/why/implication]

## Follow-ups
- [ ] [Action with owner]

## Blockers/Questions
- [Item requiring resolution]

Verification: Run the command with --help flag to verify availability.

Metadata

Author@athola
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Updated2026-05-01
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Add to Configuration

Paste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.

{
  "plugins": {
    "official-athola-nm-imbue-catchup": {
      "enabled": true,
      "auto_update": true
    }
  }
}
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