SKILL-005: Update Intent Breadcrumbs

Overview

Agents often lose context between sessions. This skill enforces a standard "breadcrumb" trail by creating or updating NEXT.md (human readable) and STATE.json (machine readable) in the workspace root.

Trigger Phrases

• update breadcrumbs
• save state
• update next steps
• checkpoint workspace

Inputs

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
--status	string	No	active	active, blocked, paused
--objective	string	No	-	Current high-level objective
--next-steps	string[]	No	-	List of immediate next tasks
--blockers	string[]	No	-	List of blocking issues

Outputs

1. Updated NEXT.md.
2. Updated STATE.json.

Preconditions

1. Valid workspace root.

Safety/QA Checks

1. Preserve existing content in NEXT.md (append/update rather than overwrite if possible, or use smart replacement).
2. Validate JSON syntax for STATE.json.

Implementation

See update_breadcrumbs.ps1.

Integration

.\skills\05_update_breadcrumbs\update_breadcrumbs.ps1 -Status "active" -Objective "Fix EELS tests" -NextSteps "Run pytest", "Fix bugs"