Handoff sheet

Paste this at the start of a new conversation to pick a project back up without explaining everything again. Update it at the end of each session (a ready-made request is at the bottom). Nothing sensitive in it.

Updated on: ____ / ____ / ________

I'm picking up a project. Read this sheet, then tell me in 3 lines where we are and what the next action is. Don't start anything before I say yes.

PROJECT: [name]
GOAL: [what I want to get, and who or what it is for]
IT WORKED IF: [criterion 1]; [criterion 2]; [criterion 3]
MINIMUM VERSION: [the smallest useful version]

STEPS:
- [x] [step done] (finished when: [check passed])
- [ ] [next step] (finished when: [check])
- [ ] [step after that]

DECISIONS (with the reason):
- [date]: [decision], because [reason]

POINTS TO WATCH: [what is still uncertain, to be checked, or waiting for an answer]
NEXT ACTION: [one single, concrete thing]

Updating the sheet at the end of a session

We're stopping here. Update the handoff sheet with what we did today: steps ticked off, new decisions with their reason, points to watch, next action. Keep exactly the same form, and don't add anything we haven't decided.

Read the new version, correct it, then keep it in place of the old one.