Local Work Tracker

Provide a deliberate, Git-backed fallback for teams without Jira, Linear, GitHub Issues, or another operational tracker.

Require explicit use

Never invoke this skill implicitly. First inspect repository instructions and existing tracker configuration. Stop when an external tracker already owns live status unless the user explicitly asks to migrate away from it.

This is an owner index, not a Task tracker. It prevents a local agent window from selecting another person's Feature. It does not claim strong atomic ownership across unsynchronized machines or Git worktrees; use one tracker coordinator for shared mutations or an external tracker when autonomous concurrent claiming is required.

Initialize local identity and storage

Run scripts/waypoint_tracker.py from the repository root:

python3 <skill-path>/scripts/waypoint_tracker.py init --actor <stable-id> --display-name <name>

Initialization creates: