Use the current repository unless --repo or --project identifies one exact path or unique repository name. Never guess between repositories.
Read repository AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, their declared order, task/session conventions, and existing production/session-state/active.md.
Resolve each complete ID only as production/tasks/<ID>/contract.md and an explicit in-repository contract.md path directly. Preserve input order and deduplicate exact IDs. Never fall back to similarly named stories or partial IDs.
With no task arguments, use the same active-task selection as task-status: lifecycle state in_progress, reopened, blocked, or ready_to_close plus tasks named by active orchestration. Do not include untouched ready backlog or closed tasks.
A missing or ambiguous task receives a BLOCKED handoff section with the exact identity problem; it is not reinterpreted as prose.

2. Collect attributable evidence read-only

Read each contract's managed lifecycle block, implementation/verification/ bugfix handoffs, ownership/worktree ledgers, associated branch/base revision and diff, retained verification artifacts, the complete managed defect ledger, and Git/Plastic metadata. For a legacy task without the block, read sibling status.md only as compatibility input; never create, update, migrate, or delete it.

For every task report exactly:

Status: recorded lifecycle status and current phase, labeling inference;
Completed work: only outcomes proven by a handoff, diff, or closure record; for defect work, include only rows with fresh VERIFIED evidence;
Changed systems: contract area plus attributable paths/assemblies/assets;
Verification evidence: check, result, source, revision, and freshness;
Defects: unresolved and verified counts, stable IDs, linked-record integrity, and stale proof;
Remaining blocker: one concrete blocker or None;
Next command: one short ID-first command or focused unblock action;
Commit status: uncommitted, committed <revision>, none, or UNKNOWN.

Do not attribute root dirty work to a task without worktree/branch/handoff proof. Mark unsupported claims UNKNOWN and outdated evidence STALE. Do not run tests/builds, refresh/import Unity, use Unity MCP/UnitySkills to manufacture evidence, mutate Editor state, start or interrupt agents, create commits, push, close tasks, or change external trackers.

Use short navigation:

recorded ready_to_close: $task-cycle <ID> to re-check the gates and close where verified automatic closure is authorized; otherwise, or for an operator override close, $task-done <ID>;
new unrecorded post-implementation bug feedback: $task-bug [<ID>] "<feedback>";
any populated defect-ledger row, or a lifecycle/handoff that records a reopened or resumable cycle: $task-cycle <ID>;
an empty defect ledger with initial ready work or incomplete initial implementation/evidence: $implement-task <ID>;
active normal work: Wait for <phase>;
blocked: one exact decision or unblock action.

Do not route a defect-free initial implementation handoff to task-cycle merely because implementation evidence exists. Once a defect row exists or the task has entered a reopened/resumed cycle, keep its continuation on task-cycle unless ready_to_close takes precedence. When a workflow is already actively writing the task, use Wait for <phase> rather than a duplicate invocation.

3. Update only the managed session checkpoint

Write only the managed daily-handoff block in production/session-state/active.md:

<!-- DAILY-HANDOFF:START -->
# Daily Handoff — <YYYY-MM-DD>

- Repository: <exact root>
- Snapshot revision: <revision plus dirty fingerprint>
- Snapshot fingerprint: <task/revision/evidence/commit fingerprint>
- Updated at: <timestamp and timezone>

## <TASK-ID>

- Status: <status and phase>
- Completed work: <evidence-backed summary>
- Changed systems: <systems and paths>
- Verification evidence: <result, source, revision, freshness>
- Defects: <n unresolved [IDs]> | <n verified [IDs]> | <stale IDs>
- Defect records: <n linked | missing/mismatched IDs>
- Remaining blocker: <blocker | None>
- Next command: `<short command or action>`
- Commit status: <state>
<!-- DAILY-HANDOFF:END -->

Preserve the status-line block, manual notes, session extracts, and all content outside these markers. Create the file/directories when absent. Keep exactly one managed block and update only requested task sections while retaining unselected task sections from the same active checkpoint.

Before writing, compare the rendered task state and snapshot fingerprint with the existing managed block. If unchanged, preserve the file byte-for-byte, including timestamp. If changed, replace the managed block atomically and re-read it. The checkpoint is recovery state, not authority: never edit a contract or its lifecycle block, legacy status.md, production/tests/assets, ownership, VCS, or trackers.

4. Report

Return the same concise task blocks in chat and finish with:

DAILY HANDOFF
Tasks: <IDs>
Checkpoint: production/session-state/active.md | unchanged | not written
Snapshot: <revision/fingerprint>
Decisions required: <count and exact tasks>
Next: <first actionable command, or "Resume from checkpoint">

Do not start a task-cycle or claim completion from missing/stale evidence. Project documentation is English unless repository rules say otherwise.

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Daily Handoff

1. Resolve tasks exactly