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| 1 | # Checkpoint: <task name> |
| 2 | |
| 3 | _Written <timestamp>. Resumable without the transcript._ |
| 4 | |
| 5 | ## Goal |
| 6 | |
| 7 | <The user's request, in their words. Quote it.> |
| 8 | |
| 9 | ## Done |
| 10 | |
| 11 | - [x] <thing> - <where the result lives> |
| 12 | - [x] <thing> - <where the result lives> |
| 13 | |
| 14 | ## In progress |
| 15 | |
| 16 | - [ ] <thing> - <exactly where you stopped, and the next concrete action> |
| 17 | |
| 18 | ## Not started |
| 19 | |
| 20 | - [ ] <thing> |
| 21 | |
| 22 | ## Decisions |
| 23 | |
| 24 | | Decision | Reason | Revisit if | |
| 25 | |---|---|---| |
| 26 | | <what was chosen> | <why> | <what would change it> | |
| 27 | |
| 28 | ## Constraints discovered |
| 29 | |
| 30 | - <constraint> - <how it was found, so it can be re-verified> |
| 31 | |
| 32 | ## Dead ends |
| 33 | |
| 34 | - <approach> - <why it failed, in one line> |
| 35 | |
| 36 | ## Open questions |
| 37 | |
| 38 | - <question> - <what would answer it> |
| 39 | |
| 40 | ## Key files |
| 41 | |
| 42 | | Path | What it is | |
| 43 | |---|---| |
| 44 | | `<path>` | <one line> | |
| 45 | |
| 46 | ## Verify before continuing |
| 47 | |
| 48 | - <fact the next step depends on, and the cheap command that confirms it> |
| 49 |