Skill

start

Start a new mission — /missions:start "<objective>". Creates the per-project mission control plane and enters the planning interview.

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How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both

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/missions:start

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The summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill

Start a new mission with the objective given in the arguments (ask for one via

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Last CommitJun 11, 2026

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Start a new mission with the objective given in the arguments (ask for one via AskUserQuestion if missing). Steps — run them now:

First-run checks (warn, don't block):
- The user's .claude/settings.json (project or user scope) should set "agent": "missions:missions-orchestrator" for mission sessions. If absent, print the exact line to add and continue.
- .claude/missions/ should be git-ignored (interview answers can be sensitive; the dir bloats commits). If not covered by .gitignore/.git/info/exclude, warn and offer to append.
Mint the mission: UUID="$(uuidgen | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')". Create ./.claude/missions/$UUID/ plus subdirs handoffs evidence validation library skills planning hints. Copy every ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/templates/new-mission/*.tpl into the mission dir (strip the .tpl suffix) replacing {{MISSION_SHORT_ID}} (first 8 uuid chars), {{NOW}} (UTC ISO-8601), {{WORKING_DIRECTORY}} (the project root, or what the user specified), {{OBJECTIVE}} / {{OBJECTIVE_TITLE}}. Write $PWD git branch + working dir to working_directory.txt.
Activate: write the uuid to ./.claude/missions/active-mission.txt.
Log: ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/append-progress.sh mission_run_started '{"message":"Mission created: <objective summary>. Starting planning interview."}'
Begin the planning interview per the missions-orchestrator state machine (state.json already says planning_interview). If the current session agent is NOT missions-orchestrator, tell the user to restart with it and stop here.