Cadence Needs Context — Productivity skill for Claude Code
Mark a task NEEDS_CONTEXT (shortcut for build task --status=NEEDS_CONTEXT).
How to install Cadence Needs Context
Installs to ~/.claude/commands/thomas-powers-jr-cadence-cadence-needs-context.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thomas-powers-jr/cadence/HEAD/.claude/commands/cadence-needs-context.md -o ~/.claude/commands/thomas-powers-jr-cadence-cadence-needs-context.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Cadence Needs Context does
description: Mark a task NEEDS_CONTEXT (shortcut for build task --status=NEEDS_CONTEXT) argument-hint: [--notes=] allowed-tools: Bash(cadence:*), Read
!cadence needs-context $ARGUMENTS
Supply the missing context, then re-run the task.
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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