Budget Continue Skill

When the session budget warning fires, this skill presents a 4-option continuation menu and (when invoked inside a Claude Code session) can schedule the appropriate follow-up action using native Claude Code tools.

Invocation

claude-dev-stack budget continue

Or invoke this skill directly: /budget-continue

The 4 Options

Option 1: Remind me later (CronCreate)

Creates a one-shot CronCreate reminder that fires in the current Claude Code session after a delay.

When the user selects this option inside a Claude Code session:

Use CronCreate to schedule a reminder:
  Title:    "Resume GSD session — budget warning"
  Prompt:   "/budget-continue"
  Schedule: "+1h"  (or user-chosen delay)
  Repeat:   false

Option 2: Auto-continue locally (Desktop task)

Creates a Desktop task that fires on the local machine after a delay and runs the GSD resume workflow.

When the user selects this option inside a Claude Code session:

Use the Desktop task tool:
  Prompt:   "/gsd-resume-work"
  Schedule: "+1h"  (or user-chosen delay)

Note: The machine must be on when the task fires. STATE.md is read to determine what to resume.

Option 3: Auto-continue in cloud (Cloud task)

Creates a Cloud task that runs on Anthropic infrastructure. Performs a fresh git clone and runs the GSD resume workflow autonomously — works even when the local machine is off.

When the user selects this option inside a Claude Code session:

Use the Cloud task tool:
  Repo:     (git remote origin URL — auto-detected)
  Prompt:   "/gsd-resume-work"
  Schedule: "+1h"  (or user-chosen delay)

Note: All state must be committed to git. GSD guarantees this via STATE.md.

Option 4: Continue now

No scheduling action. Prints a message to continue with the current session. Useful if the user decides to keep working and address the budget limit later.

What the scheduled task runs

Both Desktop and Cloud tasks run /gsd-resume-work, which reads .planning/STATE.md:

• If stopped_at is present: resumes from that point using resume_file as context
• If no stopped work: runs maintenance tasks (check PRs, /gsd-next, /gsd-health)

The loop.md template (if installed to .claude/loop.md) provides the full maintenance loop instructions for scheduled tasks.

Notes

• Hooks cannot interactively invoke Claude Code tools — hence the CLI command for manual invocation.
• When invoked as a skill inside a Claude Code session, scheduling tools (CronCreate, Desktop, Cloud) are directly available.
• The budget warning message includes: Run: claude-dev-stack budget continue as a reminder.