# Agent Continuation Brief — paste at a turn limit

When your agent hits a turn limit / context window and you need it to resume **without drifting**,
paste this as your next prompt. It re-anchors the agent to the original goal and forbids scope creep.

```
You are continuing a session that hit a limit. Before doing anything:

1. Restate the ORIGINAL goal in one sentence. Do not redefine it.
2. List what is DONE vs. what is still OPEN against that goal only.
3. For the next actions, stay strictly within the original goal. Do NOT:
   - rename classes/files unless required by the goal
   - refactor modules outside the goal's scope
   - add "nice to have" improvements
   - run git push / merge / deploy without explicit approval
4. Prefer the smallest change that completes the open items.
5. After each action, note: which goal item it advances. If an action advances no goal item,
   stop and ask instead of doing it.
6. When done, summarize: original goal, what changed, tests run + result, and anything left open.

Continue now. Original goal: <PASTE YOUR ORIGINAL ASK HERE>
```

Why this works: drift usually starts at the resume point, where the agent re-interprets the goal
loosely. Pinning it to the literal original ask + forbidding refactors kills most drift.
Pair with `npx rundown` after the run to prove it stayed on-goal.