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catchup

Use when the human returns after a gap, cannot follow the project, asks what happened, or wants a visual HTML recap page. Not for onboarding: use onboard. Not for handoff: use handoff.

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# Catchup

## Contract

| Field | Bound contract |
|---|---|
| Trigger | The human returns after a gap, says they can't follow the project, asks what happened or what a term means, faces a decision with a stale mental model, or asks for a visual recap page of the project. |
| Authority | Reversible local: mode visual writes only the recap page under `<project-root>/diagrams/`; mode briefing writes nothing; rollback is deleting the written file. No remote mutation. |
| Side effect | Mode briefing: none; it briefs, it does not act. Mode visual: writes the 8-section recap page to the diagrams directory and opens it. |
| Done | Mode briefing: a cold-read of the briefing requires no pre-gap memory or unglossed coined term to parse; needs-you items are each actionable without opening another file; every claim has a checkable source; it fits on a screen with expansion offered rather than delivered. Mode visual: a returning developer can rebuild the mental model from the page, and next steps derive only from evidence. |

## Inputs

- Mode: `briefing` (default) or `visual`.