zoom-outlisted
Install: claude install-skill tomcounsell/ai
# Skill: /zoom-out
## Repo Context Probe
If `.claude/skill-context/zoom-out.md` exists, read it and honor its declarations; otherwise use the generic defaults described below.
The context file is where a repo declares project-local tools for the steps below — a memory/recall CLI to synthesize recent context (Step 1) and a messaging CLI for remote delivery of the summary (Step 5). When the file is absent (the common case in a foreign repo), reconstruct context from `git log` and any session notes, and just print the summary in-session.
## Purpose
Pull back from the current task, reassess priorities, and reorient toward the actual goal — before more time is spent solving the wrong problem.
## When to Use
- You are on a third consecutive patch loop on the same issue and it is still not fixed
- The current sprint has drifted from the original goal
- A session has gone quiet or circular — same fixes, same failures
- The user says "step back", "zoom out", or "are we doing the right thing?"
- Before starting a fourth implementation attempt on something that keeps breaking
## Steps
1. **Synthesize recent context.** If the repo context file declares a memory/recall CLI, use it to surface observations related to the current work area and read the top results, noting any corrections or pattern observations that apply. Otherwise reconstruct recent context from `git log` (Step 3) and any session notes — there is no generic memory store to query.
2. **Check open GitHub issues.** Ge