version: "1.0.1" name: next description: /next — park a discovered bug or TODO without stopping, then keep working in the same turn; defer an owner's follow-up to TODO.md. NOT for bugs found during a deliberate code audit or a decision the owner owes (use /bugs), NOT for diary entries (use /diary). when_to_use: "park this, log this and keep going, don't fix now, note this and continue, do this next, add to TODO, defer this, note for later, later" user-invocable: true

/next — park and continue

Record a discovered issue or idea without switching context. Log it, then keep working in the same turn.

When to use

• Found a side issue while fixing something else — park it, keep going.
• Noticed a missing feature — note it, finish the current task first.
• The owner defers a follow-up past this session — TODO.md, see § Later.
• NOT for bugs found during a deliberate code audit — use /bugs for that.

What to record

If it looks like a bug: append an entry to BUGS.md at project root, in the bugs skill's § Entry format (create the file if missing).

If it looks like a feature or general TODO for this session: add it via the TodoWrite tool as a new pending task. NEVER write a session TODO to TODO.md or any file — § Later is the one write.

When in doubt: use TodoWrite. When TodoWrite is unavailable the item lives in this conversation only — ALWAYS state it verbatim in the report line so it survives in context, and still NEVER write it to a file.

Later — defer past the session

When the owner defers an item ("later", "add to TODO", "defer this", "come back to this"), it outlives the session: append ONE bullet (- <item>, one line, no trailing punctuation) to <cwd>/TODO.md under the section whose topic matches, else under ## Later (create the heading if absent). No TODO.md → emit the bullet inline and say none was found. A recurring or timed item (every, daily, weekly, scheduled, remind, cron) belongs in a scheduler — point at /schedule, NEVER auto-schedule. With no text given, ask "What do you want to defer?" and wait for one reply.

A decision the owner owes is not a deferral: record it in BUGS.md with status needs sign-off or owner decision, per the bugs skill § Entry format.

After recording

Say one line: what was logged and where (BUGS.md, TODO.md, the tasks list via TodoWrite, or this conversation). Then continue immediately — no summary, no context switch, no explanation of what was parked.

NEVER end the turn on that line. ALWAYS resume the work that was in flight. When nothing is in flight, the parked item IS the work — ALWAYS start it in the same turn, oldest parked item first when several are waiting, marking it in_progress if it is in TodoWrite. A § Later item is exempt: NEVER start it — the owner deferred it past this session.