/work-sessions

List all active sessions and project status in Workstation.

Context: This skill is designed for the Manager session inside Workstation. If Claude detects it's not in a Manager context (no workstation socket responding), inform the user:

•"This skill works from the Manager session in Workstation."
•"Open the Workstation app and use /work-sessions from the Manager terminal."

When to Use

•See what sessions are running and their status
•Get session IDs for direct dispatch
•Overview of all tracked projects
•Before dispatching work

Implementation

1. Query active sessions from daemon

bash

${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/workstation-dispatch list-workers

Response:

json

{
  "status": "ok",
  "sessions": [
    {
      "sessionId": "abc123",
      "repo": "webapp",
      "repoPath": "/path/to/repo",
      "taskId": "feature_name",
      "lastActive": "2026-01-31T14:30:00Z",
      "workContext": "Implementing user auth API | Writing tests for login endpoint"
    }
  ]
}

The workContext field contains a brief snippet of recent session activity (from terminal output). Use it to give the user a sense of what each session is doing without switching to it.

2. Read projects index

bash

cat ~/.varie/manager/projects.yaml

3. For each project with a path, check latest work

bash

# Find latest archive entry
ls -t <repo>/archive/ | head -1

# Read HANDOVER.md for current status
cat <repo>/archive/<latest>/HANDOVER.md | head -30

4. Format combined output

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## Active Sessions

| ID | Repo | Task | Last Active | Working On |
|----|------|------|-------------|------------|
| abc123 | webapp | user_auth | 5 min ago | Writing tests for login endpoint |
| def456 | varie | auth_refactor | 30 min ago | Refactoring middleware chain |

## Projects Overview

| Project | Path | Latest Feature | Status |
|---------|------|----------------|--------|
| webapp | ~/projects/webapp | 03_user_auth | Step 3/5 in progress |
| varie | ~/projects/varie | 02_auth | Completed |
| data-pipeline | ~/projects/data-pipeline | - | No archive |

Use:
- /dispatch <id> <message> - Send to specific session
- /route <repo> <message> - Auto-route to repo
- /project <name> - Detailed project view

If No Daemon Running

Show projects overview only (without active sessions).

If No Projects Configured

code

No projects configured in ~/.varie/manager/projects.yaml

Add projects:
```yaml
projects:
  my_project:
    path: /path/to/repo
    status: active

Or use /route to auto-create sessions.

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## Example

User: "What's the status across my work?"

Active Sessions

ID	Repo	Last Active
ml2abc	webapp	2 min ago

Projects Overview

Project	Latest Feature	Status
webapp	03_user_auth	In progress - "Working on response types"
my-project	01_initial_planning	Phase C1 complete

2 active sessions across 2 projects.

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