ca-status · diff
git:20260712.eee3949 to git:20260903.bc9c216
13 added, 1 removed. Audit A to A.
---
name: ca-status
description: Show the project's current state at a glance — stage, open tasks, open questions, overrides since the last checkpoint, current branch. Read-only.
- argument-hint: (none)
+ argument-hint: "(none) | drift"
---
# $ca-status — state snapshot
A read-only summary of `.codearbiter/` state. No skill is routed to; no file is modified.
+
+ <!-- catalog-command-modes:start -->
+ ## Drift mode
+
+ <!-- command-mode:drift legacy-route:context-check -->
+ With the exact argument `drift`, load and follow
+ [skills/ca-context-check/SKILL.md](../ca-context-check/SKILL.md). The audit begins read-only; re-scout or re-baseline may
+ write only after the user's explicit selection. In drift mode the `context-check` contract governs;
+ the opening summary and Hard gate below apply only to the no-argument snapshot. With no argument,
+ continue with the unchanged read-only snapshot below. Reject other arguments rather than treating
+ them as drift mode.
+ <!-- catalog-command-modes:end -->
## Flow
The orchestrator reads and presents:
1. **Stage** — the `stage:` maturity value from `<project-root>/.codearbiter/CONTEXT.md` frontmatter.
2. **Pipelines** — every slug in `<project-root>/.codearbiter/specs/` and `plans/`, with how
far each got: spec awaiting approval, spec approved / no plan, plan in progress (`ACCEPTED` count
vs. total from the plan's status column), or complete. An interrupted pipeline is resumable via
`$ca-feature` — say so on its line.
3. **Open tasks** — the in-flight count from `<project-root>/.codearbiter/open-tasks.md`
(top-level `- ` bullets excluding done `- [x]`; the same `_taskboardlib` count the
SessionStart hook uses).
4. **Open questions** — the count of unresolved `[CONFIRM-NN]` placeholders in
`<project-root>/.codearbiter/open-questions.md`.
5. **Overrides since last checkpoint** — entries in `<project-root>/.codearbiter/overrides.log`
newer than the marker in `<project-root>/.codearbiter/last-checkpoint`.
6. **Current branch** — from git.
## Output
```
## Project status — YYYY-MM-DD
Stage: N
Branch: <current branch>
Pipelines:
<slug> plan 3/7 ACCEPTED — resume with $ca-feature "<slug>"
<slug> spec approved, no plan
Open tasks: N
Open questions: N ([CONFIRM-NN] unresolved)
Overrides since last checkpoint: N
```
No specs and no plans → `Pipelines: none`.
If `[CONFIRM-NN]` placeholders are open, surface them — do not resolve them here.
## When NOT to use
- A full cross-cutting review → `$ca-checkpoint`.
- A specific question → `$ca-btw`.
## Hard gate
Read-only. MUST NOT modify any file. MUST NOT resolve a `[CONFIRM-NN]` it surfaces. No skill is routed
to by this command.