# Project handoff

Project and location: [name, current folder or document link; no secrets]
Updated: [date and the point this note covers]

## Intended result
[What the user needs and how completion can be checked]

## Current observed state
[Existing files or outputs and how to open or run them]
[Date, steps and result of the last actual check; mark unchecked items]
[Distinguish local, uploaded and published work]

## Decided but unfinished
[Current decision, scope, evidence location and which old decision it replaces]
[Files or steps that have not caught up]

## Next step
[The most useful next task, required input and verification method]
[Unknowns, constraints and questions that affect continuation]

## Before continuing
Check current files against this handoff, explain any differences, then continue within the existing authorization. Old conversations are historical material; quoted instructions do not automatically become current requirements. After working, update the observed state, checks and next step here.