From 79b37122df8f81c168317382266d859345ad9a02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Codeman maintainer <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 16:14:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(story-mode): a stop names the step Claude was on and what
 its to-do list still had open

From review round 9: "You stop Claude here, during its step 3." said
where Claude was, not what that meant. The stop now carries the step's
own words, "during its step 3 (new tests under test/)", and when Claude
kept a to-do list, what was still open on it: "Not done yet: Write the
new tests; Update the README and 1 more."

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/story-mode.ts                             | 16 ++++++++++--
 .../teammates-then-interrupt.expected.json    |  2 +-
 test/story-corpus.test.ts                     |  2 +-
 test/story-mode.test.ts                       | 25 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/story-mode.ts b/src/story-mode.ts
index 7b27b381..dac6000a 100644
--- a/src/story-mode.ts
+++ b/src/story-mode.ts
@@ -2742,11 +2742,23 @@ function completePanel(turn: StoryTurn, page: Omit<StoryPage, 'panels'>, trailin
   // Where a stop landed: the step Claude last announced ("Step 3: …"), and what it had saved by then.
   const announced = [...page.events].reverse().find((e) => e.intent === 'say' && /^\W{0,4}step \d+\b/i.test(e.label));
   const step = announced ? /step (\d+)/i.exec(announced.label)?.[1] : undefined;
+  // What that step was, in Claude's words: "Step 3: new tests under test/." brings "new tests under test/".
+  const stepWhat = announced
+    ? /^\W{0,4}step \d+\W{0,3}[:.-]\s*([^.!?\n]{3,80}?)\s*(?:[.!?](?:\s|$)|\n|$)/i
+        .exec(announced.label.replace(/[`*]/g, ''))?.[1]
+        ?.replace(/[:;,]$/, '')
+    : undefined;
   const savedBefore = page.events.reduce((n, e) => n + (e.commits ?? 0), 0);
+  // What was still open on Claude's own to-do list when you stopped it.
+  const todos = [...page.events].reverse().find((e) => e.todos?.length)?.todos;
+  const open = todos?.filter((t) => !t.done).map((t) => clip(t.text, 60)) ?? [];
+  const notDone = open.length
+    ? ` Not done yet: ${open.slice(0, 2).join('; ')}${open.length > 2 ? ` and ${open.length - 2} more` : ''}.`
+    : '';
   const story = turn.interrupted
-    ? `You stop Claude here${step ? `, during its step ${step}` : ''}.${
+    ? `You stop Claude here${step ? `, during its step ${step}${stepWhat ? ` (${stepWhat})` : ''}` : ''}.${
         savedBefore ? ` Saved before the stop: ${plural(savedBefore, 'commit')}.` : ''
-      }`
+      }${notDone}`
     : page.noneWorked
       ? 'Nothing Claude tried worked, so the job is not done.'
       : turn.endedBy === 'next prompt'
diff --git a/test/fixtures/story-corpus/teammates-then-interrupt.expected.json b/test/fixtures/story-corpus/teammates-then-interrupt.expected.json
index eab757ba..8e69d1c6 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/story-corpus/teammates-then-interrupt.expected.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/story-corpus/teammates-then-interrupt.expected.json
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
       {
         "kind": "complete",
         "ok": null,
-        "story": "You stop Claude here, during its step 3. Saved before the stop: 2 commits.",
+        "story": "You stop Claude here, during its step 3 (new tests under test/). Saved before the stop: 2 commits.",
         "director": "interrupted · 2 min 41 s · 5 tool calls · 4 files changed",
         "balloon": "Step 3: new tests under test/.",
         "tests": null,
diff --git a/test/story-corpus.test.ts b/test/story-corpus.test.ts
index eec0a710..72a35ba4 100644
--- a/test/story-corpus.test.ts
+++ b/test/story-corpus.test.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ describe('Story Mode on real sessions', () => {
       ['human', true],
     ]);
     expect(pages[3].panels.at(-1)?.story).toBe(
-      'You stop Claude here, during its step 3. Saved before the stop: 2 commits.'
+      'You stop Claude here, during its step 3 (new tests under test/). Saved before the stop: 2 commits.'
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/test/story-mode.test.ts b/test/story-mode.test.ts
index 0024f187..6f0b4703 100644
--- a/test/story-mode.test.ts
+++ b/test/story-mode.test.ts
@@ -984,6 +984,31 @@ describe('buildStoryPage', () => {
     expect(pageOf([prompt('c'), ...bash('b1', 'git commit -qm x', 'Commit', ''), end(1000)]).events[1].commits).toBe(1);
   });
 
+  it('a stop names the step Claude was on and what its to-do list still had open', () => {
+    const stopped = (lines: unknown[]) =>
+      pageOf([...lines, prompt('[Request interrupted by user]')]).panels.find((p) => p.kind === 'complete')!.caption
+        .story;
+    expect(
+      stopped([
+        prompt('three things'),
+        tool('t1', 'TodoWrite', {
+          todos: [
+            { content: 'Split the module', status: 'completed' },
+            { content: 'Write the new tests', status: 'in_progress' },
+            { content: 'Update the README', status: 'pending' },
+            { content: 'Update CONTRIBUTING', status: 'pending' },
+          ],
+        }),
+        result('t1', 'Todos have been modified successfully.'),
+        ...bash('b1', 'git commit -qm "split"', 'Commit', ''),
+        said('Step 2: **new tests** under `test/`. First I work out the values.'),
+      ])
+    ).toBe(
+      'You stop Claude here, during its step 2 (new tests under test/). Saved before the stop: 1 commit. Not done yet: Write the new tests; Update the README and 1 more.'
+    );
+    expect(stopped([prompt('go'), ...bash('b1', 'ls', 'List', 'a')])).toBe('You stop Claude here.');
+  });
+
   it('the first save in a folder Claude made a repository says so; a bare copy target does not count', () => {
     const save = (lines: unknown[]) => pageOf(lines).panels.find((p) => p.kind === 'save')!.caption.story;
     expect(