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# Session Open > **Deprecated.** This skill is superseded by [[skills/resume/SKILL.md|/resume]] (docs/two-verb-lifecycle.md). New installs should reach for `/resume`; this file stays for anyone still invoking `/open` by habit during the transition. Run this at the start of every normal working session. ## First-run detection Before the normal protocol, read `.aigent/state.json`. - If `status` is not `ready`, run `/start` instead of the normal open protocol. - If the JSON state is missing but `.aigent/first-run-done` exists, treat the installation as ready and create the JSON state as a compatibility migration. - Do not inspect natural-language placeholders in `system/00_identity.md`. Product state belongs in machine-readable state, not in whether a sentence happens to survive an edit. ## Protocol **Unbanked-session recovery:** Compare `.aigent/last-close`, if present, with the newest Session Captures in `vault/daily/`. If newer captures exist, recover a short summary into `vault/memory/SESSION_LOG.md`, mark it `(auto-recovered)`, and continue. State the recovery in one neutral line. 1. **Load the heat index** from `vault/memory/HEAT_INDEX.json` when present. Use `hot_top_20` as the prioritized reading list. If missing, use steps 2 through 6 normally. 2. **Read the latest daily note** in `vault/daily/`. 3. **Read the session log** at `vault/memory/SESSION_LOG.md` and extract the newest next action and open threads. 4. **Read active priorities** at `vault/memory/ACTIVE_...