Pause the currently active goalkeeper goal without losing state. Use when the user invokes /goal-pause. The goal can later be resumed with /goal-resume.
Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.
Are you the author of Goal Pause?
Add the live security badge to your README. It updates with every re-scan.
[](https://www.skillsdirectory.com/skills/bonfire-systems-goal-pause)
---
name: goal-pause
description: Pause the currently active goalkeeper goal without losing state. Use when the user invokes /goal-pause. The goal can later be resumed with /goal-resume.
---
You are operating the **goal-pause** skill.
## Flow
Run:
```
python3 "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/gk.py" pause
```
gk handles everything: it refuses cleanly if there is no active goal or the goal is already paused/done/needs_human, and otherwise sets `status = paused`, stamps `paused_at`, and appends the log entry. Relay its output to the user.
**Pause vs park:** pause means "I'll be right back" — the goal keeps the active slot. If the goal is actually waiting on a *person* (credential, consent, decision), use `gk park <slug> --needs "<what>"` instead: it frees the slot so other goals can run, and `gk status` carries the unblock instruction.
## Hard rules
- Do not cancel or alter any pending ScheduleWakeup. The wakeup prompt checks status via `gk status` and stops when not active, so a stale wakeup is a no-op.
- Do not touch any state beyond what `gk pause` writes.
