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/neuroflow:phase

Show the current project phase and optionally switch to a different one.

/phase gives you a quick status overview — what phase you're in, what phases have been worked on, and when the last session was. It also lets you switch phase if you want to jump to a different part of the pipeline.

When to use it

  • You want to quickly check where you are in the project
  • You want to switch from one phase to another
  • You're orienting yourself at the start of a session (though /neuroflow does this too)

What it does

  1. Reads project_config.md to get the current active phase
  2. Reads root flow.md to list all phase subfolders that exist
  3. Checks sessions/ for the most recent session log

Then prints a compact status:

Current phase: ideation
Phases worked on: ideation, experiment
Last session: 2026-03-09

Available phases to switch to:
  [ ] grant-proposal
  [ ] tool-build
  [ ] tool-validate
  [ ] data
  [ ] data-preprocess
  [ ] data-analyze
  [ ] paper
  [ ] review
  [ ] notes

  1. Asks: "Do you want to switch to a different phase, or continue with the current one?"

  2. If you pick a different phase, it updates project_config.md and .claude/CLAUDE.md with the new active phase, then suggests the corresponding command.

Example session

/neuroflow:phase

Current phase: data-preprocess
Phases worked on: ideation, experiment, data, data-preprocess
Last session: 2026-03-08

Continue with data-preprocess, or switch phase?

You: Switch to data-analyze — preprocessing is done.

Claude: ✅ Active phase updated to: data-analyze

        Run /neuroflow:data-analyze to continue.

Files read and written

Direction Files
Reads .neuroflow/project_config.md, .neuroflow/flow.md, .neuroflow/sessions/
Writes project_config.md and .claude/CLAUDE.md (only if phase is changed)
  • /neuroflow — full project status + session start
  • /sentinel — audit project for consistency issues