Handoff
Compacts the current conversation into a handoff document so a fresh agent can continue the work…
by zernie · MIT
The skill
Compacts the current conversation into a handoff document so a fresh agent can continue the work in a new session.
Handoff
Write a handoff document summarising the current conversation so a fresh agent can continue the work. Save it to the temporary directory of the user's OS — not the current workspace.
Include a "suggested skills" section in the document, which suggests skills that the next agent should invoke.
Do not duplicate content already captured in other artifacts (specs, plans, ADRs, issues, commits, diffs). Reference them by path or URL instead.
Redact any sensitive information, such as API keys, passwords, or personally identifiable information.
If the user passed arguments, treat them as a description of what the next session will focus on and tailor the document accordingly.
When to Use
- The conversation is long and the work needs to continue in a fresh session
- Handing the current task to another agent (or another person's agent) that has no access to this conversation
- Preserving hard-won context — decisions made, dead ends explored, current state — before it is lost to context compaction
When NOT to Use
- The work is finished; write a commit message, PR description, or docs instead
- The context is already fully captured in artifacts (a plan file, an issue, a spec) — point the next session at those directly
Use this skill
Connect your agent to the Skill Store MCP server and ask for it by ref: zernie/handoff-4559169532.
Details
- Publisher
- zernie
- Category
- AI & Agents › Memory & context
- License
- MIT
- Updated
- 2026-10-14
References
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