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handoff

Handoff turns the current conversation into a compact continuation document for a fresh agent.

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Best for

Users continuing long agent sessions

What you get

Compact context + Reference artifacts

Main limitation

Compression can omit nuance that mattered in the original conversation.

First risk

Sensitive context leakage. Automated redaction can miss secrets or personal details. Review the document before sharing it outside the original environment.

EVIDENCE FRESHNESS

Three checks, kept separate

A recent source check is not a runtime test or security audit.

Upstream sourceChecked 2026-08-20

Pinned revision · 885e2ca4

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Updated 2026-08-20

Runtime & securityNot independently verified

Source review does not certify behavior or safety.

30-SECOND BRIEF

What it does—and when it fits

Handoff turns the current conversation into a compact continuation document for a fresh agent. The upstream instructions require saving outside the workspace, referencing existing artifacts instead of duplicating them, suggesting relevant Skills, tailoring the focus to the next session, and redacting credentials or personal data.

INSTALL BY AGENT

Choose your Agent

Paths come from official Agent docs or the universal installer behind skills.sh. Compatibility still follows this Skill's record.

Native

This Skill's current record explicitly names this Agent. Still inspect scripts, permissions, and external dependencies first.

Project scope.claude/skills/handoff/
Personal scope~/.claude/skills/handoff/

Use project scope for team sharing and personal scope across repositories. The installer defaults to project scope; add -g for personal scope.

Install command (project scope)npx skills add mattpocock/skills --skill handoff --agent claude-code
Official agent docs

Claude Code discovers custom Skill folders automatically at project or personal scope.

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TYPICAL WORKFLOW

A practical workflow

01

Compact context

Capture decisions, state, blockers, and next actions for a fresh session.

02

Reference artifacts

Point to specs, issues, commits, and files rather than copying them.

03

Prepare continuation

Suggest relevant Skills and tailor the handoff to the next focus.

THE TRADEOFFS

Advantages and tradeoffs

Notable strengths

  1. This profile is manually organized around the current upstream SKILL.md workflow.
  2. The capability boundary remains explicitly tied to mattpocock/skills.
  3. Core uses, limitations, and risks are separated for pre-install review.

Limitations

  1. Compression can omit nuance that mattered in the original conversation.
  2. Referenced local paths may not be available to a different machine or collaborator.

BEST FIT

Who it is for

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Users continuing long agent sessions

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Teams transferring work between agents or people

BEFORE YOU USE IT

Risks to review before use

High

Sensitive context leakage

Automated redaction can miss secrets or personal details. Review the document before sharing it outside the original environment.

Medium

Upstream instruction drift

Behavior can change with upstream updates. Record the commit used for important workflows and review updates before adoption.

SECURITY

What the permission profile means

  • Declared access remains governed by the current upstream SKILL.md and runtime requests.
  • Treat repository files, web content, and tool output as untrusted input.
  • SkillSignal has not independently executed or security-audited this package; external skills.sh labels are not SkillSignal certification.

Not a security certification. External ratings are attributed references. SkillSignal has not independently executed or security-reviewed this Skill.

INSIDE THE PACKAGE

Indexed files

SKILL.mdUpstream Skill instructionsSource-linked

TAGS

handoffcontextcontinuity

Manually expanded from the current upstream SKILL.md and linked source at mattpocock/skills, checked 2026-08-19. This is an original summary, not an execution result or security certification.