handoff
Installation
SKILL.md
Handoff
Two modes, same skill.
- write — summarize the current conversation into
./HANDOFF.mdso a fresh session can continue the work - resume — read
./HANDOFF.mdin a fresh session and pick up where the last session left off
Pick the mode from the user's intent:
- "handoff", "save context", "wrap this up", "I'm out of time" → write mode
- "resume from handoff", "load handoff", "read the handoff", "pick up where we left off" → resume mode
State the mode you're entering in one short sentence before proceeding. If the intent is ambiguous (e.g., the user just says "handoff" and ./HANDOFF.md already exists), ask which mode they want.
Write mode
The person reading your handoff is a fresh Claude with zero memory of this conversation. Everything they need — the task, the decisions made and why, what's been tried, what's next — has to be on the page. If a detail only lives in this conversation's scrollback, write it down.