Handoff

Move active work to a fresh Codex thread without carrying the old transcript forward. Create enough durable context for the next thread to continue from the current state, then create the thread when tooling is available.

Workflow

1. Confirm the transfer target.

   • Treat the user invocation as the latest instruction.
   • If the user asks for prompt-only output, do not create a thread.
   • If thread creation tools are not already visible, search for create_thread before falling back to a manual prompt.
   • Prefer a fresh create_thread flow over a fork unless the user explicitly asks for copied thread history.

2. Capture the current execution context.

   • Record the current working directory and repository root.
   • Record the current branch with git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD when inside git.
   • Check git status --short and include only meaningful changed-file context.
   • Include model and reasoning effort only when the active environment exposes them; do not invent them.
   • Preserve user constraints, confirmed decisions, blockers, validation results, and open questions that affect continuation.