Agent skill

handoff

Prepare a session handoff — summarize progress, annotate tasks with current status, and identify what's ready for the next session. Use at the end of a work session or when the user says they're done for now.

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SKILL.md

Session Handoff

Prepare context for the next session so work can continue seamlessly.

Process

  1. Review active tasks — call task_list with filter +ACTIVE to find tasks that were being worked on. For each:

    • Use task_annotate to record what was accomplished and what remains
    • Use task_stop to mark them as no longer active
  2. Review pending tasks — call task_list with filter status:pending to see the full backlog. Note any tasks whose status has changed based on work done this session.

  3. Log unplanned work — if work was done that wasn't tracked as a task, use task_log to record it retroactively with appropriate project and tags.

  4. Update blocked tasks — if any blockers were resolved this session, use task_modify to remove dependencies or update descriptions.

  5. Present the handoff summary:

    • Done this session: tasks completed or logged
    • Progress made: annotations added to in-progress tasks
    • Ready to pick up next: pending tasks sorted by priority that aren't blocked
    • Blockers: any tasks that are blocked and why

Keep the summary concise — the goal is to give the next session (or agent) a clear starting point.

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