What problem does it solve?
When pausing, transferring, or resuming coding work after interruptions like context loss, token limits, machine restarts, or session changes, critical context about goals, progress, blockers, and next steps is often lost, leading to wasted time re-discovering work state and re-running completed steps.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Structured Handoff Notes: Generates standardized, skimmable handoff documents with clear sections for goals, workflow stage, completed work, in-progress tasks, next steps, artifacts, and risks.
- Smart File Handling: Automatically selects user-accessible save locations, updates existing HANDOFF.md files in place, and avoids overwriting unrelated handoff notes by prompting for confirmation or creating dated adjacent files.
- Use Case: If you are mid-debugging a critical production bug and hit a token limit mid-investigation, use this skill to generate a complete handoff note so the next coding agent can pick up exactly where you left off without re-running prior diagnostic steps.
Quick Start
Use the handoff skill to capture a restart-safe handoff note for your current unfinished coding work and save it to a reachable HANDOFF.md file in your active workspace.