handoff-protocol

A multi-agent handoff protocol standardizes how work passes between LLM sessions, ensuring continuity, traceability, and accountability. You need it to prevent context loss when tasks move from one agent session to another.

To structure a handoff document for transitioning tasks, create a markdown file under 05-execution/handoffs/ containing a Handoff ID, Created timestamp, Context Summary, Your Tasks, Contracts to Follow, and Completion notes.

Contract-based coordination in multi-agent workflows works by enforcing explicit expectations and contracts between source and target agents during transitions, ensuring the target agent follows predefined constraints when continuing the task.

Yes, this handoff protocol applies to cross-session transitions across framework components. It standardizes the handoff artifacts required to maintain continuity when moving tasks between different parts of your orchestration framework.

The best way to maintain context continuity is to generate a structured handoff document with context, status, and tasks, and define explicit contracts for the target agent to follow during the transition.

No specific dependencies are required to implement this structured handoff protocol. You only need to generate standardized handoff documents stored under the 05-execution/handoffs directory using the defined markdown schema.