handoff

Compact the current conversation into a handoff document for another agent to pick up.

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npx agentmarket install skill/imaginaerumai-handoff

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Compact the current conversation into a handoff document for another agent to pick up. Use when ending a session mid-task or passing work to a fresh agent.

Use cases: documents, productivity, agent-building

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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md. Checked Oct 25, 2026.

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Skill name: handoff
Description: Compact the current conversation into a handoff document for another agent to pick up. Use when ending a session mid-task or passing work to a fresh agent.
License: MIT
Metadata: author: Matt Pocock · upstream: https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/49dd158d1076134a641b33efb035946536778336/skills/productivity/handoff · adapted-by: Marcin Jeziorek · upstream-license: licenses/mattpocock-skills.MIT.txt
Instructions: 20 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub

Files (3)

SKILL.md
UPSTREAM.md
openai.yaml · agents/

SKILL.md (first lines)

# Handoff

> **Origin.** Written by Matt Pocock in [mattpocock/skills](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills) (MIT), pinned at `49dd158`.
> The upstream text below is verbatim except the edits listed in [UPSTREAM.md](UPSTREAM.md). Our additions live under **Field notes** at the end.

Write a handoff document summarising the current conversation so a fresh agent can continue the work. Save to the temporary directory of the user's OS (`$TMPDIR`, else `/tmp`; `%TEMP%` on Windows) - not the current workspace.

Include a "suggested skills" section in the document, naming which skills the next agent should load.

Do not duplicate content already captured in other artifacts (specs, plans, ADRs, issues, commits, diffs). Reference them by path or URL instead.

Redact any sensitive information, such as API keys, passwords, or personally identifiable information.

If the user passed arguments, treat them as a description of what the next session will focus on and tailor the doc accordingly.

## Field notes

No field data yet. This skill was rarely invoked in the sessions we mined. It stays because `principal-autopilot` calls it before context runs out on long runs.

From imaginaerumai/field-tested-skills, MIT.

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Last commit (this folder): Oct 20, 2026 (8 days ago)
Last release: Oct 20, 2026 (8 days ago)

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Details

License: MIT
Repository: github.com/imaginaerumai/field-tested-skills
First seen: Oct 24, 2026
Last checked: Oct 24, 2026
Source: GitHub github-graphql

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handoff skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/imaginaerumai-handoff (last updated 2026-10-24)