Handoff

Handoff is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by PromptPartner in agentsmith.

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Install Handoff

Copy Handoff into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/PromptPartner/agentsmith/tree/master/skills/handoff ~/.claude/skills/handoff

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/PromptPartner/agentsmith.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/handoff/SKILL.md in PromptPartner/agentsmith
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/handoff
Collection: One of 13 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 2032 skills

What Handoff does

Handoff checkpoints work for recovery when a session is ending, context is tight, or an external gate is near. It writes durable state and a paste-ready kickoff block so the next session can resume without losing details.

Handoff is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Handoff comes from a repository tagged agentic-ai, agentic-coding, ai-agents, ai-tools and automation.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Handoff — memory first, then the kickoff

A fresh session has zero memory of this one; the handoff note is the only bridge. Run this whenever work winds down — even if no one asked (core/50).

When this fires

"handoff" / "wrap up" / "let's stop here" / context pressure / a closed phase / before a long external wait, merge, release, deployment, or other irreversible external gate.

Runtime neutrality

This workflow is identical in every client. Never infer the active agent from this skill's install path: portable canonical content may be copied into a required client adapter such as .claude/skills. Use “fresh chat” rather than a runtime-specific reset command so the note remains portable.

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Handoff

What else does PromptPartner publish alongside Handoff?
Handoff is one of 13 skills that DirSkills catalogs from PromptPartner/agentsmith, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Autonomous Run, Design Review and Example Skill. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Handoff does, and is maintained by PromptPartner in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the PromptPartner/agentsmith page.
How does Handoff compare to other Automation skills?
Handoff ranks #1880 by stars among the 2032 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Handoff against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.