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handoff

Skill0 starsChanged 10 days agoApache-2.0View on GitHub

Write a handoff of the current session so a fresh one can pick it up after a break, while the prompt cache is still warm.

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    Run before a break of an hour or more in a long session: written now, the summary costs cache reads.

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    If the user passed an argument, tailor the doc to that next task and drop what it does not need.

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    Redact: no token, password, secret value or customer data.

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SKILL.md

Handoff

Run before a break of an hour or more in a long session: written now, the summary costs cache reads; after the break, the same context is re-written at the full cache-write price.

  1. Write ~/.claude/handoffs/<YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM>-<slug>.md (create the folder if missing), in English, at most 60 lines:
    • Goal: what the user is trying to get done, in their words when they gave them.
    • State: what is done, with links (MR and ticket URLs, commit hashes, absolute file paths). Reference artifacts, never copy their content.
    • Open: what is left, the next concrete action first, and every pending question to the user.
    • Decisions: choices already made and why, so the next session does not reopen them.
    • Background work: anything still running (CI, deploy, reminder) and how to check it.
    • Skills to load: the skills the next session needs first. If the user passed an argument, tailor the doc to that next task and drop what it does not need.
  2. Redact: no token, password, secret value or customer data. Name where a secret lives, never its value.
  3. Repoint reminders, only when command -v tickler succeeds and tickler edit --help lists --fresh (Tickler 0.12+); otherwise skip this step without mentioning it. tickler list --due all --json, keep status == "open" and sessionId == $CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_ID. For each, tickler edit <id> --fresh --prompt 'Read <absolute path> and continue from "Open"', and append the path to its existing notes (tickler show <id> --json first, then --notes -: notes are replaced, not appended). Their Resume then starts a new session instead of reopening this one. List them in one line.
  4. Hand over: copy Read <absolute path of the handoff> and continue from "Open". to the clipboard with pbcopy, then tell the user in one line to run /clear and paste it. Done when the file exists and the clipboard holds that line.

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