Claude Handoff

by mattpocockc55ee46073edNo licenseListed Oct 8, 2026Updated Oct 8, 2026

Hand the current conversation off to a fresh background agent that picks up the work immediately.

AI-generated overview

Writes a handoff summary of the current conversation and launches a fresh background agent seeded with it.

What it does
This skill produces a handoff summary of the current conversation so a fresh agent can continue the work. Rather than saving the summary, it launches a background agent with the summary as its prompt, starting in the current working directory and returning immediately. The summary includes a suggested-skills section, references existing artifacts by path or URL instead of duplicating them, and redacts sensitive information.
When to use it
Use it when work should continue in a new session and the current context needs to be transferred to a fresh agent. It fits situations where the user wants a background agent to pick up the task right away, optionally tailored to what the next session will focus on.
Requirements
Requires the Claude CLI with background agent support (claude --bg) and the claude agents command for managing jobs. No scripts are shipped; it is instructions only.

Write a handoff summary of the current conversation so a fresh agent can continue the work. Instead of saving it, launch a background agent seeded with the summary as its prompt: claude --bg --name "<descriptive name>" "<handoff summary>". It starts in the current working directory and returns immediately; the user manages it with claude agents.

Always pass -n/--name with a descriptive name (e.g. --name "Fix login bug"); it sets the display name shown in the job list, session picker, and terminal title.

Include a "suggested skills" section in the summary, naming which skills the next agent should call the Skill tool for.

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, since the summary becomes the agent's prompt.

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

Source and attribution

Source:mattpocock/skillsinskills/in-progress/claude-handoffat commitc55ee46

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