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# ai-handoff
- `ai-handoff` is a stateless Rust workspace member. It shells out to native `git` for repository discovery and ignore
- checks; do not introduce libgit2 or persisted CLI state.
+ `ai-handoff` is a stateless Rust workspace member. It runs native `git` as a subprocess for repository discovery and
+ ignore checks. Do not introduce libgit2 or persisted CLI state.
## Architecture
- - `src/cli.rs` defines the public command line; `src/error.rs` and `src/main.rs` map failures to stable exit classes.
+ - `src/cli.rs` defines the public command line. `src/error.rs` and `src/main.rs` map failures to stable exit classes.
- `src/create.rs` validates handoff metadata, publishes new handoffs atomically, and verifies clipboard commands.
- `src/archive.rs` moves completed handoffs into the user archive.
- `src/git.rs` is the only subprocess boundary for Git operations.
## Invariants
- Frontmatter has exactly the six documented keys in contract order.
- Creation never overwrites a target or traverses symlinked handoff directories.
- Failed creation removes its staged file, published target, and any directories created by that invocation.
- Tests isolate repositories, `HOME`, clipboard commands, and archive storage in temporary directories.
## Validation
From `toolkit/`, run the narrowest relevant `cargo test -p ai-handoff` filter first, then `just rust-check` for the
aggregate Rust gate.
## CLI reference
- `ai-handoff` creates immutable task-handoff Markdown files, emits the exact Codex launch command for them, archives
- completed handoffs without changing the rest of a document.
+ `ai-handoff` creates immutable task-handoff Markdown files. It emits the exact Codex launch command for them. It
+ archives completed handoffs without changing the rest of a document.
### Installation
- Requires Git, Cargo, and the rolling Rust nightly toolchain:
+ Installation requires Git, Cargo, and the rolling Rust nightly toolchain:
```sh
cargo install --git https://github.com/PaulRBerg/agent-skills ai-handoff --locked --root "$HOME/.local"
```
For local development, install the current checkout instead:
```sh
cargo install --path . --locked --force --root "$HOME/.local"
```
### Commands
```text
ai-handoff create [--check] --repo <dir>... [--launch-repo <dir>]
--category <category> --task <task> [--draft <body.md>]
[--before-work-skill <dir>] [--no-clipboard] <FILENAME.md>
ai-handoff archive <handoff-path>
```
- `create` canonicalizes and deduplicates Git worktrees. A single-repository handoff is published below that repository's
- ignored `.ai/task-handoffs/` directory. A cross-repository handoff is published below `$HOME/Desktop/.ai/task-handoffs/`
- and requires an explicit launch repository plus a `## Repository order` section. Publication descends through no-follow
- directory handles, is no-overwrite and atomic, and clipboard commands are copied through `pbcopy` and verified through
- `pbpaste` unless `--no-clipboard` is passed. `--draft` is required except with `--check`, which validates placement
- without reading a draft or writing files. `--before-work-skill` requires an absolute directory with a readable
- `SKILL.md` and appends an instruction to load it before any task work to the generated Codex prompt. Generated handoff
- files abbreviate every occurrence of the active home directory as `~`; reported paths and launch commands remain
- absolute.
+ `create` canonicalizes and deduplicates Git worktrees. ai-handoff publishes a single-repository handoff below that
+ repository's ignored `.ai/task-handoffs/` directory. It publishes a cross-repository handoff below
+ `$HOME/Desktop/.ai/task-handoffs/` and requires an explicit launch repository plus a `## Repository order` section.
+ Publication descends through no-follow directory handles. It is atomic and never overwrites a target. Unless
+ `--no-clipboard` is passed, ai-handoff copies clipboard commands through `pbcopy` and verifies them through `pbpaste`.
+
+ Except with `--check`, `--draft` is required. That check validates placement without reading a draft or writing files.
+ `--before-work-skill` requires an absolute directory with a readable `SKILL.md`. It appends an instruction to the
+ generated Codex prompt to load that skill before any task work.
+
+ Generated handoff files abbreviate every occurrence of the active home directory as `~`. Reported paths and launch
+ commands remain absolute.
`archive` moves a handoff to `$HOME/.local/share/task-handoffs/archive/<origin>/`, adding a UTC timestamp when the name
is occupied.