handoff SKILL.md skillA
handoff from kensaurus/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add kensaurus/skills/handoff@git:20260923.cf348bdPins git:20260923.cf348bd in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- kensaurus/skills
- Path
skills/handoff/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260923.cf348bd, committed Sep 23, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 4, 2026
- Size
- 2,850 bytes
- Repository stars
- 9
- License
- MIT
Compact the current conversation into a handoff document a fresh agent can pick up. User-invoked via /handoff; an optional argument describes what the next session will focus on.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Handoff **Degree of freedom: LOW.** Contents, redaction, and temp-dir save `[LOW freedom — run exactly]`. What to emphasize for the next session `[HIGH freedom]`. > Adapted from [mattpocock/skills](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills) (MIT). ## How to reason 1. **Observe** — what is done, verified, and still open 2. **Interpret** — which claims are implemented vs scoped-verified vs assumed 3. **Classify** — include / point-at-artifact / omit (already in an ADR) 4. **Severity** — a false "green" in the handoff is worse than a missing detail ## Worked example > **Observe:** auth UI landed; RLS migration is a local file only; tests not run. > **Interpret:** UI is implemented, backend is not deployed-verified. > **Classify:** write "implemented, not verified"; point at the migration path; do not say SHIP. > **Save:** OS temp file, print the path; do not commit the handoff into the repo. ## Self-critique before writing - **Ladder honest** — no upgraded verification claim - **No secrets** — keys/tokens/PII redacted - **Pointers not copies** — ADRs and plans referenced by path - **Right owner** — permanent decisions → `docs-adr`, not this file …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add kensaurus/skills/handoff@sha256:9a3b1c89b20edbadThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260923.cf348bd, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Aug 4, 2026 and Sep 23, 2026, about one every 17 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260923.cf348bd latest | 2026-09-23 | cf348bd | 2,850 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260821.2a41031 | 2026-08-21 | 2a41031 | 2,838 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260818.6723100 | 2026-08-18 | 6723100 | 1,743 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260804.fb32038 | 2026-08-04 | fb32038 | 1,553 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2850 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
kensaurus/skills · 9 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_a77zj5qyoiqayuna GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kensaurus/skills/handoff GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/9a3b1c89b20edbadb8be72699414bf47143b9040453c2c79e1bab4c0c4d646d9
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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