queue-handoff skillA
queue-handoff is agent-read markdown (skill) from mvschwarz/openrig: Use when ending a turn, finishing a slice, blocked on another agent's work, or escalating to a human — durable work handoff via queue items so the system keeps moving across compactions, missed messages, and interruptions. Covers the hot-potato terminal-turn-rule (active work ends by passing the ball, not by going idle), default-nudge semantics, and when `--no-nudge` is appropriate for intentional cold park or human gate..
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What the file says
# Queue Handoff Durable work handoff via queue items. Lets the system keep moving through compactions, missed messages, and interruptions by passing the ball forward instead of leaving work suspended in chat or in-flight without an owner. ## Use this when - **Ending a turn on substantive work.** Active work should end by passing the ball to an owner or to the human — never by going idle with the rig appearing dormant. - **Finishing a slice that has a clear next step.** Default-nudge: receiver gets a wake-ping plus the durable queue item. - **Blocked on another agent's work.** Park the qitem with `closure_reason: blocked_on` and the blocker qitem id. - **Escalating to the human.** Make the escalation a durable attention item, not just a chat message. ## Don't use this when - The work is genuinely complete and there's no follow-on owner. Use `closure_reason: no-follow-on` (terminal completion) or `canceled`/`denied` as appropriate. - The handoff would be too small and turn work into bureaucracy. Bundle the work into a coherent slice instead of decomposing every step. - The handoff would be too broad and lose ownership/proof/closure …
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How to install
mdr add mvschwarz/openrig/queue-handoff@git:20260907.386e515mdr add mvschwarz/openrig/queue-handoff@sha256:118942b0b67d5b0aPin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
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| git:20260907.386e515 latest | 2026-09-07 | 386e515 | 11,132 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260830.034606a | 2026-08-30 | 034606a | 11,943 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260830.80d5290 | 2026-08-30 | 80d5290 | 11,072 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260826.bdc404f | 2026-08-26 | bdc404f | 11,967 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260805.cabd2b2 | 2026-08-05 | cabd2b2 | 9,383 B | A | view |
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Source
mvschwarz/openrig · 362 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-09-25 · branch main
API
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