session-handoff is agent-read markdown (skill) from ai-analyst-lab/ai-analyst: Preserve critical state when a session approaches context limits so the next session can pick up seamlessly. Use this skill whenever you're in a long, multi-step workflow, working with Google Workspace resources (Docs, Slides, Drive), creating external resources that have IDs you need to track, running multi-step pipelines that might need to be resumed, approaching context limits, or when the user says things like "save state", "let's pause", "I'll come back later", "save progress", "I need to s.
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# Skill: Session Handoff
## Purpose
Preserve critical state when a session approaches context limits, so the next
session (or `/resume-pipeline`) can pick up seamlessly. Prevents lost work when
context compaction occurs or the user starts a new conversation.
## When to Apply
Automatically when:
- A long multi-step workflow is in progress
- A multi-step Google Workspace workflow is in progress
- The pipeline involves external resource IDs (doc IDs, slide IDs, Drive folders)
- Before any pause point where the user might come back later
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## What to Save
Write to the EXACT path `working/session_state.yaml` (not `session_state_handoff.yaml` or any variant). The `/resume-pipeline` command looks for this specific file path.
This file MUST be comprehensive, regardless of how simple the handoff seems. Capture ALL of the following information:
**Required Fields (always include):**
- ✅ Dataset name and connection details
- ✅ Task description (what analysis/work is in progress)
- ✅ Pipeline progress (what's complete, what's next)
- ✅ All external resource IDs (Google Docs, Slides, Drive files) with URLs
- ✅ Local file inventory (working/ and outputs/ directories)
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GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fy7man3kdxzer6kc
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ai-analyst-lab/ai-analyst/session-handoff
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b9bbcf862796f9880e85df9b2c1981c3837d13e5fb21d6d396c5c402ee360706
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