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This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.

kanso-handoff from blakecyze/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add blakecyze/skills/kanso-handoff@git:20260903.30b5bb9

Pins git:20260903.30b5bb9 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: blakecyze/skills
Path: skills/kanso/skills/kanso-handoff/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 1
Latest version: git:20260903.30b5bb9, committed Sep 3, 2026
Size: 3,971 bytes
Repository stars: 5
License: MIT

Use when the user wants the current session's context packaged for the next one: "package this session", "carry this context over", "before I /clear", "handoff", "save where we are", "compact this into a prompt for next time". Writes one dense, machine-readable file and prints the resume line. Not for durable repo guidance (kanso-context) or permanent solution notes.

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

# kanso-handoff

Packages what this session knows into `.claude/handoff.md` so `/clear` costs nothing. The file is a baton, not a log: each run overwrites the last, the next session reads it and continues, and nothing else is kept.

The audience is the next agent session, not a person. Density beats politeness; a fact the next session must not re-derive beats a paragraph about how it was derived. Everything in `kanso-principles` about earning lines applies double here, because every line of the handoff is paid for at the start of every future turn.

## What goes in

Header first, one line: date, branch, `HEAD` short sha. The next session diffs against this to detect drift since the handoff.

Then these sections, each optional, each tight. `$ARGUMENTS` may narrow the pack to one strand of a mixed session.

| Section | Holds | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Goal | The task, one or two sentences, user's point of view | Present tense, no history |
| State | Done and verified / done but unverified / not started | Verified means a command ran and passed, nothing softer |
| Decisions | Each with its one-line reason | A decision without the why gets re-litigated next session |
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add blakecyze/skills/kanso-handoff@sha256:68db15ba0c73faca

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260903.30b5bb9, 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.

Badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_pb2gzc7x5i4zcyue.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_pb2gzc7x5i4zcyue)

4 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 3, 2026.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20260903.30b5bb9 latest	2026-09-03	30b5bb9	3,971 B	A	view

Audit of the latest version

A 17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.

pass: Frontmatter block present
pass: Frontmatter declares a name
pass: Frontmatter declares a description
pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3971 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

GitHub

blakecyze/skills · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_pb2gzc7x5i4zcyue
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=blakecyze/skills/kanso-handoff
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/68db15ba0c73facae5582b1aae5c6dbab389c29d5651075f10d3a5e2b9d9ab7f

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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