handoff SKILL.md skillA
handoff from etr/groundwork is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add etr/groundwork/handoff@git:20260912.480a145Pins git:20260912.480a145 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- etr/groundwork
- Path
skills/handoff/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260912.480a145, committed Sep 12, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 22, 2026
- Size
- 4,328 bytes
- Repository stars
- 45
- License
- MIT
Use when ending a session or passing work to another agent - produces a compact handoff document that transfers context, state, and next objective without copying source material.
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 ## Overview A handoff is a **baton, not a backpack**: it carries just enough for the next session to resume, and points at everything else. The receiving agent has none of this conversation's context, so the document is the entire transfer — but it must stay compact, or it competes for the very context budget it is meant to preserve. **Core principle:** Reference artifacts by path or URL; never duplicate their content into the handoff. ## When to Use - Ending a session with work still in progress - Handing a task to another agent or person - Approaching context compaction and wanting a durable resume point The optional `[focus]` argument shapes the summary toward the next objective (e.g. `/groundwork:handoff finish the auth refactor`). Without it, summarize toward the most recent active thread. ## Process ### 1. Locate work products Gather what already exists rather than restating it. Run as needed: ```bash git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD # current branch git log --oneline -5 # recent commits git status --short # uncommitted changes git diff --stat # scope of working-tree changes ``` …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add etr/groundwork/handoff@sha256:053336274bd52291The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260912.480a145, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_qs5gpimwx2cenz24)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jun 22, 2026 and Sep 12, 2026, about one every 81 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260912.480a145 latest | 2026-09-12 | 480a145 | 4,328 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260622.3609064 | 2026-06-22 | 3609064 | 4,115 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 (4328 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
etr/groundwork · 45 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qs5gpimwx2cenz24 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=etr/groundwork/handoff GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/053336274bd52291573f2045b5e55919bdc475718eb1261eaffacc24305a37c5
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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.