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handoff from thedotmack/claude-mem is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add thedotmack/claude-mem/handoff@git:20261020.826811ePins git:20261020.826811e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- thedotmack/claude-mem
- Path
plugin/skills/handoff/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20261020.826811e, committed Oct 20, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 30, 2026
- Size
- 5,756 bytes
- Repository stars
- 102,153
- License
- Apache-2.0
Generate a HANDOFF.md that captures goal, current state, files touched, failed attempts, and next steps — so a fresh Claude session can continue exactly where this one left off. Use when sessions are getting long, Claude keeps retrying the same broken solution, or the user wants to step away and resume later.
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 Generate a structured `HANDOFF.md` file that gives a fresh Claude session everything it needs to continue this work without dragging the current degraded context forward. claude-mem already injects recent observations into every new session, so the fresh agent starts with a timeline of what happened. The handoff adds what that timeline cannot: the goal, the failed attempts and why they failed, the current theory, and exact next steps, plus pointers into memory for deeper recall. ## When to Use - The session is long and Claude feels confused or repetitive - Claude keeps trying the same failing solution over and over - The user wants to step away and resume later - `/compact` ran but Claude still lacks clear direction - The user says "handoff", "generate a handoff", "I want to start fresh", or "write a handoff doc" ## What to Capture Think hard about the full arc of this conversation before writing. The handoff must be useful to a Claude instance that has never seen this conversation. ### Required Sections …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add thedotmack/claude-mem/handoff@sha256:544b146f2260dbb5The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261020.826811e, 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_s7fz2ujbxfmxu4lq)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 20, 2026, about one every 21 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261020.826811e latest | 2026-10-20 | 826811e | 5,756 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260930.e80a880 | 2026-09-30 | e80a880 | 5,658 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 (5756 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
thedotmack/claude-mem · 102,153 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_s7fz2ujbxfmxu4lq GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=thedotmack/claude-mem/handoff GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/544b146f2260dbb5f01a4f8635bf2db94625c4cb81c96cfb4b6a294bd36043d9
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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