Capture session context for a fresh agent. Use for handoffs, context limits, switching focus, ending sessions, or splitting work across sessions.
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
Capture the context a fresh agent needs to continue without re-asking, re-discovering, or repeating mistakes.
## Core Principles
1. **Describe state.** Write "Auth is implemented; logout is not started," not "Implement logout next." The next agent chooses actions from the context.
2. **Link existing artifacts.** Reference PRDs, plans, ADRs, issues, commits, diffs, and design docs by path or URL instead of copying their content.
3. **Preserve why.** Capture decisions, rejected approaches, and failures that code alone cannot explain.
4. **Require verification.** Present claims as context to check against the actual code, not facts to trust blindly.
5. **Redact secrets and PII.** Never include keys, tokens, passwords, or personal data. Name credential locations (e.g. ".env.local, not committed"), never values.
6. **Keep only useful context.** Omit obvious, redundant, or explanatory material recoverable from code or project configuration.
## Procedure
1. Read existing project instructions (AGENTS.md or equivalent). Keep the handoff session-specific; do not repeat those instructions.
2. Read and update any prior handoff instead of starting from scratch.
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The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260926.7dce66c, 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.
A 17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
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Source
GitHub
davidondrej/skills · 4,161 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_tkl6ps2l5jbfmt3v
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=davidondrej/skills/handoff
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/fd82044e86b91a8d4dfdc2ac9550430f8ddde0c3d0da9acc59326402697f8690
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