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ai-memory handoff

Use this skill for single-use cross-session handoffs. Handoffs are for the next agent, not durable project documentation.

Tools in this cluster

• memory_handoff_list is the read-only inspect path: it returns open handoffs without claiming or expiring them. Use it when no SessionStart handoff block is in context (Grok, Zero, and other no-stdout / MCP-only clients), when the user asks what is pending, or when you need an exact id.
• memory_handoff_accept consumes one open handoff. Prefer listing first when no prepended block is visible, then pass the listed handoff_id to claim that exact row. Omitting handoff_id claims the latest eligible open handoff. Use this when the user asks where we left off and no already-fetched handoff block is visible.
• memory_handoff_begin creates a terse next-session handoff only when the user is wrapping up, ending the session, or explicitly asks to save context for the next session.
• memory_handoff_cancel expires a mistaken pending handoff by exact handoff id from begin or list.

Single-use handoff behavior

The SessionStart hook usually fetches and consumes any pending handoff before the agent sees its first prompt. If the current context already contains a pending handoff block, answer from that block directly. Do not call the accept tool again to find it in another project, because handoffs are single-use: after SessionStart consumed it the tool returns no handoff, with status consumed_by_hook when the client forwards its session id and none_pending otherwise.

If no pending handoff block is visible, inspect with memory_handoff_list first. Listing does not claim or expire anything. When the user asks where we left off, claim one listed row with memory_handoff_accept and that handoff_id, using the client-aware project scope below. Do not treat list as a second accept path.

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