Skills

Handoff

Clipboard-ready handoff prompt for another agent to investigate or continue a task.

Install

npx skills add openclaw/agent-skills --skill handoff -g -a claude-code -y
Repository
openclaw/agent-skills1.1k
Category
AI and agents
Updated
3d ago
License
MIT
Context cost
Lightabout 1,072 tokens
Runs scripts
No, instructions only

What it does

Clipboard-ready handoff prompt for another agent to investigate or continue a task.

Handoff

Write a clipboard-ready prompt for another agent to investigate, discuss, or work on a specific task.

Use when the user asks for handoff <task>, "write a handoff", "delegate this", or wants a prompt for another agent.

Workflow

  1. Identify the task from the user text. If the user gives only a short label, infer from the current repo, recent discussion, branch name, linked issue/PR, docs, and obvious nearby context.
  2. Gather enough context to write a useful handoff: repo/product identity, relevant issue/PR/branch names, likely modules, constraints, and known symptoms. Do not perform the receiving agent's full independent review or decide the final technical direction for them.
  3. Write a standalone prompt for a fresh agent.
  4. Copy the full prompt to the clipboard.
  5. Final reply: terse confirmation with the task title. Do not paste the full prompt unless the user asks.

Handoff Prompt Rules

The prompt must:

Read the whole SKILL.md on GitHub

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