handoff is a skill in alirezarezvani/claude-skills, last changed 30 Oct 2026. It can run shell commands, reach the network, name web addresses and bundle scripts — read the findings before installing.
Compact the current conversation into a handoff document for another agent to pick up, referencing existing artifacts (PRDs, plans, ADRs, issues, commits, diffs) by path or URL instead of duplicating them. Use whenever the user wants to hand off to a fresh agent, is ending a session mid-task, asks for a handoff doc or a summary of state, decisions and next steps for the next session, or starts a new session that picks up prior work.
At a glance
What it can touch
How much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.
Pattern check
Nothing flagged
That isn't proof the skill is harmless.
Commit 7f92eda · 3 Nov 2026
How the check worksPattern check: nothing flagged
That isn't proof the skill is harmless.
Install
Each tab says whether it installs commit 7f92eda, the one we checked, or the latest version.
OpenCode also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Goose also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Windsurf (Devin Desktop) also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Zed also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Roo Code also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Factory Droid also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Junie also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Amp also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
No install command here reaches Kiro. Copy the skill's folder into .kiro/skills/ in your project, or ~/.kiro/skills/ for all your projects. alirezarezvani/claude-skills/engineering/handoff/skills/handoff (opens in a new tab)
Antigravity also looks in .agents/skills/, so the Any agent steps reach it with This project. For All projects, see where Antigravity looks.
Cline also looks in .claude/skills/, so the Claude Code steps reach it with This project. For All projects, see where Cline looks.
Claude Code
Pinned to commit 7f92eda, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 7f92edacf8510771db03672232ca14471ff69c47 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- engineering/handoff/skills/handoff &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 7f92edacf8510771db03672232ca14471ff69c47 &&mkdir -p .claude/skills &&mkdir .claude/skills/handoff &&cp -R "$tmp"/engineering/handoff/skills/handoff/. .claude/skills/handoff/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"If Claude Code was already running and this created the skills folder, run /reload-skills.
Claude apps
Pinned to commit 7f92eda, the one we checked.
Skills in the Claude apps belong to your account rather than to a project.
Make handoff.zip, with the skill folder at the top level:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 7f92edacf8510771db03672232ca14471ff69c47 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- engineering/handoff/skills/handoff &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 7f92edacf8510771db03672232ca14471ff69c47 &&out="$(mktemp -d)" &&cp -R "$tmp"/engineering/handoff/skills/handoff "$out"/handoff &&(cd "$out" && zip -qr - handoff) > handoff.zip &&rm -rf "$tmp" "$out"In Claude, open Customize > Skills, select +, then + Create skill > Upload a skill, and choose handoff.zip.
On Free, Pro and Max plans, turn on Code execution and file creation (Create and edit files in newer settings) under Settings > Capabilities.
Codex
Pinned to commit 7f92eda, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 7f92edacf8510771db03672232ca14471ff69c47 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- engineering/handoff/skills/handoff &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 7f92edacf8510771db03672232ca14471ff69c47 &&mkdir -p .agents/skills &&mkdir .agents/skills/handoff &&cp -R "$tmp"/engineering/handoff/skills/handoff/. .agents/skills/handoff/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"Codex picks up new skills on its own; restart it if this one does not appear.
Cursor
Pinned to commit 7f92eda, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 7f92edacf8510771db03672232ca14471ff69c47 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- engineering/handoff/skills/handoff &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 7f92edacf8510771db03672232ca14471ff69c47 &&mkdir -p .cursor/skills &&mkdir .cursor/skills/handoff &&cp -R "$tmp"/engineering/handoff/skills/handoff/. .cursor/skills/handoff/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"Copilot & VS Code
Pinned to commit 7f92eda, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 7f92edacf8510771db03672232ca14471ff69c47 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- engineering/handoff/skills/handoff &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 7f92edacf8510771db03672232ca14471ff69c47 &&mkdir -p .github/skills &&mkdir .github/skills/handoff &&cp -R "$tmp"/engineering/handoff/skills/handoff/. .github/skills/handoff/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"In a running Copilot CLI session, run /skills reload.
Or install it with gh skill, which also installs the commit we checked. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90 or later.
gh skill install alirezarezvani/claude-skills engineering/handoff/skills/handoff/SKILL.md@7f92edacf8510771db03672232ca14471ff69c47 --agent github-copilot --scope projectGemini CLI
Pinned to commit 7f92eda, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 7f92edacf8510771db03672232ca14471ff69c47 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- engineering/handoff/skills/handoff &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 7f92edacf8510771db03672232ca14471ff69c47 &&mkdir -p .gemini/skills &&mkdir .gemini/skills/handoff &&cp -R "$tmp"/engineering/handoff/skills/handoff/. .gemini/skills/handoff/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"In a running session, run /skills reload.
Or use Gemini CLI’s own installer. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked.
gemini skills install https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git --path engineering/handoff/skills/handoff --scope workspaceAny agent
Pinned to commit 7f92eda, the one we checked.
OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Zed, Roo Code, Factory Droid, Junie, Amp and Antigravity read .agents/skills in a project.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 7f92edacf8510771db03672232ca14471ff69c47 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- engineering/handoff/skills/handoff &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 7f92edacf8510771db03672232ca14471ff69c47 &&mkdir -p .agents/skills &&mkdir .agents/skills/handoff &&cp -R "$tmp"/engineering/handoff/skills/handoff/. .agents/skills/handoff/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"Or use the skills CLI from skills.sh. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked. The skills CLI reports installs to skills.sh unless you set DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1.
npx skills@1.7.4 add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill handoffWhat it can touch
From the files and frontmatter at commit 7f92eda. This is how much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.
Pattern check
Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit 7f92eda · 3 Nov 2026
We checked every text file in this skill, at commit 7f92eda on 3 Nov 2026, against 45 published patterns such as download-and-run commands, hidden text and credential access. We don't run the skill, we don't read the web pages it points to, and we can't judge everything its instructions might lead an agent to do. In published tests, pattern checks like this one missed most malicious skills. Read the skill before you install it — especially anything it asks you to download or run.
How the check worksReport an incorrect finding
Outside links we did not follow
- https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/productivity/handoff
- https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/
- https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/agents
- https://github.com/.../issues/142
- https://github.com/.../commit/abc1234
- https://github.com/.../blob/abc1234/src/auth.py#L42-L80
- https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/agents/skills
- https://github.com/.../blob/SHA/src/foo.py#L42-L80
Format check
Each agent reads SKILL.md a little differently. We check the file against each one's published rules; we don't run the skill in any agent.
Agent Skills specPasses with warnings
The open format from agentskills.io, held to the strictest version of each rule among the agents we check.
- Warning
Fields outside the spec: argument-hint (read by Claude Code and VS Code). Uploads to the Claude apps and API, and the spec's validator, reject the file; most agents ignore these fields. O1
Fix: Delete them for a portable skill, or keep them if you only target the agents that read them.
- Note
Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/deduplication_discipline.md (197 lines), references/handoff_structure.md (164 lines) and references/next_session_skill_matching.md (122 lines). B5
Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.
- Warning
Claude CodePasses
Claude Code reads its own extra fields, ignores unknown ones, and still loads a skill whose frontmatter is broken, without its fields.
- Note
Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/deduplication_discipline.md (197 lines), references/handoff_structure.md (164 lines) and references/next_session_skill_matching.md (122 lines). B5
Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.
- Note
Claude apps & API uploadFails
Uploading to claude.ai or the Claude API, or packaging with Anthropic's script, accepts only the six spec fields and stops on anything else.
- Error
Upload and packaging fail on fields outside the spec: argument-hint. O1
Fix: Delete them, and keep your own data under metadata as text values.
- Note
The description is 436 characters. The claude.ai Help Center says 200 at most, though Anthropic's API docs and validator allow 1,024. D4
Fix: If the claude.ai upload refuses it, trim the description to 200 characters.
- Note
Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/deduplication_discipline.md (197 lines), references/handoff_structure.md (164 lines) and references/next_session_skill_matching.md (122 lines). B5
Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.
- Error
OpenAI (Codex & API)Passes with warnings
Codex finds SKILL.md by its exact name and needs a description; OpenAI's Skills API checks the frontmatter against the spec and caps uploads.
- Warning
Fields outside the spec: argument-hint. Codex ignores them; OpenAI doesn't say whether its upload accepts them. O1
Fix: Delete them, or move your own data under metadata as text values.
- Warning
- VS Code & CopilotPasses
SKILL.md
Files
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