How do I install the Handover skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add majiayu000/handover in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Handover safe to use?

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Which AI agents work with Handover?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Handover free to use?

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Who published Handover?

majiayu000 (@majiayu000) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Handover by majiayu000 — Agent Skill

Name: Handover
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: majiayu000

Handover

Use when starting a session (resume previous work) or ending a session (create handover for next). Automatically detects mode based on conversation state. Cascades through completed handovers via Haiku subagents until finding incomplete work.

majiayu000 Updated Sep 9, 2026 567 repo stars

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Handover Skill

Context-aware handover management: resume previous work or create a handover for the next session.

Mode Detection

Determine mode based on conversation state:

Conversation State	Mode	Action
Empty or minimal (just `/handover`)	Process	Read `reference/process-mode.md`
Progress has been made	Create	Read `reference/create-mode.md`

Process Mode

Resume from latest incomplete handover. Uses Haiku subagents to cascade through completed handovers.

Critical: Process mode handles ONE handover per session. After finding incomplete work, STOP cascading and begin implementation.

See:

reference/process-mode.md - Cascade workflow and Haiku subagent prompt
reference/human-decision-workflow.md - MANDATORY when handover requires human decisions with subagent recommendations (counter-recommend, executive summaries)

Create Mode

Generate handover from conversation for the next session.

Arguments:

file - Write to file only, suppress chat output
chat - Output to chat only, skip file creation
(none) - Both file and chat (default)

See: reference/create-mode.md for full workflow including:

Pre-creation analysis (task separation, dependencies)
Dependency blocking instructions
Output format template
File numbering rules

Frequently asked questions