Handoff

Skill ulpi-io/plugin-marketplace/plugins/boshu2/skills/handoff

Hand off to a fresh Claude session. Use when context is full, you've finished a logical chunk of work, or need a fresh perspective. Work continues from hook.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add ulpi-io/plugin-marketplace --skill handoff

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SKILL.md

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Handoff - Session Cycling for Gas Town Agents

Hand off your current session to a fresh Claude instance while preserving work context.

When to Use

Context getting full (approaching token limit)
Finished a logical chunk of work
Need a fresh perspective on a problem
Human requests session cycling

Usage

/handoff [optional message]

How It Works

If you provide a message, it's sent as handoff mail to yourself
gt handoff respawns your session with a fresh Claude
New session auto-primes via SessionStart hook
Work continues from your hook (pinned molecule persists)

Examples

# Simple handoff (molecule persists, fresh context)
/handoff

# Handoff with context notes
/handoff "Found the bug in token refresh - check line 145 in auth.go first"

What Persists

Hooked molecule: Your work assignment stays on your hook
Beads state: All issues, dependencies, progress
Git state: Commits, branches, staged changes

What Resets

Conversation context: Fresh Claude instance
TodoWrite items: Ephemeral, session-scoped
In-memory state: Any uncommitted analysis

Implementation

When invoked, execute:

If user provided a message, send handoff mail:

gt mail send <your-address> -s "HANDOFF: Session cycling" -m "<message>"

Run the handoff command:
```
gt handoff
```

The new session will find your handoff mail and hooked work automatically.

What ships with it

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Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.

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Counted across 848 of the 1,300 authors here whose files we hold, read 2026-09-06

Dispatch one agent per independent problem domainin 56 of 848, across 42 files
Run full test suite after integrationin 55 of 848, across 42 files
Verify fixes do not conflictin 40 of 848, across 32 files
Review each summary when agents returnin 40 of 848, across 31 files
Write a handoff document summarising the current conversationin 30 of 848, across 25 files
Reference existing artifacts by path or URLin 26 of 848, across 24 files
Give each agent a specific scopein 19 of 848, across 10 files
Give each agent a clear goalin 19 of 848, across 10 files
Include a suggested skills section in the documentin 18 of 848, across 16 files
Tailor the doc to the user argumentsin 18 of 848, across 15 files
Issue all subagent dispatches in the same responsein 17 of 848, across 11 files
Use git worktrees for isolationin 17 of 848, across 8 files

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