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handoff

Use when handing off the conversation to a fresh agent, or starting a session that picks up prior work — compacts it into a handoff doc referencing artifacts instead of duplicating them.

About this skill

Use when handing off the conversation to a fresh agent, or starting a session that picks up prior work — compacts it into a handoff doc referencing artifacts instead of duplicating them.

SKILL.md

handoff.SKILL.md

Place it in your Syntic skills folder. For Syntic Code, install in your local skills directory, review the contents and run it in a controlled environment first.

SKILL.md
---
name: handoff
description: Use when handing off the conversation to a fresh agent, or starting a session that picks up prior work — compacts it into a handoff doc referencing artifacts instead of duplicating them.
category: Engineering
version: 1.0.0
tools: []
---

# Handoff

Write a handoff document summarizing the current conversation so a fresh agent can continue the work, and return it in the chat.

Suggest which skills the next session should use, if any.

Do not duplicate content already captured in other artifacts (PRDs, plans, ADRs, issues, commits, diffs) — reference them by path or URL instead.

If the user described what the next session will focus on, tailor the document accordingly.

## Sections

- **Goal of next session** (from the user's description or inferred)
- **State of play** (what's done, what's blocking)
- **Open decisions** (what the next agent must decide)
- **Skills to use** (concrete list)
- **Artifacts** (paths/URLs to PRDs, plans, ADRs, issues, branches, PRs — do not duplicate their content)

Install

Syntic App

  1. 1Create a dedicated folder for this skill in your local skills library.
  2. 2Place SKILL.md into that folder.
  3. 3Restart Syntic and invoke this skill on matching tasks.

Syntic Code (CLI)

  1. 1Save SKILL.md in your local Syntic Code skills directory.
  2. 2Keep related files in the same skill folder.
  3. 3Run in a safe environment and validate outputs.

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