Matt Pocock Handoff Skill · Productivity

Matt Pocock Handoff Skill: Pass Context to the Next Agent

Give the next agent the state, path, and next action it needs.

Matt Pocock's user-invoked Handoff Skill compacts the current conversation into a redacted continuation document saved outside the workspace. It carries the state, artifact path, uncertainty, next action, and suggested skills; it is separate from Teach and Grill Me.

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Agent handoff
Session summary
Redacted context

About This Skill

Matt Pocock's Handoff Skill is a user-invoked continuation workflow. It writes a compact document outside the current workspace with the current state, exact artifact or path, remaining uncertainty, one next action, suggested skills, and redaction checks. It is a separate source entity from Teach and Grill Me.

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The original expertise stays intact. Focused refinements make it easier to start, follow the guidance, and know when the work is finished.

Original foundation

Matt Pocock · commit d28dfdc

The original Skill knowledge, package structure, attribution and original license terms are preserved. Follow the source link to see where this edition began.

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A source-faithful edition with the improvements explained below. The download includes the original attribution and everything needed to follow the Skill’s guidance.

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What We Improved

Keep the depth you came for. Get clearer starting points, practical guidance and an explicit finish line.

A use-when branch for handoff intent

Recognize a session boundary and carry current state, open work, artifacts, and suggested skills into a continuation document.

A compact completion check

Before saving, gather state, carrying path, uncertainty, one next action, suggested skills, redaction, and references instead of copying artifacts.

Start at the Context Boundary

1Invoke Handoff explicitly when another agent, turn, or workspace must continue the work.
2Name the current state, artifact or path that carries the work, remaining uncertainty, and one next action.
3Add the suggested skills section and reference existing specs, plans, issues, commits, diffs, or files instead of copying them.
4Redact sensitive data, check for duplicate artifacts, and save the document to the user OS temporary directory.

Example Command

Create a handoff for the next agent with the current state, first artifact path, one blocker, one next action, and suggested skills.

Core Capabilities

Compact continuation artifact

Turn a conversation boundary into a small document another agent can open and act on.

Exact paths and remaining work

Name the artifact, file, or URL that carries the work and the uncertainty that remains.

Suggested next skills

Tell the next agent which skills to invoke without duplicating the full source artifact.

Redaction and de-duplication

Keep sensitive content out and point to existing artifacts instead of copying their contents into the handoff.

Use Cases

Agent-to-agent continuation

Pass a bounded task from one agent or workspace to another without restarting discovery.

Session boundary

Leave a future session a compact state summary and a concrete first file or path to open.

Long-running implementation

Carry current decisions, open uncertainty, and the next action across context limits.

Sensitive-context transfer

Use the redaction and de-duplication checks before saving a continuation artifact.

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# Matt Pocock Handoff

This focused edition derives from Matt Pocock's MIT-licensed productivity/handoff Skill at commit d28dfdc39beadc3142a33359b5cfa4765dcbd0bc. The package remains user-invoked, keeps its argument hint and temporary-directory output rule, and retains the OpenAI metadata that prevents implicit invocation.

The source asks for a handoff document that references existing artifacts rather than duplicating them, includes a suggested skills section, and redacts sensitive information. The focused instruction diff makes the use-when branch and a compact pre-save check explicit: current state, carrying artifact/path, uncertainty, next action, suggested skills, redaction, and no duplicate content. It is not Teach, Grill Me, or a generated handoff file.

Matt Pocock Teach SkillBuild a learning workspace that carries lessons across sessions. Handoff is the separate Skill for passing context to the next agent.Grill MeA separate Matt Pocock entry point for pressure-testing plans and designs.PonytailA separate Skill for turning context into a bounded next action.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Matt Pocock Handoff Skill?

It is Matt Pocock’s explicit-invocation productivity Skill for writing a compact continuation document with current state, exact artifacts or paths, remaining work, uncertainty, one next action, and suggested skills.

Is Handoff the same as Teach or Grill Me?

No. Handoff writes a continuation document. Teach is a separate stateful learning workspace, and Grill Me is a separate decision-pressure-test entry point; their SKILL.md files are not bundled here.

How do I install Handoff, and where does it save the document?

Run `npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills`, select the productivity/handoff child, then invoke it explicitly. The source instructs it to save in the user OS temporary directory rather than the current workspace; the actual path is determined by the host and live run.

What should a handoff contain?

It should name the current state, the artifact or path carrying the work, remaining uncertainty, one next action, suggested skills, and references to existing artifacts without duplicating their content.

Does Handoff share secrets or copy whole plans?

The source requires sensitive information to be redacted and existing specs, plans, issues, commits, diffs, and files to be referenced rather than copied. A live handoff still needs a human review of its contents.

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Trigger Phrases

Use these phrases to activate this skill in your AI coding assistant:

/handoffCreate a handoff for the next agent.Summarize this session for another workspace.Pass the current state and next action to the next agent.