Agent skill · openclaw
handoff
Clipboard-ready handoff prompt for another agent to investigate or continue a task.
What it needs
About 3k tokens when loaded.
What this skill does
Handoff Write a clipboard-ready prompt for another agent to investigate, discuss, or work on a specific task. Use when the user asks for handoff <task>, "write a handoff", "delegate this", or wants a prompt for another agent. Workflow 1. Identify the task from the user text. If the user gives only a short label, infer from the current repo, recent discussion, branch name, linked issue/PR, docs, and obvious nearby context. 2. Gather enough context to write a useful handoff: repo/product identity, relevant issue/PR/branch names, likely modules, constraints, and known symptoms. Do not perform the receiving agent's full independent review or decide the final technical direction for them. 3. Write a standalone prompt for a fresh agent. 4. Copy the full prompt to the clipboard. 5. Final reply: terse confirmation with the task title. Do not paste the full prompt unless the user asks. Handoff Prompt Rules The prompt must: Start a discussion, not a command-only work order. Ask the receiving agent to do an extensive independent review before changing anything. Make clear that the receiving agent owns that review; the handoff only gives starting context and known constraints. Ask the agent to decide whether the task is a good idea, stale, already solved, over-scoped, or better handled differently. Assume the agent starts in the repo, a parent directory, a workspace directory, or a home directory and can find the repo itself. Avoid filesystem paths. No absolute paths, home-directory paths, checkout names, or repo-relative file paths unless the user explicitly requests them. Use portable anchors instead: repo owner/name, product/module names, issue/PR URLs, branch names, package/plugin names, public symbols, command names, config keys, exact error text, docs titles, and search terms. Include enough context for the receiving agent to get the right repo, boundary, and desired outcome. Include constraints, non-goals, validation expectations, and the desired output shape. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills openclaw/handoff