When to Use

Invoke this skill:

• When context reaches maximum capacity (>150k limit)

• When the user explicitly asks to restart, shift-change, or prep for continuation.

• Before ending a long work session

How to Execute (MANDATORY)

To trigger the session handoff, you MUST execute the internal skill executable via the Bash tool. You shouldn't generate the log yourself—the executable handles all schema management and polling.

node .claude/skills/session-handoff/session-handoff.cjs

Drain-Complete Gate

If the executable fails and prints [session-handoff] ABORT: Cannot handoff session while tasks are active. , you did not follow the drain rule! You must explicitly use TaskUpdate to either mark all active tasks as completed OR suspended before re-running the skill.

Required Setup (Context Preservation)

Before running the skill, ensure that .claude/context/memory/active_context.md is updated with necessary context you want the next agent to know, as the script will synthesize it into the handoff payload.