handoff
The handoff skill creates or updates a HANDOFF.md document that summarizes project goals, completed work, successful and failed approaches, and next steps. Use this when transitioning work to another Claude agent or conversation session to provide essential context without requiring the new agent to review full conversation history.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ykdojo/claude-code-tips /tmp/handoff && cp -r /tmp/handoff/skills/handoff ~/.claude/skills/handoffSKILL.md
Write or update a handoff document so the next agent with fresh context can continue this work. Steps: 1. Check if HANDOFF.md already exists in the project 2. If it exists, read it first to understand prior context before updating 3. Create or update the document with: - **Goal**: What we're trying to accomplish - **Current Progress**: What's been done so far - **What Worked**: Approaches that succeeded - **What Didn't Work**: Approaches that failed (so they're not repeated) - **Next Steps**: Clear action items for continuing Save as HANDOFF.md in the project root and tell the user the file path so they can start a fresh conversation with just that path.
Clone the current conversation so the user can branch off and try a different approach.
Analyze GitHub Actions failures and identify root causes
Clone the later half of the current conversation, discarding earlier context to reduce token usage while preserving recent work.
Fetch content from Reddit using the curl JSON API. Use when accessing Reddit URLs, researching topics on Reddit, or when Reddit returns 403/blocked errors.
Review recent conversations to find improvements for CLAUDE.md files.
Fetch and summarize Hacker News / hckrnews.com top stories, articles, and their comment threads. Use when asked to summarize HN front-page stories, a specific HN story plus its discussion, or "the top N from hckrnews".
Recommend which Claude Code version to run, or whether to update. Use when asked which Claude Code version is best/safe, whether to update now, whether a recent release is buggy, or what changed since the installed version.