# session-handoff

Hands off work between coding agents or summarizes previous runs using the entire CLI, without asking redundant setup questions.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 532 installs · ★ 227
- Author: entireio
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/entireio/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-29
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/entireio-session-handoff

## What it does

The skill transfers task state from one coding assistant to another in the same repository. When switching between tools like Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor, it locates the latest saved session and extracts the raw transcript. The agent drafts a summary with touched files, technical constraints, and pending steps, then gets straight to work.

Under the hood, the skill uses commands from the `entire` CLI. Exploratory commands such as `git log` or `ps aux` are strictly forbidden. Execution will fail immediately if `entire` is older than version `0.6.2`, so having this CLI version ready is mandatory. If the prior agent left a question unanswered, the skill pauses to ask it before writing code.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add entireio/skills --skill session-handoff -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/session-handoff/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add entireio/skills --skill session-handoff -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add entireio/skills --skill session-handoff -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install entireio/skills session-handoff
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add entireio/skills --skill session-handoff -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/entireio/skills --path skills/session-handoff
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add entireio/skills --skill session-handoff -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/entireio/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- transfer task context between different AI coding agents
- summarize recent session transcripts without copying logs manually
- compact an active session when working in the same worktree
- resume interrupted work while keeping constraints and decisions

## Example prompts
- Pick up where Codex left off in this repository
- Summarize the recent session and continue the task
- Run handoff on the current Claude Code session

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: session-handoff
description: Use when the user wants to continue work from one agent in another agent, inspect recent sessions, or summarize a saved session or checkpoint for handoff
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# Hand-Off Session

## Response Format

Begin the first response to this skill invocation with the line:

`Entire Session Handoff:`

followed by a blank line, then the content. Apply the header to the **first response of the invocation only** — not on follow-up turns and not on error / early-exit responses (no sessions found, transcript missing). Its presence signals the skill ran and produced real output. The "Unanswered Question" branch still gets the header.

## STOP — Read these rules before doing ANYTHING

1. **Do NOT ask clarifying questions.** Auto-detect the session and read the transcript.
2. **Do NOT run** `git log`, `git status`, `git branch`, `ps aux`, or any other exploratory commands. Use only the `entire` CLI commands listed below.
3. **Do NOT say** "Would you like me to continue?" or "Let me know if you want me to pick this up." Just read the transcript and start working. Exception: if the previous agent asked the user a question that was never answered, you MUST ask the user that question before proceeding.

Required CLI: entire 0.6.2+ (`session list --json`, `session info --transcript`, `session current --json|--transcript`, `checkpoint explain --json|--transcript|--raw-transcript --session-index N`). If a flag is rejected, tell the user to upgrade and stop.

## Flow: Active session handoff (default — also covers bare invocation and "current"/"active")

### Step 1: Resolve the canonical worktree path

```bash
entire session current --json
```

If the output is valid JSON, read its `worktree_path` field — that is **the** canonical worktree root for this invocation, set by Entire itself. Use it verbatim in the next step (no `cwd` heuristic needed; symlinks, `/private/var`/`/var` quirks, and subdirectory invocation are all handled).

If the output is not JSON (Entire prints `No active session found in this worktree.` when nothing is active), set the canonical worktree path to `null` and rely on the bidirectional prefix-match fallback in Step 2.

### Step 2: Pick the session

```bash
entire session list --json
```

Each entry has `session_id`, `agent`, `status`, `worktree_path`, `started_at`, `last_active`, `turns`, `last_prompt`, `files_touched`. Apply filters in this order:

1. **Worktree scope.** If you got a canonical worktree path in Step 1, keep entries where `worktree_path` equals it exactly. Otherwise, keep entries where `cwd` starts with `worktree_path` **or** `worktree_path` starts with `cwd`. If either filter yields zero entries, fall back to the unscoped list — better to summarize a slightly-off session than to refuse the handoff.
2. **User-named agent filter** (optional). If the user said "codex", "claude", "kiro", "gemini", etc., keep only entries whose `agent` matches case-insensitively as a substring (so `gemini` matches `Gemini CLI`).
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