How does the new session know what I was working on?

The new session auto-primes via a SessionStart hook, which identifies your pinned work assignments and 'handoff mail' to continue exactly where the previous session left off.

When is the best time to use the handoff skill?

You should use handoff when Claude's context window is nearly full, after finishing a significant logical task, or when you notice the AI needs a fresh perspective to solve a problem.

What happens to my current progress during a handoff?

Your git state, hooked molecules, and 'beads' (issues and dependencies) are fully preserved, while only the ephemeral conversation history and TodoWrite items are reset.

Can I provide specific instructions to the next Claude session?

Yes, by providing an optional message with the /handoff command, your notes are sent as handoff mail which the new session retrieves automatically.

Session Handoff & Memory Cycling

Name: Session Handoff & Memory Cycling
Author: Toowiredd

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Optimizes AI context by cycling Claude sessions while preserving critical project state and workflow memory through the Beads system.

The Handoff skill enables seamless session management for Gas Town agents by allowing Claude to reset its conversational context without losing project progress. It is specifically designed to overcome token limit constraints and prevent context-bloat hallucinations by persisting hooked molecules, git states, and project dependencies across session boundaries. This ensures that the developer can maintain long-running workflows with a fresh, high-performance AI instance at any stage of the development lifecycle.

Características Principales

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02Persistent work state preservation via Gas Town 'Beads' architecture

03Automated session re-priming through integrated SessionStart hooks

04Internal handoff messaging to bridge context gaps between AI instances

05Full persistence of Git states, branches, and staged changes

06Context window resetting to prevent performance degradation from token limits

Casos de Uso

01Managing large-scale refactors where conversational history exceeds the context window

02Cycling sessions to gain a fresh perspective on complex debugging tasks

03Transitioning between logical chunks of work while maintaining project-level metadata

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add toowiredd/beads handoff

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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