About tracer-handoff
tracer-handoff is an agent skill for creating a concise handoff document so a fresh agent can continue a conversation's work. It saves the document in the operating system's temporary directory and includes suggested skills while avoiding duplication and redacting sensitive information.
Key features
- 01Summarizes conversation state
- 02Saves handoff in OS temporary directory
- 03Suggests skills for the next agent
- 04References existing artifacts instead of duplicating them
- 05Redacts sensitive information
Use cases
- 01Handing ongoing work to a fresh agent
- 02Preparing a session focused on user-provided next steps
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
npx skills add https:/ / github.com/ scottwater/ skills --skill tracer-handoffAfter installing, type/tracer-handoffin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Bundled filesagents/openai.yaml
Details
From the project READMEWrite a handoff document summarising the current conversation so a fresh agent can continue the work. Save to the temporary directory of the user's OS - not the current workspace.
Include a "suggested skills" section in the document, which suggests skills that the agent should invoke.
Do not duplicate content already captured in other artifacts (specs, plans, ADRs, issues, commits, diffs). Reference them by path or URL instead.
Redact any sensitive information, such as API keys, passwords, or personally identifiable information.
If the user passed arguments, treat them as a description of what the next session will focus on and tailor the doc accordingly.