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Skill 19 of 38
Hand the current conversation off to a fresh background agent that picks up the work immediately.
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Install
npx skills add mattpocock/skills --skill claude-handoffnpx skills add mattpocock/skills/plugin marketplace add mattpocock/skillsThe first command installs just this skill, by the name in its SKILL.md; the second installs the whole repository.
Write a handoff summary of the current conversation so a fresh agent can continue the work. Instead of saving it, launch a background agent seeded with the summary as its prompt: claude --bg --name "<descriptive name>" "<handoff summary>". It starts in the current working directory and returns immediately; the user manages it with claude agents.
Always pass -n/--name with a descriptive name (e.g. --name "Fix login bug"); it sets the display name shown in the job list, session picker, and terminal title.
Include a “suggested skills” section in the summary, naming which skills the next agent should call the Skill tool for.
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, since the summary becomes the agent’s prompt.
If the user passed arguments, treat them as a description of what the next session will focus on and tailor the summary accordingly.
main, last pushed 18 September 2026.SKILL.md, not by matching a directory convention. 4 distinct layouts observed: skills/engineering/*/SKILL.md, skills/in-progress/*/SKILL.md, skills/misc/*/SKILL.md, skills/productivity/*/SKILL.md..claude-plugin/marketplace.json by Matt Pocock, declaring 1 plugin. It is read for editorial metadata only — never as the skill index, which is always the repository tree./mattpocock/skills.md, and each skill at its own .md URL.1 file · 141 B
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