What does the Session Handover skill do?

It installs PreCompact and SessionStart hooks into your project that automatically document your progress before memory resets and summarize that progress when you restart a session.

Do I need to run this skill every time I start Claude?

No, you only need to run the installation once per project. After the hooks are merged into your local settings, they operate automatically in the background forever.

Can I manually trigger a handover report?

Yes, even after automatic hooks are installed, you can manually trigger a report at any time using commands like 'generate handover' or 'wrap up session'.

Where is the handover information stored?

Handover data is stored locally in .agent/local/HANDOVER.md. The skill also ensures this directory is added to your .gitignore to keep ephemeral data out of your repository history.

Session Handover for Claude Code

Name: Session Handover for Claude Code
Author: hideki5123

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Productivity & Workflow

Automates project state preservation and context restoration between Claude Code sessions using lifecycle hooks.

Session Handover streamlines the development workflow by automatically generating detailed status reports before context compaction and restoring that context at the start of new sessions. By installing persistent PreCompact and SessionStart hooks, it ensures that critical project metadata—including work in progress, key decisions, and upcoming tasks—is never lost when the agent's memory is cleared or a session is resumed. This skill eliminates the manual overhead of re-explaining project state, allowing for seamless transitions across complex coding tasks.

Key Features

01Automatic HANDOVER.md generation before context compaction

02Manual trigger support for wrapping up sessions on demand

03Seamless context restoration upon session start or resume

041 GitHub stars

05Persistent hook installation into .claude/settings.local.json

06Standardized status reporting including git branch, decisions, and bugs

Use Cases

01Sharing project progress and pending items between different agent instances

02Resuming a complex coding task after a context reset or break

03Maintaining a structured log of decisions and lessons learned during development

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add hideki5123/agent-skill-set session-handover

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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