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Handoff

Compress a long session into a handoff doc a fresh agent can pick up.

Community, verifiedby Matt PocockChecked October 18, 2026

A small but heavily used skill from Matt Pocock. It writes a concise summary of the current conversation, with suggested skills for the next agent, so you can start a clean session without losing the thread.

Who it is for

  • Claude Code power users
  • Developers
  • Researchers

Prompts to try

Once the skill is installed, ask for the result in plain words. Claude picks the skill up on its own.

Prompt 1
/handoff we'll focus on the billing page next
Prompt 2
Write a handoff so a fresh session can continue this refactor
Prompt 3
Compact this conversation into a handoff doc

How to install it

In Claude Code

  1. /plugin install mattpocock-skills@claude-plugins-official

In Claude.ai

Not documented

Good to know

Alternative: npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills, then include setup-matt-pocock-skills when prompted.

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How we checked it

Confirmed SKILL.md at skills/productivity/handoff/SKILL.md in mattpocock/skills via the GitHub API; skill folder last changed 2026-10-06, repo has 295,014 stars and was pushed 2026-10-13.

Source: github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/productivity/handoff

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