handoff skill for Claude Code
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 8 of 23 agent skills by recommenders
Lets you pick up a Claude Code session in a new session or another AI tool like Codex, and people find it more useful than /compact.
Lets you pick up a Claude Code session in a new session or another AI tool like Codex, and people find it more useful than /compact.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 17
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 17 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Moves work between sessions and tools
“This is actually super helpful! I find myself running into limits on claude code and need to continue my work elsewhere.”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Handoff – Claude Code plugin to let any AI continue where you left off” “have found this handoff skill invaluable for moving tasks between harnesses”
Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “Elevated errors for multiple models – Resolved” “I've run it Claude Code to Codex and back.”
Comment from 1 Oct 2026 in “Ask HN: How do you handle hitting AI coding agent usage limits?” Useful in daily workflow
“have found this handoff skill invaluable for moving tasks between harnesses”
Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “Elevated errors for multiple models – Resolved” “Still early but ive found it useful in my daily flows already!”
Comment from 10 Jun 2026 in “Grit: Rewriting Git in Rust with Agents” “/handoff is my new favourite skill”
Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “The Coming Loop” Keeps work trackable for others
“an excellent “daily report” type system where you can give visibility to your manager”
Comment from 31 Mar 2026 in “Universal Claude.md – cut Claude output tokens by 63%” “It's a great way to keep track of work”
Comment from 15 Aug 2026 in “Maximizing the value of your Claude Code sessions”
Other agent skills people recommend
The four most recommended other agent skills, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superpowers | 138 | 72 | 66% | 12 | 4 mo7 owners | — |
| Claude Skills | 59 | 26 | 69% | 11 | — | Approved |
| grill-me skill by Matt Pocock | 39 | 2 | 95% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Get Shit Done | 31 | 32 | 49% | 7 | — | — |
| handoff skill for Claude CodeThis page | 17 | 0 | 100% | 8 | — | Approved |
What people said
17 of the 18 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I've run it Claude Code to Codex and back.”
“have found this handoff skill invaluable for moving tasks between harnesses”
“It's a great way to keep track of work”
“it's probably worth checking out”
“I like the handoff flow so much I built it into my agent as a native tool”
“I find it much better than /compact.”
“the best work agent on the market”
“It looks promising, I will give it a try”
“/handoff is my new favourite skill”
“Still early but ive found it useful in my daily flows already!”
“your way of grabbing the stream is so much simpler”
“This seems like a nice workaround”
“So you have lots more control.”
“Here's an example so you can see why I like the system.”
“an excellent “daily report” type system where you can give visibility to your manager”
“handoff reads the full session history, uses tiktoken for token estimation”
“This is actually super helpful! I find myself running into limits on claude code and need to continue my work elsewhere.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.