handoff-protocol

handoff-protocol is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from DojoGenesis/mcp. It costs 35 tokens per session (2,223 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A repeatable method for passing completed work from one AI agent to another while preserving the context, goals, and next steps.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when moving from a specification to implementation, from research to writing, or between any other stages handled by different agents.
Why use it?
A new agent can waste time or make mistakes when important decisions and background information are missing. The method makes the transfer clear and checkable.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/dojogenesis/mcp/handoff-protocol
Any agent
npx skills add DojoGenesis/mcp --skill handoff-protocol
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DojoGenesis/mcp

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 35 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,223 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00035 $0.02223
Opus 5 $0.00017 $0.01111
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00445
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00222

Measured 3d ago against content hash 4514d33bd6c4, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

handoff-protocol scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

internal/skills/bundled/agent-orchestration/handoff-protocol/SKILL.md · 306 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 306 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Agent Handoff Protocol Skill

Version: 1.0 Created: 2026-02-11 Author: Tres Pies Design Purpose: To provide a clear, repeatable protocol for handing off work between agents, ensuring no loss of context and a high probability of success.


I. The Philosophy: The Sacred Relay

In a multi-agent ecosystem, a handoff is a sacred relay. It is the moment where one agent passes the baton of responsibility to another. A fumbled handoff leads to dropped context, wasted effort, and a broken workflow. A clean handoff is a moment of trust and shared understanding, where the receiving agent is not just given a task, but is fully equipped to carry it forward.

This protocol transforms the handoff from a hopeful transfer into a rigorous, verifiable exchange. It is an act of respect for the receiving agent, acknowledging that their ability to succeed is entirely dependent on the quality of the context they are given.


II. When to Use This Skill

  • Always use this skill when one agent's work is complete and another agent must begin the next phase
  • Spec → Implementation: When a specification is complete and ready for implementation
  • Research → Synthesis: When research is complete and needs synthesis or application
  • Any Agent → Any Agent: Whenever responsibility for a task is transferred

III. The Handoff Workflow

Step 1: Prepare the Handoff Package

The sending agent is responsible for preparing a complete and self-contained "handoff package." This is a markdown document that contains everything the receiving agent needs to know. Use the template from Section IV.

Step 2: Verify the Package with the Checklist

Before initiating the handoff, the sending agent must verify the package against the Handoff Checklist in Section V. This is a self-assessment to ensure quality.

Step 3: Initiate the Handoff

The sending agent initiates the handoff by creating a task for the receiving agent, with the handoff package as the primary input.

Read the full file on GitHub · 306 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 3d ago First seen · 306 lines · 35 tokens per session scan A 4514d33bd6c4

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handoff-protocol is a skill published in the GitHub repository DojoGenesis/mcp (0 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 35 tokens to every session and 2,223 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.