| name | create-handoff |
| description | Write a handoff file at .turbo/handoff/<YYYY-MM-DD>-<slug>.md capturing current session state — task, status, open decisions, in-flight changes, next step — so a fresh session can continue without re-deriving context. Use when the user asks to "create a handoff", "create handoff", "save handoff", "handoff before compact", "save session state", "handoff for next session", or "capture session state". |
Create Handoff
Write a session handoff file at .turbo/handoff/<YYYY-MM-DD>-<slug>.md so a fresh session can pick up where this one left off.
Step 1: Resolve the Target Path
Get today's date: date +%Y-%m-%d.
Pick a slug for the current task:
- Lowercase
- Replace non-alphanumeric characters with hyphens
- Collapse consecutive hyphens
- Trim leading and trailing hyphens
- Truncate to 40 characters at a word boundary
If the work is anchored to an existing artifact (a plan at .turbo/plans/<slug>.md, a shell at .turbo/shells/<slug>.md, or a spec at .turbo/specs/<slug>.md), reuse that artifact's slug verbatim.
The user may pass an explicit slug or path; honor it.
The target path is .turbo/handoff/<YYYY-MM-DD>-<slug>.md. If the path already exists, append -2, -3, etc. until the path is free.
State the chosen path before continuing.
Step 2: Gather Session State
Run git status --short to see uncommitted changes in the working tree.
Survey the conversation context for:
- Current task: what is being worked on, in one or two sentences
- Workflow status: where in the workflow this session is (drafting, refining iteration N, applying findings, implementing step M of K, investigating, blocked on Q, etc.)
- Active artifact: path to the plan, shell, spec, or other file at the center of the work, if one exists
- Open decisions: questions raised but not resolved, choices the user is still weighing, escalations awaiting input
- In-flight changes: staged or unstaged edits that are not yet committed; what each change is doing and what is missing
- Closed avenues: approaches that were built or tested and then abandoned, with the observed evidence that ruled them out
- Next step: the first concrete action the new session should take
When something is genuinely unclear and would leave a gap in the handoff, use AskUserQuestion to resolve it. Default to inferring quietly when the conversation makes the answer clear.
Step 3: Write the Handoff File
Create .turbo/handoff/ if it does not exist. Write the file at the path picked in Step 1.
Lead with # Handoff: <Task Title>. Cover the items gathered in Step 2 in whatever structure fits the session — drafting, refining, implementing, and investigating sessions each have different shapes and don't all map to the same headings. Close with a clear statement of the next concrete action so the new session knows exactly what to do first.
Keep it dense. Omit anything that has no real content.
Step 4: Confirm
Tell the user where the handoff was written and quote the next-step statement so the path forward is visible at a glance.
Then use the TaskList tool and proceed to any remaining task.
