| name | paseo-handoff |
| description | Hand off the current task to another agent with full context. Use when the user says "handoff", "hand off", "hand this to", or wants to pass work to another agent. |
| user-invocable | true |
Handoff Skill
Transfer the current task — context, decisions, failed attempts, constraints — to a fresh agent. The receiving agent starts with zero context, so the handoff prompt must be a self-contained briefing.
User's arguments: $ARGUMENTS
Prerequisites
Read the paseo skill. Call list_profiles before choosing the receiving agent. Do not create it until you have read the configured profiles and their notes.
Parsing arguments
- Agent profile — explicit profile name first; otherwise choose the profile whose
notes best match the work. Materialize it into create_agent as described by the paseo skill. If no profile fits, use Paseo's provider discovery fallback.
- Isolation — "in a worktree" / "worktree" → create a workspace with
isolation: "worktree", using a short branch name derived from the task.
- Task description — anything else the user said.
The handoff prompt
The receiving agent has zero context. Include:
## Task
[Imperative description.]
## Context
[Why this task exists, required context.]
## Relevant files
- `path/to/file.ts` — [what it is and why it matters]
## Current state
[What's done, what works, what doesn't.]
## What was tried
- [Approach] — [why it failed or was abandoned]
## Decisions
- [Decision — rationale]
## Acceptance criteria
- [ ] [Criterion]
## Constraints
- [Must-not / must-preserve]
Preserve task semantics. Investigate-only → "DO NOT edit files." Fix → "implement the fix." Refactor → "refactor, not rewrite." Carry the user's exact intent.
Launch
Prepare the handoff in a dedicated workspace:
- Select the current workspace or call
create_workspace with the requested isolation.
- Call
create_agent with a [Handoff] <task> title, the briefing as initial prompt, and the selected workspaceId when explicit placement is needed.
- Return the agent and workspace to the user, explaining that it remains in your subagent track until they detach it manually.
Do not encode independence as a create mode and do not invoke CLI or wire-level detach operations. Detach is a user gesture in the subagents track.
Do not wait or poll for the agent to finish.
