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Agent skill

Agent Task Handoff

by aiming-lab in aiming-lab/MetaClaw

A skill your agent uses when delegating a subtask to a sub-agent, spawning a parallel worker, or handing off work across sessions.

MITAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Agent Task Handoff

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aiming-lab/MetaClaw --skill agent-task-handoff -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aiming-lab/MetaClaw agent-task-handoff --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aiming-lab/MetaClaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/memory_data/skills/agent-task-handoff .claude/skills/agent-task-handoff && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
agent-task-handoff
GitHub stars
3.5k
Token cost
~258 tokens
SKILL.md length
114 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
36
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when delegating a subtask to a sub-agent, spawning a parallel worker, or handing off work across sessions.

  • Works in 5 steps: Goal: What the sub-agent must produce… → Context: The minimum background the… → Constraints: Explicit rules (don't… → …
  • Delegating a subtask to a sub-agent
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Spawning a parallel worker

What it does

Agent Task Handoff is an agent skill from aiming-lab/MetaClaw. Use this skill when delegating a subtask to a sub-agent, spawning a parallel worker, or handing off work across sessions. Write a self-contained task description so the receiving agent needs no prior context.

Its SKILL.md is about 260 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Subagents and Task breakdown. The repository describes itself as: 🦞 Just talk to your agent — it learns and EVOLVES 🧬. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Delegating a subtask to a sub-agent
  • Spawning a parallel worker
  • Handing off work across sessions

Example prompts

  • “/agent-task-handoff”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Goal: What the sub-agent must produce (one clear sentence).
  2. Context: The minimum background the agent needs — no more, no less.
  3. Constraints: Explicit rules (don't modify X, use library Y, output format Z).
  4. Inputs: File paths, API endpoints, or data the agent needs to start.
  5. Success criteria: How to verify the result is correct.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 922caf3. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Agent Task Handoff loads about 258 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 57 tokens; SKILL.md has 114 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~57
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~258

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from aiming-lab/MetaClaw at commit 922caf3, republished under its MIT licence (© aiming-lab). 114 words, ~258 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/agent-task-handoff/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
agent-task-handoff
description
Use this skill when delegating a subtask to a sub-agent, spawning a parallel worker, or handing off work across sessions. Write a self-contained task description so the receiving agent needs no prior context.
category
agentic

Agent Task Handoff

When delegating work to a sub-agent or across sessions, make the handoff self-contained.

Handoff package must include:

  1. Goal: What the sub-agent must produce (one clear sentence).
  2. Context: The minimum background the agent needs — no more, no less.
  3. Constraints: Explicit rules (don't modify X, use library Y, output format Z).
  4. Inputs: File paths, API endpoints, or data the agent needs to start.
  5. Success criteria: How to verify the result is correct.

For parallel agents:

  • Clearly state which parts of the codebase/data each agent owns.
  • Define how outputs will be merged back.

Anti-pattern: Sending a vague "continue where we left off" with no context — sub-agents start from zero.

© aiming-lab, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in memory_data/skills/agent-task-handoff of aiming-lab/MetaClaw.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 922caf3

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Categories

Questions about Agent Task Handoff

What does Agent Task Handoff do?

A skill your agent uses when delegating a subtask to a sub-agent, spawning a parallel worker, or handing off work across sessions. Agent Task Handoff is an agent skill from aiming-lab/MetaClaw. Use this skill when delegating a subtask to a sub-agent, spawning a parallel worker, or handing off work across sessions.

When should I use Agent Task Handoff?

Agent Task Handoff fits situations like: delegating a subtask to a sub-agent; spawning a parallel worker; handing off work across sessions.

How do I install Agent Task Handoff in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aiming-lab/MetaClaw --skill agent-task-handoff -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (memory_data/skills/agent-task-handoff in aiming-lab/MetaClaw) into .claude/skills/agent-task-handoff in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Agent Task Handoff in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aiming-lab/MetaClaw --skill agent-task-handoff -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (memory_data/skills/agent-task-handoff in aiming-lab/MetaClaw) into .agents/skills/agent-task-handoff in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Agent Task Handoff in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add aiming-lab/MetaClaw --skill agent-task-handoff -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/agent-task-handoff, .gemini/skills/agent-task-handoff, .github/skills/agent-task-handoff and .opencode/skills/agent-task-handoff in your project.

What does Agent Task Handoff need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Agent Task Handoff is instructions for the agent only.

Does Agent Task Handoff access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Agent Task Handoff safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Agent Task Handoff use?

Agent Task Handoff is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Agent Task Handoff use?

About 258 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Agent Task Handoff?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Agent Task Handoff: OMA Multi-Agent Orchestrator (first-fluke/oh-my-agent, 1.3k stars), Swarm Parallel Dispatch (langchain-ai/langchain-skills, 1.3k stars), Agents Project Coordinator (asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks, 69k stars) and Cursor Orchestrate (cursor/plugins, 10k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Agent Task Handoff?

aiming-lab (a GitHub organization) maintains it in aiming-lab/MetaClaw, which has 3,459 GitHub stars. The repository holds 36 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 7, 2026.

Source: aiming-lab/MetaClaw on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.