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Hands off the current task, including context, decisions and failed attempts, to a fresh agent through Paseo by writing a self-contained briefing prompt and launching that agent.
Install Paseo Agent Handoff
$ npx skills add getpaseo/paseo --skill paseo-handoff -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install getpaseo/paseo paseo-handoff --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paseo-handoff .claude/skills/paseo-handoff && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "paseo-handoff" agent skill from https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/tree/main/skills/paseo-handoff into .claude/skills/paseo-handoff/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paseo-handoff", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/tree/main/skills/paseo-handoffType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add getpaseo/paseo --skill paseo-handoff -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install getpaseo/paseo paseo-handoff --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paseo-handoff .agents/skills/paseo-handoff && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "paseo-handoff" agent skill from https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/tree/main/skills/paseo-handoff into .agents/skills/paseo-handoff/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paseo-handoff", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add getpaseo/paseo --skill paseo-handoff -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install getpaseo/paseo paseo-handoff --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paseo-handoff .cursor/skills/paseo-handoff && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "paseo-handoff" agent skill from https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/tree/main/skills/paseo-handoff into .cursor/skills/paseo-handoff/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paseo-handoff", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo.git --path skills/paseo-handoff--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add getpaseo/paseo --skill paseo-handoff -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install getpaseo/paseo paseo-handoff --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paseo-handoff .gemini/skills/paseo-handoff && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "paseo-handoff" agent skill from https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/tree/main/skills/paseo-handoff into .gemini/skills/paseo-handoff/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paseo-handoff", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install getpaseo/paseo paseo-handoffInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add getpaseo/paseo --skill paseo-handoff -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paseo-handoff .github/skills/paseo-handoff && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "paseo-handoff" agent skill from https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/tree/main/skills/paseo-handoff into .github/skills/paseo-handoff/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paseo-handoff", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add getpaseo/paseo --skill paseo-handoff -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install getpaseo/paseo paseo-handoff --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paseo-handoff .opencode/skills/paseo-handoff && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "paseo-handoff" agent skill from https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/tree/main/skills/paseo-handoff into .opencode/skills/paseo-handoff/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paseo-handoff", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
paseo-handoff- GitHub stars
- 20k
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~606 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 258 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 6
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Hands off the current task, including context, decisions and failed attempts, to a fresh agent through Paseo by writing a self-contained briefing prompt and launching that agent.
- Works in 3 steps: Agent profile — explicit profile name… → Isolation — "in a worktree" / "worktree"… → Task description — anything else the…
- Passing a task along with full context to a separate agent
- SKILL.md covers Prerequisites, Parsing arguments, The handoff prompt and Launch
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Because the receiving agent starts with no context of its own, the skill builds the handoff prompt as a complete briefing: an imperative task description plus whatever decisions, failed attempts and constraints matter, preserving the exact intent behind the original task, so an investigate-only request becomes an explicit instruction not to edit files, a fix becomes an instruction to implement it, and a refactor is marked as refactor rather than rewrite.
Before creating the receiving agent, it reads the paseo skill and calls list_profiles, matching an explicit profile name or choosing the profile whose notes best fit the work, falling back to Paseo's provider discovery when none fits. An isolation request such as working in a worktree creates a new workspace with that isolation and a short branch name derived from the task. The new agent is launched with a Handoff-prefixed title and the briefing as its initial prompt, and the skill explicitly does not wait or poll for it to finish, leaving it in the user's subagent track until they detach it manually.
When your agent uses it
- Passing a task along with full context to a separate agent
- Starting a fresh agent on an isolated worktree to continue current work
- Handing off an investigate-only task without risking file edits
Example prompts
- “Handoff this bug investigation to the debugging profile agent.”
- “Hand this off to another agent in a worktree to implement the fix.”
- “Hand this off, read-only, to a researcher agent to look into the root cause.”
Requirements
- The paseo skill and its list_profiles and create_agent tools
Workflow steps
3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Agent profile — explicit profile name first; otherwise choose the profile whose notes best match the work. Materialize it into…
- 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.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 29db2b7. 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
Paseo Agent Handoff loads about 606 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 44 tokens; SKILL.md has 258 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 258 words (~606 tokens).
“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.”
- name
- paseo-handoff
- user-invocable
- true
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/paseo-handoff of getpaseo/paseo.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 29db2b7
Used in 1 other repository
We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in getpaseo/paseo, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Compare with similar skills
Paseo Agent Handoff next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paseo Agent Handoff this skillgetpaseo/paseo | 20k | 1 repos | ~606 | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Orca CLIstablyai/orca | 88k | 2 repos | ~593 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| MemPalace Task HandoffMemPalace/mempalace | 59k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Agent Manager Fleet TUIYoanWai/agent-manager | 578 | — | ~1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Seat Continuity and Handovermvschwarz/openrig | 6.2k | — | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Harness Engineering10xChengTu/harness-engineering | 102 | 1 repos | ~1k | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about Paseo Agent Handoff
What does Paseo Agent Handoff do?
Hands off the current task, including context, decisions and failed attempts, to a fresh agent through Paseo by writing a self-contained briefing prompt and launching that agent. Because the receiving agent starts with no context of its own, the skill builds the handoff prompt as a complete briefing: an imperative task description plus whatever decisions, failed attempts and constraints matter, preserving the exact intent behind the original task, so an investigate-only request becomes an explicit instruction not to edit files, a fix becomes an instruction to implement it, and a refactor is marked as refactor rather than rewrite.
When should I use Paseo Agent Handoff?
Paseo Agent Handoff fits situations like: passing a task along with full context to a separate agent; starting a fresh agent on an isolated worktree to continue current work; handing off an investigate-only task without risking file edits.
How do I install Paseo Agent Handoff in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add getpaseo/paseo --skill paseo-handoff -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/paseo-handoff in getpaseo/paseo) into .claude/skills/paseo-handoff in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Paseo Agent Handoff in Codex?
Run `npx skills add getpaseo/paseo --skill paseo-handoff -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/paseo-handoff in getpaseo/paseo) into .agents/skills/paseo-handoff in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Paseo Agent 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 getpaseo/paseo --skill paseo-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/paseo-handoff, .gemini/skills/paseo-handoff, .github/skills/paseo-handoff and .opencode/skills/paseo-handoff in your project.
What does Paseo Agent Handoff need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Paseo Agent Handoff is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: The paseo skill and its list_profiles and create_agent tools.
Does Paseo Agent 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 Paseo Agent 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 Paseo Agent Handoff use?
Paseo Agent Handoff has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Paseo Agent Handoff use?
About 606 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.4k 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 Paseo Agent Handoff?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Paseo Agent Handoff: Orca CLI (stablyai/orca, 88k stars), MemPalace Task Handoff (MemPalace/mempalace, 59k stars), Agent Manager Fleet TUI (YoanWai/agent-manager, 578 stars) and Seat Continuity and Handover (mvschwarz/openrig, 6.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Paseo Agent Handoff?
getpaseo (a GitHub organization) maintains it in getpaseo/paseo, which has 20,202 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.
Source: getpaseo/paseo on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.