Externalise Handover Tasks

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Externalise important conversation elements into .md file for handover to colleague or agent. Documents next tasks, accomplishments, bugs and uncertainties.

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DocumentationBeginner
406/2/2026
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#handover#externalise#conversation#documentation#task-management

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Our review

Exports key parts of the current conversation into an .md file for handover to another colleague or agent.

Strengths

  • Captures the exact state of completed tasks and commands run
  • Produces ready-to-use structured documentation
  • Includes encountered bugs and areas of uncertainty

Limitations

  • Requires an active or accessible conversation session
  • May miss implicit details not explicitly mentioned
  • The .md format can be bulky for very large projects
When to use it

When you need to hand off work to a colleague or another agent with a clear summary of progress and next steps.

When not to use it

If the conversation is already well-documented elsewhere or if the context changes rapidly, making the document outdated soon after creation.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score75/100

The skill only instructs the AI to summarize conversation details into a markdown file for handover, posing no execution risk or malicious intent.

No concerns found

Examples

Basic handover
Externalise the current conversation into a handover document focusing on tasks done and next steps.
Handover with bug report
Create a handover file for this session, including all commands run, outputs, bugs encountered, and pending decisions.

name: externalise-handover description: Externalise important parts of the current conversation into an .md file for handover.

Externalise / Handover tasks

Instructions

Externalise important parts of the current conversation into an .md file to hand over to another colleague or agent.

Focus on:

  • Tasks to do next.
  • What's been accomplished (exact commands run, inputs/args, outputs including file paths).
  • Bugs encountered.
  • Key areas of uncertainties.
  • User instructions and clarifications, touched up to be clearer.

Context: Use any additional context provided in the arguments.

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