Our review
Transfers important parts of a conversation into a markdown file for handover to another colleague or agent.
Strengths
- Creates structured documentation of tasks and progress.
- Captures exact commands and file paths.
- Clarifies user instructions.
- Helps maintain continuity between agents.
Limitations
- Requires manual review to ensure accuracy.
- May omit subtle context from the conversation.
- Only captures what is explicitly mentioned.
When you need to pass work to another agent or colleague and want to provide a concise record of what has been done and what remains.
When the conversation is already well-documented in version control or when the context is too small to justify externalization.
Security analysis
SafeNo execution of commands, no access to external resources, and no handling of sensitive data. The skill only summarizes conversation into a markdown file, posing no security risk.
No concerns found
Examples
Externalize the current conversation into a handover document focusing on tasks completed and next steps.Create a handover file for the debugging session we just had, including all commands run and bugs encountered.Generate a markdown handover summarizing what we've done today and what the next agent should do.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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