From 4868714201cd5747ead09e56ff2b3c5fd8c606e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ario Barin Ostovary Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:56:54 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add portable handoff skill --- codex/skills/handoff/SKILL.md | 17 +++++++++++ codex/skills/handoff/agents/openai.yaml | 5 ++++ codex/skills/handoff/references/sources.md | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++ manifests/portable-files.json | 1 + 4 files changed, 58 insertions(+) create mode 100644 codex/skills/handoff/SKILL.md create mode 100644 codex/skills/handoff/agents/openai.yaml create mode 100644 codex/skills/handoff/references/sources.md diff --git a/codex/skills/handoff/SKILL.md b/codex/skills/handoff/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1bef514 --- /dev/null +++ b/codex/skills/handoff/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +name: handoff +description: Compact the current conversation into a handoff document for another agent to pick up. +argument-hint: "What will the next session be used for?" +--- + +Write a handoff document summarising the current conversation so a fresh agent can continue the work. Save to the temporary directory of the user's OS - not the current workspace. + +Include a "suggested skills" section in the document, naming which installed skills the next agent should use. + +Do not duplicate content already captured in other artifacts (specs, plans, ADRs, issues, commits, diffs). Reference them by path or URL instead. + +Redact any sensitive information, such as API keys, passwords, or personally identifiable information. + +If the user passed arguments, treat them as a description of what the next session will focus on and tailor the doc accordingly. + +Source provenance lives in [references/sources.md](references/sources.md). Do not load it during normal use. diff --git a/codex/skills/handoff/agents/openai.yaml b/codex/skills/handoff/agents/openai.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6e1d8da --- /dev/null +++ b/codex/skills/handoff/agents/openai.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +interface: + display_name: "Handoff" + short_description: "Compact a conversation into a handoff" +policy: + allow_implicit_invocation: false diff --git a/codex/skills/handoff/references/sources.md b/codex/skills/handoff/references/sources.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..49305c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/codex/skills/handoff/references/sources.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +# Sources + +Read this provenance when auditing or revising Handoff, not during normal use. + +The skill is substantially derived from Matt Pocock's `handoff` skill: + +- Source: https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/0ab1b63a410a03d3627979a109c8695de27af954/skills/productivity/handoff/SKILL.md +- Repository license: MIT +- Upstream copyright: Copyright (c) 2026 Matt Pocock + +Compass keeps the upstream temporary-directory rule, suggested-skills section, artifact-reference discipline, redaction requirement, and argument-based focus. The only behavioral wording change translates Matt's Claude-style instruction to call the Skill tool into the portable requirement to name installed skills the next agent should use. + +## Upstream license + +MIT License + +Copyright (c) 2026 Matt Pocock + +Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy +of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal +in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights +to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell +copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is +furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: + +The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all +copies or substantial portions of the Software. + +THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR +IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, +FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE +AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER +LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, +OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE +SOFTWARE. diff --git a/manifests/portable-files.json b/manifests/portable-files.json index fe20661..e7b9dc6 100644 --- a/manifests/portable-files.json +++ b/manifests/portable-files.json @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ "design-prototype", "grilling", "ground-in-sources", + "handoff", "micro-experiment", "monitor", "no-comments", From c1f82546585a8b19a82970dc62cfed6ce79fc0f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ario Barin Ostovary <89481178+ariobarin@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:10:49 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update SKILL.md --- codex/skills/handoff/SKILL.md | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/codex/skills/handoff/SKILL.md b/codex/skills/handoff/SKILL.md index 1bef514..aaa2a8e 100644 --- a/codex/skills/handoff/SKILL.md +++ b/codex/skills/handoff/SKILL.md @@ -4,14 +4,10 @@ description: Compact the current conversation into a handoff document for anothe argument-hint: "What will the next session be used for?" --- -Write a handoff document summarising the current conversation so a fresh agent can continue the work. Save to the temporary directory of the user's OS - not the current workspace. +Write a handoff document summarizing the current conversation so a fresh agent can continue the work. Save to the temporary directory of the user's OS - not the current workspace. Include a "suggested skills" section in the document, naming which installed skills the next agent should use. Do not duplicate content already captured in other artifacts (specs, plans, ADRs, issues, commits, diffs). Reference them by path or URL instead. -Redact any sensitive information, such as API keys, passwords, or personally identifiable information. - If the user passed arguments, treat them as a description of what the next session will focus on and tailor the doc accordingly. - -Source provenance lives in [references/sources.md](references/sources.md). Do not load it during normal use.