handoff-file.md
My favorite skill: handoff-file
One shared note that keeps two AI windows in sync, so neither one starts from zero.
The whole skill
# Handoff file Whoever writes here last, the other one reads it next. Rules - Section 1 gets wiped and rewritten every time. Never appended to. - Section 2 is append only, one line per item, newest at the top. - Nothing moves to Section 2 until it is actually finished. - When Section 2 passes about 30 lines, cut the oldest. ## 1. Current state (Wipe this whole section and rewrite it. Keep it short enough to read in under a minute.) Working on right now: Next up: Open questions / waiting on: Notes for the other window: ## 2. Done (Append only. One line each. Format: YYYY-MM-DD: what got finished.) --- Tell the window that can open files (once, at the start of a session): "There's a file at Desktop\handoff.md that I use to pass context between you and my other AI window. Read it at the start of every session. It has two sections. Section 1 is current state: wipe it and rewrite it whenever something changes, never append. Section 2 is a done list: append one line, newest at top, only when something is actually finished. Don't move anything to Section 2 early. Don't reformat the file or add sections." Tell the window that can't open files (paste the file contents right after): "This is my handoff file with my other AI window. Section 1 is current state, Section 2 is what's already done, so don't reopen anything in Section 2. If anything changes in this conversation, give me a replacement Section 1 at the end that I can paste back into the file." The habit that makes it work: read it first thing, update it last thing.
