Handoff artifact
A durable document that carries the essential state of unfinished work into a new context.
Illustrative conversation
- What should I save before opening a clean session for this migration?
- Create a handoff artifact with the current state, evidence, checks, blockers, and exact next step.
Definition
A handoff artifact packages the information a new person, session, or agent needs to resume without replaying the full history. It should record the objective, completed work, decisions and rationale, constraints, important identifiers and paths, verification results, unresolved blockers, and the next concrete action. Strong artifacts distinguish confirmed facts from inferences and link back to primary evidence.
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