next-session - Hand off work to the next session
Transfers current-session work through task chips, GitHub issues, or handoff files according to the environment, while updating plans and session state.
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Updated: 2026-10-06Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Inspect the session environment
- Update plan progress
- Record repository status
- Create successor task chips
- Post GitHub handoff comments
- Write handoff files
- Update project memory
- Verify successor startup
- Archive completed sessions
Inputs
- Current session context
- Environment and tool availability
- Plan files
- Repository status
- Issue or pull request information
- Command arguments
Outputs
- Successor task chips
- GitHub issue comments
- Handoff files
- Updated memory entries
- Updated plan files
- Session archive state
- Handoff permalink
Requirements
- Access to the applicable session tools
- GitHub issue permissions when using CCoW handoff
- Repository write and push access for committed handoff files
- A supported memory location when using memory handoff