Backlog handoff

Prepare a session handoff — summarize progress, annotate tasks with current status, and identify what's ready for the next session. Use at the end of a work session or when the user says they're done for now.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/backloghq/backlog

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/backloghq/backlog "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/handoff" ~/.claude/skills/backloghq-backlog-handoff && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/handoff/SKILL.md

source content

Session Handoff

Prepare context for the next session so work can continue seamlessly.

Process

Review active tasks — call
```
task_list
```
with filter
```
+ACTIVE
```
to find tasks that were being worked on. For each:
- Use
```
task_annotate
```
  to record what was accomplished and what remains
- Use
```
task_stop
```
  to mark them as no longer active
Review pending tasks — call
```
task_list
```
with filter
```
status:pending
```
to see the full backlog. Note any tasks whose status has changed based on work done this session.
Log unplanned work — if work was done that wasn't tracked as a task, use
```
task_log
```
to record it retroactively with appropriate project and tags.
Update blocked tasks — if any blockers were resolved this session, use
```
task_modify
```
to remove dependencies or update descriptions.
Present the handoff summary:
- Done this session: tasks completed or logged
- Progress made: annotations added to in-progress tasks
- Ready to pick up next: pending tasks sorted by priority that aren't blocked
- Blockers: any tasks that are blocked and why

Keep the summary concise — the goal is to give the next session (or agent) a clear starting point.