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Successor Handoff

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Use when orchestrating long-running autonomous work — overnight runs, multi-hour research, multi-track experiments, 10+ hour jobs — where a single Claude context window cannot hold the full run. Establishes a lean parent orchestrator, file-first subagents, and successor-handoff (fresh subagent spawned mid-run when context pressure rises). This is distinct from session-handoff, which is for end-of-run delivery to a human — use successor-handoff instead whenever the handoff is agent-to-agent and mid-run. Trigger on any mention of overnight workflows, autonomous multi-track runs, context-window budgeting for long jobs, successor or continuation agents, mid-run context pressure, file-first orchestration, lean-parent patterns, or scenarios where the user needs work to continue without a human in the loop.

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Claude CodeCodexCursorGitHub CopilotGemini CLI

Supported by the Atlas install prompt. Skill-specific requirements vary.

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About this skill

Use when orchestrating long-running autonomous work — overnight runs, multi-hour research, multi-track experiments, 10+ hour jobs — where a single Claude context window cannot hold the full run. Establishes a lean parent orchestrator, file-first subagents, and successor-handoff (fresh subagent spawned mid-run when context pressure rises). This is distinct from session-handoff, which is for end-of-run delivery to a human — use successor-handoff instead whenever the handoff is agent-to-agent and mid-run. Trigger on any mention of overnight workflows, autonomous multi-track runs, context-window budgeting for long jobs, successor or continuation agents, mid-run context pressure, file-first orchestration, lean-parent patterns, or scenarios where the user needs work to continue without a human in the loop.

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About this listing

Category
Science & research
Reported license
MIT
Listing language (estimated)
English
Review status
Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility
Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.
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