create_handoffLABSCO SUMMARY
Continuity kept as a document rather than a memory.
Work that passes between agents, or between an agent and a person, usually loses its context at the handover. Templated handoffs with an explicit next step and a lifecycle from active to archived make the transfer a written artifact instead of a scrollback search.
What it is
An MCP server that stores structured handoff documents — current state, status, next step, environment — and tracks each one from creation through to archive.
What you get
- Handoffs created from templates rather than as free text
- An existing handoff read back in full, including its recorded environment status
- Progress appended as updates while the work moves
- A handoff marked complete when the work is finished
- Completed handoffs archived, keeping the active list short
- Handoffs listed and filtered, so past work stays findable
- An HTTP mode with a health endpoint, for testing outside an MCP client
Requirements
npx -y mcp-handoff-server — nothing to install, and the folders and templates are created on first run. No account or key.
Setup effort
One command — npx -y mcp-handoff-server
USE CASES
01
Stopping mid-task without losing the thread
Create a handoff recording what you were doing, the status, and the next step.
02
Picking up someone else's half-finished work
Find the relevant handoff and read it in full before touching anything.
03
Recording progress as it happens
Append updates to the live handoff rather than rewriting it at the end.
04
Clearing finished work off the board
Mark it complete, then archive it so the active list stays readable.
6 tools
Listed in project docs. Your client may show a different list.
read_handoffupdate_handoffcomplete_handoffarchive_handofflist_handoffsBEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
6 tools named in the project's documentation.
Requires
npx on PATH
Where it runs
The documented client runs the server on your machine.
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Server setup
TERMINAL
npx -y mcp-handoff-serverMCP Clients
Any MCP client
ANY MCP CLIENT · JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"handoff": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-handoff-server"
]
}
}
}
