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title: Handoff, Please
link: https://ampcode.com/news/ask-to-handoff
source: ampcode-com
published: 2026-01-13T00:00:00Z
updated: 2026-01-13T00:00:00Z
first_seen: 2026-10-03T23:09:50.514863041Z
summary: 'Up until now, you had to click a button or trigger a command to handoff when your thread became too long or you had finished a task. Now you can just ask the agent: After implementing a feature: "Handoff and build an admin panel for this" After fixing a bug: "Handoff and check if this issue exists elsewhere" After planning: "Handoff to implement the plan" The agent starts a new thread with the relevant context and keeps working.'
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Up until now, you had to click a button or trigger a command to [handoff](https://ampcode.com/news/handoff) when your thread became too long or you had finished a task.

Now you can just ask the agent:

- After implementing a feature: "Handoff and build an admin panel for this"
- After fixing a bug: "Handoff and check if this issue exists elsewhere"
- After planning: "Handoff to implement the plan"

The agent starts a new thread with the relevant context and keeps working.

![The agent starts a new thread](https://static.ampcode.com/news/handoff-tool.png?ignore)