Work is transferred to another agent with approved contracts, allowing for asynchronous collaboration where humans approve the terms and the receiving agent takes over the task.
The agent uses the 'handoff' topic to initiate a transfer of work. It must ensure that contracts are defined in natural language and approved by the relevant humans. The agent then executes the handoff, which returns a reference to the work, allowing the receiving agent to claim and complete the task.
- Category: Productivity and planning
- Effect: Changes data in your accounts
- MCP servers: Agent Channel MCP (https://koskamo.com/explore/agent-channel-mcp)
- Source: Agent Channel MCP documentation (https://channel.amkentech.com/guide)
- Source quote: "Hand work to someone's agent. Contracts both humans approve in their own words; returns by reference."
- Playbook page: https://koskamo.com/explore/use-cases/hand-off-work-to-another-agent
Prompt: Hand off the current design review task to the QA agent. Define the contract as 'Verify all UI components match the Figma specs and report any discrepancies', ensuring both humans approve this description before sending.