# mcp-agent-handoff

> Portable MCP server for agent handoff state and review tracking.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-agent-handoff/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/darce/agentic-protocol-monorepo
- repository: https://github.com/darce/agentic-protocol-monorepo/blob/main/packages/mcp-agent-handoff/CHANGELOG.md
- version: 0.11.5
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-agent-handoff

### Description (declared)

# Agent Handoff MCP

Portable MCP server for agent handoff state, review findings, exports, close checks, and lane-scoped worker/orchestrator coordination.

## Scope

This package owns handoff state and related workflow primitives:

- task state, decisions, blockers, and next actions
- review findings and review runs
- generated `CURRENT_TASK.json` snapshots
- lane registration, lane activity, worker reports, and lane messages
- artifact indexing and derived metrics snapshots

It does not include unrelated repo-intel or UI helpers.

## Runtime State

By default, runtime state lives under the workspace you point the CLI at:

- SQLite DB: `.task-state/handoff.db`
- exports: `.task-state/exports/`
- generated markdown: `CURRENT_TASK.json`

Override these with CLI flags or `AGENT_HANDOFF_*` environment variables.

### Tuning compaction thresholds

The compaction advisory (`get_handoff_state(sections="identity").compaction_advisory`)
compares observed token and char totals against thresholds. The single source
of truth for the canonical defaults is the `compaction:` block of
`docs/agentic/contracts/harness-protocol.yaml` (`threshold_tokens`,
`threshold_chars`); see that file for the current values and the rationale
comment above them. Per-deployment overrides resolve with precedence
**env > overlay > contract**, per knob, every call (no module-level cache):

1. **Environment variables**:
   - `AGENT_HANDOFF_COMPACTION_THRESHOLD_TOKENS=<int>`
   - `AGENT_HANDOFF_COMPACTION_THRESHOLD_CHARS=<int>`
2. **`.agentic-overlay.json`** at the workspace root, sibling of `surfaces`
   (`tokens` and `chars` must be non-negative integers; the values below are
   illustrative overrides, not required values):

   ```json
   {
     "surfaces": {"contracts": {"local_root": "docs/agentic"}},
     "compaction": {"thresholds": {"tokens": 90000, "chars": 360000}}
   }
   ```

   Either knob may be omitted; missing knobs fall through to env or contract.
3. **Contract default** in `harness-prot…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- automation.orchestration (0.917, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-agent-handoff/ (first seen 2026-09-10T00:23:17.438Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-agent-handoff/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-agent-handoff · ARD identifier urn:air::server:mcp-agent-handoff