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Handing off mid-task between human and Claude pair programmer
Design clean handoff points so a human can resume what an AI started without re-reading the whole repo.
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- 1The premise
- 2handoff state
- 3session continuity
- 4context preservation
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Section 1
The premise
Pair programming with an LLM only works if either side can tap out without losing the thread.
What AI does well here
- Generate a HANDOFF.md after each session listing what changed and what is left
- Summarize the open question in one paragraph
What AI cannot do
- Know which teammate is on call to take the next shift
- Judge whether the handoff is fair to the next human
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