Keep goals, constraints, and pending work

An original handoff note should retain the user’s objective, accepted constraints, completed changes, unresolved errors, and exact references to relevant files. Preserve decisions that would otherwise cause the next run to repeat work or change scope.

A summary can lose important qualifications

A compacted summary is an interpretation. When a remembered detail affects a significant action, confirm it against the underlying record rather than treating the summary as infallible.

THE TAKEAWAY

What to remember

Keep exact references for recovery.

Sources & further reading

  1. Anthropic: Effective context engineering for AI agents ↗
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