handoff

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Close out the current work item. Hand off to: {{arguments}}

Steps

1. State the gate result first. If make check has not been run since the last edit, run it. Do not hand off work described as done when the gate has not passed — say what failed instead.

2. Send the durable handoff with blackbird_say, setting reply_to_message_id when this continues an existing conversation. The message must carry what the next agent cannot reconstruct cheaply:

   • what changed, by path
   • the gate result, including the coverage number
   • what is deliberately incomplete, and why
   • anything that surprised you about the codebase

3. Release every claim with blackbird_release, passing its exact selector set. Release rather than letting leases expire — an expiring lease blocks other agents for its whole TTL.

4. Do not mark or acknowledge on another agent's behalf. Read and acknowledgement facts belong to the recipient.

Report the message ID, the leases released, and the gate result.