# Task handoff

Updated: [date/time/timezone]
Project location: [workspace/folder]
Prepared by: [person/agent]
Status: [in progress / blocked / ready for review]

## Objective and acceptance
[Deliverable, audience, scope and criteria for completion.]

## Current state
Completed: [what exists, with evidence]
In progress: [what is unfinished]
Not started: [remaining work]

## Decisions and reasons
[Decision; owner if known; evidence/source; rationale; consequential rejected option.]

## Constraints and authority
[Must-retain requirements, boundaries and existing permissions.]
Pending approval: [what, from whom if known]
External actions permitted now: [explicit scope or none]

## Sources and artifacts
[Exact path/link | purpose | version/date | inspected? | access needed]
Source of truth: [which record governs, or unresolved conflict]
Saved draft: [verified path or NOT SAVED]

## Checks actually performed
[Check | actual result | evidence location | remaining limitation]

## Failed attempts
[Attempt | relevant exact error | what it establishes | retry prerequisite]

## Unknowns and blockers
[Unknown | why it matters | resolver/source if known]

## Next actions
1. [Open and verify relevant current artifacts.]
2. [Next authorized action.]
3. [Resolve dependency before dependent step.]

## Restart prompt
[Give the new worker the objective, handoff and artifact locations; require verification before edits and preserve unresolved facts/approvals.]

## Handoff integrity
[State whether this document and listed drafts were actually saved/read back or remain text awaiting saving. Do not include credentials, secrets or unrelated personal data.]