Loop/Prompt Library / Running AI agents well
🔁 Clean handoff note
Before a session ends, writes a note so the next person or agent can continue without guessing.
Use it when: A session is ending or context is getting too long.
🛑 Stops when: A new person could pick up the work from the note alone, with one safe next step named.
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Before we end [session], write a handoff note: the goal, what changed, proof it works, what was not touched, what is uncertain, open risks, off-limits areas, and the last decision. Re-read it as if you were brand new and fix anything you would have to guess. Name one safe next action and what the next person must not assume. Do not start that action. Stop after the note.
Review every change the agent makes before you keep it. Set a budget or round limit — the prompt includes one.
Idea from Forward Future's Loop Library · by Shinichi Nagata (@DecisionOS). Prompt rewritten in plain English by FixKit AI.
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