overlane task handoff | Overlane Docs

Checkpoints the task with pause reason handoff and prints the exact command to start the other agent (claude or codex) on it. It never starts the other agent: moving work to another vendor’s agent sends code and context to that vendor.

Usage

overlane task handoff [--summary TEXT] [--next TEXT] [--to claude|codex] [--dry-run]

Flags

Flag	Type	Required	Description
`--summary`	string	no	What has been done so far
`--next`	string	no	What the next agent should do
`--to`	one of `claude`, `codex`	no	The agent to hand to (default: the other one)
`--dry-run`	boolean	no	Print the requests and file changes this command would make, then stop. Needs no credentials.

Examples

overlane task handoff --to codex
overlane task handoff --to claude --summary "API done" --next "Add tests"

Behavior

Effect: write (changes local or hosted state).
Needs credentials: yes. Uses the network: yes.
Supports --dry-run: yes. Accepts --force: no.
Machine-readable description: overlane schema task handoff.

Result

With --json (the default when stdout is not a terminal) the command prints this JSON Schema’s shape on stdout.

{
  "anyOf": [
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "taskId": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "to": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "claude",
            "codex"
          ]
        },
        "commitSha": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "route": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "localOnly": {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        "resumeCommand": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "taskId",
        "to",
        "commitSha",
        "route",
        "localOnly",
        "resumeCommand"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "dryRun": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "const": true
        },
        "service": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "requests": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "method": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "path": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "body": {},
              "note": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "method",
              "path"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        },
        "commands": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "writes": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "path": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "action": {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "write",
                  "append",
                  "delete"
                ]
              },
              "description": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "path",
              "action",
              "description"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        },
        "notes": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "dryRun",
        "requests",
        "commands",
        "writes",
        "notes"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  ]
}

See exit codes for the status the process returns.