rootnode-handoff-trigger-checklisted

Evaluates whether work-in-design is ready to hand off from a chat design conversation to autonomous execution (Claude Code, n8n, agent runtime). Runs a 7-condition gate: spec stability, verification surface, invariants, pump-primer, work decomposition, rollback cost, token budget headroom. Three invocation modes — deliberate (caller provides work_context, returns JSON verdict), proactive sensing (Claude detects handoff signals in design conversation and offers the check), conversational walkthrough (Claude walks the 7 conditions as discussion topics). Returns structured JSON in all modes. Use when designing a Claude Code deployment, scoping an autonomous run, or deciding next move. Trigger on: "ready to hand off," "ready for execution," "is this CC-ready," "handoff check," "walk me through readiness," "are we ready to ship this," "should I just hand this off," or proactive detection. Do NOT use for evaluating completed work, runtime selection, or prompt quality. Profile-agnostic.
drayline/rootnode-skills · ★ 40 · AI & Automation · score 76

Install: claude install-skill drayline/rootnode-skills

# Handoff Trigger Check > **Calibration:** Tier 1 (Model-compatible) — runs cleanly on the current dual-primary tier (Opus 5, Sonnet 5) as well as Haiku 4.5 with extended thinking. Structured 7-condition rubric evaluation — output shape does not depend on model class. Correct-shape output also on Opus 4.8 (fallback-graceful) and Sonnet 4.6 (legacy-graceful). See repository README for model compatibility. Evaluate whether work-in-design is ready to hand off to autonomous execution. Runs a 7-condition gate, applies the active profile's pass threshold, and returns a structured verdict. The single most important check before letting an agent runtime — Claude Code, an n8n workflow, an OpenClaw instance, or any other autonomous executor — take over from human-led design. The premise: **the costliest mistake in human/agent collaboration is holding work in human hands after it's ready to be executed.** A documented production case shipped 27 similar instances in under 24 hours of autonomous Claude Code time after a week of human-led ground-truth setup on the first instance; the week was necessary, but the cost was holding instances 2-27 in human hands for any time at all after the engine passed verification on instance 1. This Skill exists to make that handoff moment a measurable trigger, not a vibes call. ## v4.0 update — condition 7 (token/usage budget headroom) under 1M windows Every current top-tier and mid-tier chat model — Fable 5, Opus 5, Sonnet 5 — supports a 1M-token co