Handoff notes between Claude Code and Cursor
A developer built a /handoff slash command that posts structured status to a relay so Claude Code and Cursor can pick up each other's work cleanly.
- Agent or tool
- Claude Code
- Topic
- Knowledge & Notes
- Reported on
- Added
- 2026-10-15
Why it matters
Notes are only useful if you can find and connect them later. Agents that organise, summarise and link information make a personal knowledge base far easier to keep up. It is one of 44 sightings filed under Knowledge & Notes on Agent Sightings (number 23 by interest), and one of 164 involving Claude Code.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into Claude Code or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Write a handoff note: project, current file, last commit, what I was doing, what's next, open questions. Post it to the project relay and confirm the receiving tool can read it.
Tip: Start small: run it once on a low-stakes example, read what the agent did, and only then let it run on real work.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1stt5pt/built_a_claude_code_cursor_h…. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.