Handoff viewer

3 min readReferenceUpdated 2026-05-21

What you'll find here

The read-only craik operator handoff view over craik.handoff records, what it formats, and the redaction boundary it preserves.

Design rationale: ADR 0005 · Receipts and handoffs as public contracts.

What the surface formats

Handoff id · task id · project id · status · agent · summary

Completed actions

Next steps

Receipt links

Evidence-like artifacts

And changed files.

Risks

Open follow-ups

Context debt · assumptions · contradictions · human delegation ids.

Boundaries

Read durable summaries, not raw logs.

The viewer displays the durable summary already captured in the handoff and linked ids for deeper inspection. It must not read raw logs or expand potentially sensitive command output.

Missing sections render as none so operators can distinguish an empty section from a formatter failure.

Commands

craik operator handoff handoff_docs
craik operator handoff task_docs
craik operator handoff task_docs --json

The command accepts either a handoff id or a task id. The text view uses the operator formatter for terminal scanning. --json returns the persisted craik.handoff payload for tooling and exact contract inspection.

What's next

ReferenceOperator surfaceThe shared TUI boundary.ReferenceReceipt viewerThe receipts the handoff links to.ADR0005 · Receipts & handoffs as public contractsWhy handoffs are first-class.