handover.continue
Continue a handover
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Append an immutable revision after reading the current snapshot. expectedRevisionId is mandatory to prevent overwriting another collaborator's work. Omitted artifacts are inherited; matching names are replaced.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| handoverId | string | yes | Handover to continue after reading its current snapshot. |
| expectedRevisionId | string | yes | Current revision ID returned by handover.get; prevents lost updates. |
| note | string | no | What changed or what the next collaborator should know. |
| brief | object | no | Updated structured continuation brief. |
| artifacts | array | no | New or replacement files; omitted files remain inherited. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"handoverId": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^hov_",
"description": "Handover to continue after reading its current snapshot."
},
"expectedRevisionId": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^rev_",
"description": "Current revision ID returned by handover.get; prevents lost updates."
},
"note": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "What changed or what the next collaborator should know."
},
"brief": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": false,
"minProperties": 1,
"properties": {
"objective": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The outcome the next human or agent should continue toward."
},
"currentState": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Verified state at the moment this revision is published."
},
"decisions": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Decisions already made that successors should preserve.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 50
},
"openQuestions": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Unresolved questions that still require evidence or judgment.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 50
},
"nextSteps": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Concrete continuation steps for the receiving actor.",
"maxItems": 50,
"items": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional stable identifier for this step."
},
"text": {
"type": "string",
"description": "One actionable continuation step."
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"open",
"done"
],
"description": "Whether the step still needs action."
}
},
"required": [
"text"
]
}
}
},
"description": "Updated structured continuation brief."
},
"artifacts": {
"type": "array",
"description": "New or replacement files; omitted files remain inherited.",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Filename shown in Handover."
},
"mediaType": {
"type": "string",
"description": "IANA media type, such as text/markdown or text/x-sql."
},
"content": {
"type": "string",
"description": "UTF-8 text, or base64 when encoding is base64."
},
"encoding": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"utf-8",
"base64"
],
"default": "utf-8"
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"content"
]
},
"minItems": 1,
"maxItems": 50
}
},
"required": [
"handoverId",
"expectedRevisionId"
],
"anyOf": [
{
"required": [
"note"
]
},
{
"required": [
"brief"
]
},
{
"required": [
"artifacts"
]
}
]
}