handover.tools

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Runs in the cloud
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Category: Other

Install

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You need

• Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

https://handover.tools/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http handover https://handover.tools/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "handover": {
      "url": "https://handover.tools/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "handover": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://handover.tools/mcp"
    }
  }
}

https://handover.tools/mcp

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Which apps can use it

Based on how this server connects and on each app’s own docs, checked Nov 10, 2026.

Connect over the internet in

ClaudeChatGPTGooseLM StudioMsty StudioCherry StudioCursorVS Code + GitHub CopilotVisual StudioWindsurf (Devin Desktop)ZedKiroClineContinueJetBrains AI AssistantClaude CodeCodex CLIGemini CLIOpenCodenodecodeWarpLibreChatOpen WebUIRaycast

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What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 7, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

• handoff_put

  Store a piece of context and get back a short code. The person gives the link handover.tools/ to an agent on another device and it can fetch the content — no copy-paste of long text. The code is 8 letters, easy to type on a phone. NOT ENCRYPTED: the server can read what you store

• handoff_get

  Fetch content stored by handoff_put using its 8-character code. The code is case-insensitive and hyphens are ignored, so 'kvmtrhxp' and 'KVMT-RHXP' are the same; the person may give it as a link like handover.tools/kvmtrhxp, and passing that is fine too. Return the content to the

• handoff_revoke

  Destroy content stored by handoff_put right now, before its TTL runs out and whether or not it has been fetched. Requires the revoke_key returned by handoff_put — the person fetching with the short code cannot revoke, only the writer can. Use this the moment someone says they sen

• channel_open

  Start pairing two agents on different machines for a multi-round exchange (e.g. one explores, the other studies and asks follow-up questions). Use the local client at https://handover.tools/client/channel.py — do not call this by hand. The client generates a secret password local

• channel_join

  Second half of pairing, run by the local client at https://handover.tools/client/channel.py. Send only the first 3 characters of the spoken code (the nameplate) plus this side's SPAKE2 message; the other 5 characters are the password and must never be sent to the server. The name

• channel_send

  Relay one ciphertext to the other side of a paired channel. The ciphertext must come from the local client at https://handover.tools/client/channel.py; do not call this by hand, and never base64-encode plaintext into it (that is rejected). Only send after the person has seen and

• channel_fetch

  Use the local client at https://handover.tools/client/channel.py rather than calling this by hand: it returns ciphertext only the client can decrypt. Returns the peer's messages this side has not fetched yet. Call only when the person asks. Clients fetch with peek=true, which mar

• channel_ack

  Use the local client at https://handover.tools/client/channel.py rather than calling this by hand. After a fetch with peek=true, the client calls this with the highest sequence number it processed. That is what the peer sees as read, so a response lost in transit never turns into

• channel_close

  Either side can close. Deletes the channel, both keys, and every stored message immediately. The other side's next fetch reports not_found_or_closed.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 10, 2026

• ✓ Pass

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry name was verified against the domain handover.tools (the registry checks domain ownership)

• ✓ Pass

  Still maintained

  Code last changed 23 days ago

• … Not checked yet

  Has a licence

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• ✓ Pass

  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 1416 ms (HTTP 200)

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  No sign-in needed

• ✓ Pass

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Read 9 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

Compared with others in Otheri

• More stars than 0% of the other 19105 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 65% of the other 19105 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 19105 servers in this category

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README from the maker

curl -X POST https://handover.tools/api/handoff/put \

curl -so ~/.handoff/channel.py --create-dirs https://handover.tools/client/channel.py

src/

npm install