Is the Handoff DS skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from dazuiba/handoff. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Handoff DS SkillProof Score?

7.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 5/10, docs & honesty 4/5.

How do I install Handoff DS?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Handoff DS with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Handoff DS

Offloads execution-heavy coding tasks to DeepSeek in the background to save quota

by dazuiba · dazuiba/handoff

Works with setup

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Works with setup
Score: 7.6/10
Tested: Jul 20, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Jul 30, 2026 · 1c6d86e

⚠ This skill is no longer available upstream. Our re-check on Aug 10, 2026 couldn't find it any more (repo unreachable/deleted). The test below is what we measured on Jul 20, 2026 and we're leaving it up as a record — but there is nothing left to install, so we've removed the command.

The skill body is only invocation rules for a `handoff` binary that isn't installed and can't be exercised: `which handoff` returns not-found, and the DeepSeek backend needs a paid API token plus (for the recommended OpenCode Go plan) a local proxy, so the offload-vs-do-it-inline delta is unmeasurable — scored output as unmeasured, not a win. The SKILL.md itself is clean, but the README leans on unverified cost claims ('18x the work', 'DeepSeek V4 as capable as Sonnet') and carries affiliate referral links.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 5/10
Docs & honesty 4/5

What Handoff DS does

A dispatcher skill that hands whole execution/investigation coding tasks to a DeepSeek backend running in the background via the separate `handoff` CLI, so the main Claude session is never blocked and keeps its expensive quota for planning and review. Triggers when you say things like 'hand this to handoff-ds', 'let DeepSeek run this', or 'resume the last handoff session'. Requires installing the handoff CLI, running `handoff init`, and configuring a DeepSeek API token.

How to install Handoff DS

Nothing to install: the source repository no longer has this skill. If the author brings it back, our daily re-check will pick it up and the command will reappear here.

Commands — how to trigger Handoff DS

/handoff-ds Offloads execution-heavy coding tasks to DeepSeek in the background to save quota

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Hand this whole investigation task off to handoff-ds in the background
Let DeepSeek run this refactor while I keep working on something else
Resume the last handoff-ds session and check on its progress

Frequently asked questions

Is the Handoff DS skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from dazuiba/handoff. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Handoff DS work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 20, 2026. Verdict: Works with setup. The skill body is only invocation rules for a `handoff` binary that isn't installed and can't be exercised: `which handoff` returns not-found, and the DeepSeek backend needs a paid API token plus (for the recommended OpenCode Go plan) a local proxy, so the offload-vs-do-it-inline delta is unmeasurable — scored output as unmeasured, not a win. The SKILL.md itself is clean, but the README leans on unverified cost claims ('18x the work', 'DeepSeek V4 as capable as Sonnet') and carries affiliate referral links.
What is the Handoff DS SkillProof Score?: 7.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 5/10, docs & honesty 4/5.
How do I install Handoff DS?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Handoff DS with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.