Move a Claude Code task to a teammate without sharing a login
A coding task often stalls because the person who wrote the brief cannot run it right now. Passing a provider login to someone else blurs who executed the work and what access they had. A better handoff transfers the task specification, then lets the next person work with their own authorized tools. Here is a small template for doing that. It works as a Markdown issue even if your team never…
When a coding task becomes stalled because the original author cannot complete it at the moment, it's more secure to transfer the task specification rather than sharing login credentials. This allows the next person to work with their own authorized tools. Here's a template for this handoff process using Markdown in an issue.
The handoff file includes:
- The task description
- The desired outcome
- The scope of changes
- The starting point details (repository URL, base branch/commit, relevant paths)
- The command to run the tests
- Access rules (author can write, executor uses their own account and Claude Code access)
- Evidence to return (commit or PR URL, changed files, test command and output, screenshot if applicable, note of any untested behavior)
For example, Maya prepares a brief to add an empty-state message to a list. She doesn't have time to implement it but authorizes Arun to access the repository. Arun checks out the base reference, examines the UI states, edits the component, and runs the documented tests. He must provide the changed files, the exact commit, the test command and result, and whether he performed a visual check.
Only then can Maya review the changes and decide to accept the task or return it with feedback. This method enables shared AI execution capacity while maintaining clear boundaries between the author, executor, and reviewer.
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