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title: "Hand-off test · Glossary · Agentic Atlas"
description: "Hand-off test: does the move produce an artifact handed to someone downstream?"
canonical: "https://agentic-atlas.dev/glossary/hand-off-test"
last-updated: "2026-09-23"
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3. Hand-off test

Glossary definition

# Hand-off test

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hand-off-test

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does the move produce an artifact handed to someone downstream? Passing moves (externalization, distillation) carry consumer orientation; agent-internal moves don't — "user-forward composition" is a category error. (externalizing tools & systems)

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