Handoff To A New Session Question Explained
This worked Loop Engineering practice question tests Limits and Safety. Try the answer first, then review why D is the best choice.
Short answer
The correct answer is D. Cancel the loop, write a short handoff note, and leave unfinished tasks unchecked.
The next session only knows what is in files. Cancel the loop, then have Claude write a short note with what changed, what was checked, and the next task. Leave the four unfinished tasks unchecked so the file itself says where to start. Tomorrow a new session reads CLAUDE.md, tasks.md, and the note, and you confirm its summary before restarting the loop. The correct answer is D. Cancel the loop, write a short handoff note, and leave unfinished tasks unchecked
The Question
It is 6 pm. A loop has finished three of seven tasks and the session context is getting long. Tomorrow you want a new session to continue without redoing work. What do you do tonight?
Why D is correct
The next session only knows what is in files. Cancel the loop, then have Claude write a short note with what changed, what was checked, and the next task. Leave the four unfinished tasks unchecked so the file itself says where to start. Tomorrow a new session reads CLAUDE.md, tasks.md, and the note, and you confirm its summary before restarting the loop. The correct answer is D. Cancel the loop, write a short handoff note, and leave unfinished tasks unchecked
Why the other options are wrong
Leaving the laptop open keeps a long context alive, and the work still depends on the session surviving the night. A note and a task file stay on disk if the session ends.
Marking undone work as done lies to the next session. It will skip the four tasks you still need.
A full transcript is long and mostly old attempts. The new session needs what changed, what was checked, and the next task.
Key idea: Limits and Safety
Loop engineering is a practice skill. Open Claude Code in a throwaway folder, write one small task in a file, and run it with /loop or /goal while you watch. If you doubt an answer, test it against a real run in that folder.
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