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# Prepare Handoff • AI Agent SDK

> prepare_handoff: Prepare context for handoff between agents.

# prepare\_handoff

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> This is a method of the [**MultiAgentContextManager**](../classes/MultiAgentContextManager) class in the [**manager**](../modules/manager) module.

Prepare context for handoff between agents.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def prepare_handoff(from_agent: str, to_agent: str, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]], policy: Optional[ContextPolicy]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="from_agent" type="str" required={true}>
  Source agent ID
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="to_agent" type="str" required={true}>
  Target agent ID
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="messages" type="List" required={true}>
  Current messages
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="policy" type="Optional" required={false}>
  Override policy for this handoff
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="List[Dict[str, Any]]">
  Messages to pass to target agent
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `get_agent_policy`
* `estimate_messages_tokens`

## Source

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## Related Documentation

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  <Card title="Handoffs Concept" icon="hand-holding" href="/docs/concepts/handoffs" />

  <Card title="Handoffs Feature" icon="arrow-right-arrow-left" href="/docs/features/handoffs" />
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