AI Plugin Indexportal vs handoff
portal and handoff are both knowledge and memory skills. handoff scores higher (82 vs 72 out of 100). handoff has more GitHub stars (4.1k), and handoff was updated more recently (5 days ago). The table compares them side by side.
| portal | handoff | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 72 / 100 | 82 / 100 |
| What it does | Manage Kurtosis Portal for remote context access. Start, stop, and check status of the Portal daemon that enables communication with remote Kurtosis servers. Use when working with remote Kurtosis contexts. | Create a self-contained continuation packet for another agent. Use when the user invokes /handoff, asks to transfer work, or needs the current context saved before another agent continues. |
| Publisher | Community: kurtosis-tech | Community: synthetic-sciences |
| Grades | Maintenance A, Licence A, Quality A | Maintenance A, Licence A, Quality A |
| npm downloads a week | Not on npm | Not on npm |
| Runs | Skill | Skill |
| Works with | Claude Code, Claude apps | Claude Code, Claude apps |
| GitHub stars | 557 | 4,134 |
| Last commit | 16 Oct 2026 | 18 Oct 2026 |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Listed since | 20 Oct 2026 | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Install portal | Install handoff |
Questions
Is portal or handoff more popular?
handoff has more GitHub stars: 4,134.
Can I use portal and handoff together?
Yes. AI assistants can load several skills at once. Install both and the assistant picks the right one for each task.