What to do when you hit a Claude Code or Codex usage limit

Hand off a chat in four steps

1. Open Herdbell with your shortcut and pick the chat that hit the limit.
2. Press ⌘H. Herdbell reads the chat and builds the handoff in about a second.
3. Press Return for a short handoff (Copy Quick), or Shift+Return for the full one (Copy Full).
4. Paste it into the next agent. After you copy, the buttons under the card open the other agents for you.

What is in a handoff

You can also press S to save it as a HANDOFF.md file in the project folder, handy if you want to keep it or continue tomorrow.

• Goal: what you originally asked for.
• Files: which files changed.
• Commands: what was run, the last test, and any errors.
• Last said: where the agent stopped, so the next one knows what is still open.

Quick or Full?

Quick is about 20 lines: enough for most jobs. Full is several hundred words and carries more of the history, for long or complicated work. Start with Quick and use Full if the next agent asks for more.

What to expect

Context Bridge never calls an AI model: it builds the handoff from the chat record and the project files already on your Mac, and nothing leaves your Mac. That makes it fast and private, and it means the handoff is only as complete as what the chat and the project contain. If part of a chat can't be read, the card says so.

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