Developer reports a Claude-to-Gemini handoff using files on disk
RandalSchwartz describes storing agent rules, decisions and next actions in numbered files controlled by a Makefile. The author says Gemini continued a coding run after Claude Sonnet reached a quota limit, reading the state Claude had left on disk. A separate GPT-OSS 120B attempt reportedly ignored those files and produced repeated context resets and conflicting Git operations.
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In the repliesQuanTradin emphasizes persistent state surviving the model switch. thelocalnode says recording rejected approaches helps avoid rebuilding failed ideas; the author agrees and links their own workflow write-up and templates. Neither reply independently reproduces the comparison.
The author promotes their own workflow. Exact Claude/Gemini versions, matched configurations and independently checked production logs are missing. Reported failures do not establish a general capability ranking or prove every model can safely share one working tree.
Original posted October 23 at 00:03:09 UTC. The author’s account and replies by QuanTradin and thelocalnode were read October 26. The workflow and comparison were not independently reproduced.