diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 69e3079..99f920e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,32 @@ The plugin registers one tool, `session_restart`, that the agent can call when t
 - Aborts the current session by default, so only the restarted session stays active.
 - Returns the new session ID so the agent can tell you where to switch.
 
+## Static handoff text
+
+A static text that is always included in the restart prompt, when defined:
+
+- **Per agent (overrides the global default):** add a `handoff_text` key to any agent in `opencode.json` (or any frontmatter key in `agent/*.md` — unknown keys fold into the agent's `options` and are read from there). The text of the agent the restarted session runs under is used.
+
+  ```json
+  {
+    "agent": {
+      "build": {
+        "handoff_text": "Always start by reviewing the open PRs on git.jilits.se before touching any code."
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  ```
+
+- **Global fallback:** set the `static_text` plugin option. It applies to every restart whenever the agent defines no `handoff_text` of its own.
+
+  ```json
+  {
+    "plugin": [["/path/to/opencode-session-restart", { "static_text": "..." }]]
+  }
+  ```
+
+Either way the text is prepended to the handoff prompt under a `STANDING INSTRUCTIONS` section. Precedence: agent `handoff_text` (direct key, or md-frontmatter `handoff_text`) → `static_text` plugin option → nothing.
+
 ### Tool arguments
 
 | argument        | type    | default | description |
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index d59f561..8dc60d6 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-import { type Plugin, type PluginOptions, tool } from "@opencode-ai/plugin"
+import { type Plugin, type PluginInput, type PluginOptions, tool } from "@opencode-ai/plugin"
 import type { TextPartInput } from "@opencode-ai/sdk"
 
 export const id = "opencode-session-restart"
 
+type PluginClient = PluginInput["client"]
+
 export type RestartPluginOptions = {
   /**
    * Abort the current session once the new session has been started.
@@ -16,6 +18,12 @@ export type RestartPluginOptions = {
    * Default: true.
    */
   disable_compaction_continue: boolean
+  /**
+   * Static text always prepended to every restart prompt, for agents that do
+   * not define their own `handoff_text`. An agent-defined `handoff_text`
+   * overrides this. Default: none.
+   */
+  static_text?: string
 }
 
 const DEFAULT_OPTIONS: RestartPluginOptions = {
@@ -25,12 +33,15 @@ const DEFAULT_OPTIONS: RestartPluginOptions = {
 
 const MAX_TITLE_LENGTH = 80
 
-function buildHandoff(task: string, notes: string | undefined) {
+function buildHandoff(task: string, notes: string | undefined, staticText: string | undefined) {
   const state = notes?.trim()
   return [
     "You are continuing work that was restarted into this fresh session with a clean context window.",
     "",
-    "Do not reconstruct or repeat the earlier conversation. Only the notes below and the current on-disk state (working tree, git status, staged or uncommitted changes) are available context.",
+    "Do not reconstruct or repeat the earlier conversation. Only the standing instructions and state notes below, plus the current on-disk state (working tree, git status, staged or uncommitted changes), are available context.",
+    ...(staticText
+      ? ["", "STANDING INSTRUCTIONS (always apply):", staticText]
+      : []),
     "",
     "STATE NOTES:",
     state && state.length > 0 ? state : "None provided — orient yourself by inspecting git status, the diff, and open files.",
@@ -40,6 +51,27 @@ function buildHandoff(task: string, notes: string | undefined) {
   ].join("\n")
 }
 
+async function resolveStaticText(
+  client: PluginClient,
+  currentAgent: string,
+  targetAgent: string | undefined,
+  fallback: string | undefined,
+) {
+  const agentName = targetAgent ?? currentAgent
+  try {
+    const cfg = await client.config.get()
+    const agent = cfg.data?.agent?.[agentName]
+    const direct = agent?.handoff_text
+    if (typeof direct === "string" && direct.trim()) return direct
+    const opts = agent?.options as Record<string, unknown> | undefined
+    const folded = opts?.handoff_text
+    if (typeof folded === "string" && folded.trim()) return folded
+  } catch {
+    // config lookup failed — fall through to the plugin-level static_text
+  }
+  return fallback
+}
+
 function normalizeModel(value: string) {
   const slash = value.indexOf("/")
   if (slash <= 0 || slash === value.length - 1) {
@@ -91,7 +123,8 @@ export const server: Plugin = async ({ client }, rawOptions = {}) => {
           const restartedID = created.data?.id
           if (!restartedID) throw new Error("session.create returned no session id")
 
-          const parts: TextPartInput[] = [{ type: "text", text: buildHandoff(args.task, args.notes) }]
+          const staticText = await resolveStaticText(client, ctx.agent, args.agent, options.static_text)
+          const parts: TextPartInput[] = [{ type: "text", text: buildHandoff(args.task, args.notes, staticText) }]
           await client.session.promptAsync({
             path: { id: restartedID },
             body: {