Can you force Claude to write a handoff .md file before a chat gets compacted?

A user is seeking a method to compel Claude to generate or update a HANDOFF.md file after each response in regular chat sessions, not just in Claude Code. This file should summarize the chat's goal, decisions, file changes, open questions, and next steps, overwriting previous content to avoid context issues. The user, who is not a developer, is looking for a solution beyond Claude Code's PreCompact hook, specifically for the standard Claude app on Mac.

This user's approach to managing chat context by overwriting a HANDOFF.md file after each response differs from typical methods that append to a transcript or rely on specific developer hooks.