diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_handles.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_handles.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..560785271f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_handles.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import pyblish.api
+
+
+class CollectHandles(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
+    """
+    OpenPype collector for handling animation-related tasks.
+    It checks the include handle settings of the project, determines whether to include/exclude handles
+    based on the current task, and initializes handle values accordingly.
+    Attributes:
+        order (int): The order of execution for this extractor.
+        label (str): The label used to identify this extractor.
+        families (list): List of families to which this extractor is applicable.
+    """
+    order = pyblish.api.CollectorOrder + 0.4999999
+    label = "Collect Handles"
+    families = ["animation",
+                "pointcache",
+                "camera",
+                "proxyAbc",
+                "renderlayer",
+                "review",
+                "yeticache"]
+
+    def process(self, instance):
+        # Check the include handle settings of the actual project
+        include_handles_settings = instance.context.data["project_settings"]["maya"]["include_handles"]
+        current_task = instance.context.data["anatomyData"]["task"]["name"]
+        include_task = include_handles_settings["include_handles_default"]
+
+        # Log information about the current task and handle settings
+        self.log.info(f"Processing instance: {instance.name}")
+        self.log.info(f"Current Task: {current_task}")
+        self.log.info(f"Include Handles Default: {include_task}")
+
+        # Define if we had to include/exclude the handles
+        for item in include_handles_settings["per_task_type"]:
+            if current_task in item["task_type"]:
+                include_task = item["include_handles"]
+                break
+
+        # if we exclude, initialize handles values to origin(frame start, frame end)
+        if not include_task:
+            instance.context.data["frameStartHandle"] = int(instance.context.data.get("frameStart"))
+            instance.context.data["frameEndHandle"] = int(instance.context.data.get("frameEnd"))
+            instance.context.data["handleStart"] = 0
+            instance.context.data["handleEnd"] = 0
+
+            # Log information about the handle values initialization
+            self.log.info("Handles excluded.")
+
+        self.log.info(f"Frame Start Handle: {instance.context.data['frameStartHandle']}")
+        self.log.info(f"Frame End Handle: {instance.context.data['frameEndHandle']}")
+        self.log.info(f"Handle Start: {instance.context.data['handleStart']}")
+        self.log.info(f"Handle End: {instance.context.data['handleEnd']}")
diff --git a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_maya.json b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_maya.json
index a6fd742b40d..684ef2ce770 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_maya.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_maya.json
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@
             "collapsible": true,
             "label": "Include/Exclude Handles in default playback & render range",
             "children": [
+                {
+                    "type": "label",
+                    "label": "WARNING: Do not add the same task in multiple items of the include/exclude list below."
+                },
                 {
                     "key": "include_handles_default",
                     "label": "Include handles by default",