/resume[session]

Resumes a conversation by ID or name, or opens the session picker. Background sessions are marked bg.

Best use

You closed the laptop mid-task yesterday: /resume and pick yesterday's conversation.

Aliases

/continue

Used in these situations

• Start an unrelated task from scratch/clear → /resume
• Continue yesterday's unfinished work/resume → /rename → /recap

Related commands · Conversation & context

• /clearStart a fresh conversation (the old one stays resumable)
• /compactSummarize a long conversation to free space
• /contextSee what is filling the context window
• /planGet a plan first; edits wait for your approval
• /rewindUndo: roll code and conversation back
• /autocompactSets how full the context window gets before automatic compaction, e.g.
• /branchCreates a branch of the conversation at this point and switches into it; the original is preserved and reachable via /resume.
• /btwAsks a side question about the current session without adding it to the conversation.