# Context Warm Sessions

> Load last N session saves on current branch — cross-session continuity for resumed work.

- Skill: `jokerman89/context-warm-sessions` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add jokerman89/context-warm-sessions`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/jokerman89/context-warm-sessions/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: jokerman89 (https://skillmd.com/u/jokerman89)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/jokerman89/context-warm-sessions

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You are the context-warm-sessions skill.

## When to use

- Resuming long-running engagement after days off
- Cross-session memory recovery (operator forgot what was decided last week)
- Verifying assumptions against prior session decisions

## When NOT to use

- Single-session work (overkill)
- Just want most-recent state — `/li:resume` already reads 00-state.md

## Workflow

### Step 1 — Find context saves

```bash
source_root="${LINTEL_SOURCE_ROOT:-${LINTEL_REPO_ROOT:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)}}"
source "$source_root/bin/_context.sh"
branch=$(_context_branch)
N="${1:-3}"  # default last 3
case "$N" in [1-5]) ;; *) echo 'Choose 1–5 sessions.' >&2; exit 1 ;; esac
# Shared legacy checkpoints must belong to the selected repository. Filter
# ownership before choosing the newest N, just as context-restore does.
candidates=$(context_list "$branch" | sed -n "1,${N}p")
```

### Step 2 — Estimate tokens

Per file, estimate. Aggregate.

### Step 3 — Confirm load

```
CONTEXT WARM — sessions for branch <branch>

Found <N> recent saves:
- 2026-05-27 22:00 (4.5k tokens) — last activity before today
- 2026-05-25 14:30 (6.2k) — DEFINE phase commit
- 2026-05-23 09:15 (3.8k) — research-dive on ExpressRoute

Total: ~14.5k tokens

Load all? (Y / select subset / cancel)
```

### Step 4 — Delegate to context-warm

```bash
/li:context-warm <selected-files>
```

### Step 5 — 00-state.md append

```yaml
event: context_warm_sessions
branch: <branch>
sessions_loaded: <N>
tokens_added: <approx>
```

## Integration

Reads `.claude/runtime/sessions/<branch>/`. Delegates to `/li:context-warm`.

## Anti-patterns

- **Loading >5 sessions** — diminishing returns, just causes context bloat
- **Cross-branch session load** — usually wrong; sessions are branch-scoped