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Resume Last by tonydzi — Agent Skill

Name: Resume Last
Author: tonydzi

Resume Last

Collect the last human session, or a specific one by id, into a seed on the clipboard, so a new session continues where the old one broke off, including after a crash or on a machine where native resume does not work. Triggers: "/resume-last", "/resume", "continue the last session".

tonydzi Updated Sep 17, 2026

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/resume-last — pick up the previous chat in one move

The pain: a session crashed or got lost in the interface → you used to have to dig through the catalog, find it and copy it by hand. The native claude --resume does not work for a foreign or cross-machine session (since v2.1.9 Claude rejects a "foreign" session). So the reliable way is to start a NEW session pre-loaded with the full history of the old one.

What it does

Finds your latest human session (service/robot ones are filtered out by the session_author classifier) — or takes a specific cliSessionId if you pass one.
Builds the seed: the whole history + "continue from here", and puts it on the clipboard (plus a file _Dashboards/sessions-md/_continue/<cli>.seed.md).
You open a New session and press Ctrl+V — the conversation continues.

How to run

The latest session on this machine:

python "$IMPORTS_ROOT/claude_sessions/continue_session.py" --last

A specific session (id from Sessions-Catalog.html or from the /resume-last header):

python "$IMPORTS_ROOT/claude_sessions/continue_session.py" <cliSessionId>

(On Macs: python3, and for a non-standard vault path set env CLAUDE_VAULT_ROOT=<...>.)

What to tell the operator

Say WHICH session was picked up (title + date + cli) and that the seed is already on the clipboard.
Give exactly one instruction: "Open a New session and press Ctrl+V — you will continue where you left off."
If clipboard: FAILED — say the seed is in the file <cli>.seed.md, open it and copy manually.
If the operator can already see the wanted session in Recents on the same machine — remind them the native claude --resume <cli> works there too (faster, no pasting).

Boundaries

READ-only against the vault/sessions: it only READS transcripts and writes the seed file + clipboard. It sends nothing and changes nothing in live data.
It is the twin of the SessionStart hook session_resume_hook (that one SHOWS the previous session at startup; this one PICKS IT UP with a single command).

Like this skill? It is one of 100 in second-brain-starter-kit: the second brain we built for ourselves and run every day at Palo Alto AI Research Lab. Install the whole set with npx skills add tonydzi/second-brain-starter-kit. Everything is open source and free, so take what you need.

Flagships worth a look on their own: secondop-panel (a second opinion from a panel of external models), claude-memory-tidy (stop your agent's memory from rotting), telegram-mcp-kit (your own Telegram over MCP in about 15 minutes).

Author: Anton Dziatkovskii, Palo Alto AI Research Lab. Telegram @tonydzi - WhatsApp +1 341 222 9178 - X @Tony_Stef_

Engineers: want to test-drive this setup? Message me. I hand out free starter seeds to engineers who test and report back, and custom skill requests are welcome.

---name: resume-lastdescription: Collect the last human session, or a specific one by id, into a seed on the clipboard, so a new session continues where the old one broke off, including after a crash or on a machine where native resume does not work. Triggers: "/resume-last", "/resume", "continue the last session".license: MIT---# /resume-last — pick up the previous chat in one move**The pain:** a session crashed or got lost in the interface → you used to have to dig through thecatalog, find it and copy it by hand. The native `claude --resume` does **not** work for a foreign orcross-machine session (since v2.1.9 Claude rejects a "foreign" session). So the reliable way is to start aNEW session pre-loaded with the full history of the old one.## What it does1. Finds your **latest human** session (service/robot ones are filtered out by the `session_author` classifier) — or takes a specific `cliSessionId` if you pass one.2. Builds the seed: the whole history + "continue from here", and puts it on the **clipboard** (plus a file `_Dashboards/sessions-md/_continue/<cli>.seed.md`).3. You open a **New session** and press **Ctrl+V** — the conversation continues.## How to runThe latest session on this machine:```python "$IMPORTS_ROOT/claude_sessions/continue_session.py" --last```A specific session (id from `Sessions-Catalog.html` or from the `/resume-last` header):```python "$IMPORTS_ROOT/claude_sessions/continue_session.py" <cliSessionId>```(On Macs: `python3`, and for a non-standard vault path set env `CLAUDE_VAULT_ROOT=<...>`.)## What to tell the operator- Say WHICH session was picked up (title + date + cli) and that the seed is already on the clipboard.- Give exactly one instruction: **"Open a New session and press Ctrl+V — you will continue where you left off."**- If `clipboard: FAILED` — say the seed is in the file `<cli>.seed.md`, open it and copy manually.- If the operator can already see the wanted session in Recents on the same machine — remind them the native `claude --resume <cli>` works there too (faster, no pasting).## Boundaries- READ-only against the vault/sessions: it only READS transcripts and writes the seed file + clipboard. It sends nothing and changes nothing in live data.- It is the twin of the SessionStart hook `session_resume_hook` (that one SHOWS the previous session at startup; this one PICKS IT UP with a single command).------**Like this skill?** It is one of 100 in [second-brain-starter-kit](https://github.com/tonydzi/second-brain-starter-kit): the second brain we built for ourselves and run every day at Palo Alto AI Research Lab. Install the whole set with `npx skills add tonydzi/second-brain-starter-kit`. Everything is open source and free, so take what you need.Flagships worth a look on their own: [secondop-panel](https://github.com/tonydzi/secondop-panel) (a second opinion from a panel of external models), [claude-memory-tidy](https://github.com/tonydzi/claude-memory-tidy) (stop your agent's memory from rotting), [telegram-mcp-kit](https://github.com/tonydzi/telegram-mcp-kit) (your own Telegram over MCP in about 15 minutes).Author: **Anton Dziatkovskii**, Palo Alto AI Research Lab. Telegram [@tonydzi](https://t.me/tonydzi) - WhatsApp [+1 341 222 9178](https://wa.me/13412229178) - X [@Tony_Stef_](https://x.com/Tony_Stef_)**Engineers: want to test-drive this setup?** Message me. I hand out free starter seeds to engineers who test and report back, and custom skill requests are welcome.

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