SESSION_CONTEXT
Session & context
Create, resume, organize and manage conversation context and history.
Commands for starting and resuming sessions, inspecting session metadata, compacting context, branching or rewinding conversation history, and exporting or copying conversation output.
- canonical commands
- 26
- command groups
- 5
- interaction syntax
- 0
- options documented
- 14
Also known as Session Management, Conversation Context, Conversation History
Session lifecycle
19 commands
Start, resume, inspect, rename, archive, restore or delete sessions.
/sessionOpen the session-management dashboard.no options/newStart a new conversation while keeping the previous session saved.1 arg/renameRename.1 arg/resumeResume a saved conversation session.1 arg/session listList sessions.3 optctxdex code session listList sessions.3 opt/session showShow details for sessions.1 argctxdex code session showShow details for sessions.1 arg/session archiveArchive sessions.1 arg/session checkpointsList checkpoints for sessions.1 opt · 1 arg/session renameRename sessions.1 opt · 1 arg/session unarchiveRestore archived sessions.1 argctxdex code resumeResume a saved conversation session.2 argctxdex code session archiveArchive sessions.1 argctxdex code session checkpointsList checkpoints for sessions.1 opt · 1 argctxdex code session renameRename sessions.2 argctxdex code session unarchiveRestore archived sessions.1 arg/session deleteDelete sessions.1 opt · 1 argctxdex code session deleteDelete sessions.1 opt · 1 arg
Context management
2 commands
Inspect and compact the active conversation context.
History, branching & rewind
2 commands
Create alternate conversation lineages or return to earlier checkpoints.
Copy & export
2 commands
Copy or export conversation output.
Side conversations
1 command
Ask an ephemeral side question without appending it to the primary history.
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