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Continue Claude Work

Rebuilds only the actionable context from local `.claude` session files so you can resume interrupted work without `claude --resume`.

Dev & CodingIntermediate★ 1,323⑂ 212AI score 9/10Last updated: Aug 8, 2026

What it does

  • Runs a bundled Python script over session JSONL files in ~/.claude/projects to produce a briefing with the latest compact summary, recent user requests, errors, unresolved tool calls, subagent status, touched files, MEMORY.md and git state.
  • Unlike claude --resume, which replays the whole transcript, it selectively reconstructs only what's needed — saving context tokens.
  • Classifies how the session ended (clean exit, interrupted, error cascade, abandoned) and prescribes a different continuation strategy for each.
  • Includes guardrails: treat compact summaries as lossy and verify claims against the current workspace before editing.

Who it's for

  • Developers whose long Claude Code sessions get cut off by ctrl-c, timeouts, or context limits.
  • Anyone who wants a fresh session that still knows prior state, without the token cost of --resume.
  • Teams running multi-subagent pipelines who need to know which agents finished and which need a retry.

Examples

  1. "Continue work from session abc123" → extracts that session's briefing and implements the next concrete step.
  2. "Don't resume, just read the .claude files and keep going" → auto-discovers the latest session and surfaces errors plus dangling tool calls.
  3. "Search my sessions for the PR review work" → uses --query "PR review" to locate and rebuild that context.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/daymade/claude-code-skills/HEAD/daymade-claude-code/continue-claude-work/SKILL.md

What I want: (describe your task here)

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↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install in Claude Code

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Install the skill I found on AI Skill Mart.
Copy the daymade-claude-code/continue-claude-work folder from the GitHub repo daymade/claude-code-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/continue-claude-work/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills.git /tmp/ccs && cp -r /tmp/ccs/daymade-claude-code/continue-claude-work ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Create the skills directory: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills.git /tmp/ccs
  3. Copy the skill: cp -r /tmp/ccs/daymade-claude-code/continue-claude-work ~/.claude/skills/
  4. Verify scripts/extract_resume_context.py and references/file_structure.md came along.
  5. Confirm Python 3 is available: python3 --version
  6. Restart Claude Code and try "continue what I was working on in my last session" to trigger the skill.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT