Transfer Context Between Sessions

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Prepare context for a new chat session when current one is degraded or hitting token limits. Use when context exceeds 70% or conversation needs to continue in a fresh session.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
ProductivityIntermediate
406/2/2026
Claude CodeCursorWindsurfCopilotCodex
#context-transfer#session-management#token-limit#chat-continuity

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Our review

This skill prepares a structured summary of the current session for transfer to a new chat session, useful when token limits are reached or the conversation degrades.

Strengths

  • Generates a comprehensive summary including decisions, files touched, and current state.
  • Creates a ready-to-paste prompt for a fresh chat.
  • Helps avoid losing context and important decisions.

Limitations

  • Requires manual action to paste the prompt into a new session.
  • Only works if the user recognizes the session is degraded.
  • May omit subtle details not captured in the summary.
When to use it

Use this skill when the current session approaches 70% token usage or when AI responses become slow or incoherent.

When not to use it

Do not use it for very short conversations or when context is still light and the session is responsive.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score88/100

This skill only provides a template for summarizing chat context; it does not invoke any tools, execute code, or perform any actions that could be harmful. No risky instructions or external interactions are present.

No concerns found

Examples

Regular context transfer
This conversation is getting long and hitting token limits. Please prepare a context transfer so I can start a fresh chat.
Explicit handoff with state
Create a context transfer summary including a prompt for a new chat to continue working on the current project.
Token limit warning
The session is degraded and responses are slow. Generate a context transfer document with all decisions, files, and a continuation prompt.

name: transfer-context description: Prepare context for a new chat session when this one is degraded or hitting token limits. Use when context is above 70% or conversation needs to continue in a fresh session. disable-model-invocation: true

Transfer Context

Prepare context for a new chat session when this one is degraded or hitting limits.

Output Format

## Context Transfer

### Summary
[What was accomplished in this session]

### Key Decisions
- [Decision 1 and why]
- [Decision 2 and why]

### Important Context
- [Gotchas discovered]
- [Patterns to follow]
- [Things that didn't work]

### Relevant Files
- path/to/file.ts - [what it does, why it matters]
- path/to/other.ts - [description]

### Current State
[What's working, what's broken, what's next]

### Prompt for New Chat
[Ready-to-paste prompt with all necessary context to continue]

Instructions

  1. Summarize what we accomplished (not just what we tried)
  2. List decisions made and their reasoning
  3. Note gotchas, failed approaches, important discoveries
  4. List files touched with brief descriptions
  5. Describe current state clearly
  6. Create a complete prompt I can paste into a fresh chat

The prompt should give the new session everything it needs to continue without re-explaining.

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