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Working in sessions

Each skill loads only the files its task needs. Short, focused sessions work best.

  • Do one task, or a few related ones, per session. A focused session stays fast and cheap.
  • Start a fresh session for a new task. Every turn sends the whole conversation again. An old task’s history adds cost to the next one. In Claude Code, /clear starts fresh in the same window.
  • Watch the context window. If a task outgrows it, run /ili-handoff and continue in a new session. The handoff carries the work over. Some agents summarize a long conversation on their own. A handoff is different: it is saved in the project, works on every agent, and stays after you close the window.
  • Mind the cache. Agents cache the conversation for a while. In Claude Code, that is an hour on a subscription and five minutes on an API key. After a break, a long session reads all of it again at full price. A fresh session that starts with /ili-project-status ongoing often costs less.