You can now resume your terminal sessions in the Claude Code desktop app.
Type /resume to pick any session you started from the CLI. The session continues in the app with the full conversation and context intact.
Anthropic's Claude Code desktop app can continue a conversation started in the terminal. The announcement says /resume lets users select a terminal-origin session and bring its conversation and context windowThe maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.Full definition → into the desktop app.
That gives a developer a way to change interfaces during a task while retaining the instructions and discussion already accumulated. The supported continuity here is the AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → session's conversational context.
Terms in this piece · Glossary
context window — The maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.
AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
