Session persistence tool for terminal-based AI coding agents that saves full agent context and lets you resume seamlessly after interruptions — network drops, timeouts, or intentional breaks. Works with popular AI CLI agents and maintains conversation history, file states, and task progress across sessions. Particularly valuable for long-running agentic tasks that span hours or multiple work sessions.
cli-continues solves one of the most frustrating problems with terminal-based AI agents: losing progress when sessions are interrupted. Whether due to network disconnections, timeouts, or intentional breaks, it saves the full agent context and lets you resume seamlessly.
The tool works with popular AI CLI agents and maintains conversation history, file states, and task progress across sessions. It is particularly valuable for long-running agentic tasks that span hours or multiple work sessions.
Free / Open Source
CLI tool; Node.js; works in any terminal
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