Session resume

# Close the laptop. *Carry on from another.*

One command rebuilds a conversation as a native session on any machine, in either agent.

[Get started free](https://console.context-mode.com/login) [Read the docs](https://contextmode.ai/docs/session-resume)

Sessions **billing-api · 2 h ago** Fix the quota check in the billing job *Open in your terminal*

```
# in the project folder, on any machine
$ curl -s https://… | node   # expires in 15 min
✓ session written. Resume it in your agent.
```

How it works

## One line *to pick up.*

1. 01 **Work as usual** Each request updates the copy.
2. 02 **Pick the session** In the console, under Sessions.
3. 03 **Paste one line** Your agent's own resume opens it.

Proof

## Resume, *compared.*

|  | Context Mode | Built-in resume |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reads from | Your account | A file on this computer |
| New laptop or remote box | Works | Nothing to resume |
| Switch agents | Yes | No |

Read 2026-09-29 and 2026-09-30. [Method and sources →](https://contextmode.ai/docs/landscape)

Features

## What comes back.

**Latest 200 messages**

With a summary of older ones and tool names.

**Your account only**

The command expires after 15 minutes.

Use cases: [Resume on another machine](https://contextmode.ai/use-cases/resume-on-another-machine)

## Your conversation, *on the next machine.*

*npx @context-mode/cli* connects your agents. 1,000 requests free, no card.

[Get started free →](https://console.context-mode.com/login) [Read the docs →](https://contextmode.ai/docs/session-resume)