Claude Session Handoffs: How to Keep Context Across Conversations
TLDR: AI conversations have a pretty definite length limit as of 2026 and a limited shelf life. When context fills up or you start a new session, everything the AI learned about your project may be gone. ⭐ A simple two-file system (a permanent reference doc and a living session log) plus a handoff prompt takes a few seconds at the end of a session and saves minutes of re-explanation (and potentially wasted context) at the start of the next