Sessions and conversation flow

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This stack uses session_mode = "chat": the bot automatically resumes the previous Claude session on every new message. Just keep sending messages, no special commands needed.

Message flow

1. You send a message in Telegram.
2. Takopi passes it to claude -p "your message" --resume <session_id>.
3. Claude continues the previous conversation, remembering what it did before.
4. Takopi streams Claude’s response back to Telegram.

Useful commands

Command	What it does
/new	Clear the session and start fresh
/cancel	Reply to a progress message to stop the current run

Things to keep in mind

• Context accumulates. Every message adds to the conversation history. After many messages, Claude’s context window fills up, responses slow down, and token costs increase. Use /new periodically.
• CLAUDE.md is read once at the start of each session. If you update CLAUDE.md, send /new to make Claude pick up the changes.
• One request at a time. Takopi serializes requests per session: if you send two messages quickly, the second waits until the first finishes.