cadence shell uses temp directories instead of CWD

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jan 9, 2026 by zackham Closed Jan 9, 2026

Bug: cadence shell uses temp directories instead of CWD

Reported by: Patrick Marchwiak

Issue

  • Running cadence shell (or cadence) uses temporary directories rather than the directory it was started in
  • Code written during a session isn't persisted to disk
  • Can't resume sessions — no memory of previous work

Expected behavior

  • Should behave like claude — write to the current directory and support session resumption

Proposed resolution

  • Fix cadence shell to use the current working directory instead of a temp dir
  • Ensure session state persists for resumption

Workaround for now

  • Use cadence auto for local dev work — it correctly writes files and handles sessions
  • Only use cadence / cadence shell for quick questions, not repo work

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