[FEATURE] Allow --continue to create new session if no conversation found

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• [x] I have searched existing requests and this feature hasn't been requested yet
• [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features)

Problem Statement

Right now claude --continue fails with No conversation found if you're opening it in a new directory (for example). This behavior is annoying if you're trying to invoke claude through a script (sandboxing in a docker container) or in an IDE (say in sidekick.nvim). I would prefer --continue to just default to opening a new session if no existing one is found, rather than having to lift out to error handling at the bash level. Is there a workaround, or can we get some "sane" behavior here? :) Thanks

Proposed Solution

claude --continue opens a new session is no conversation is found.

Alternative Solutions

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Priority

Critical - Blocking my work

Feature Category

CLI commands and flags

Use Case Example

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Additional Context

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