Scheduled tasks should be able to spawn interactive sessions for follow-up

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Mar 18, 2026 by yuyan0629 Closed Apr 16, 2026

Feature Request

Scheduled tasks currently run autonomously and complete without any way to hand off to an interactive session. It would be very useful if a scheduled task could spawn a new interactive Claude Code session at the end of its run, pre-loaded with context, so the user can continue the conversation.

Use Case

A daily scheduled task processes meeting transcripts (from Google Meet recordings via Gmail), extracts action items and decisions, and organizes them into structured notes.

Current behavior: The task saves markdown files and exits. The user has to start a new session and manually reference those files to discuss follow-up actions.

Desired behavior: After processing, the task spawns a new interactive session that already has the meeting digest loaded. When the user opens Claude Code, they see this session ready for follow-up — e.g., "Which TODO should we prioritize?", "Draft a message about this decision", etc.

Why This Matters

Scheduled tasks are great for automation, but many workflows don't end with "save a file." They naturally lead to human-in-the-loop follow-up. The gap between "task completed" and "user starts interacting" is a friction point that breaks the flow.

This would make scheduled tasks significantly more powerful for workflows like:

  • Meeting digest → action item triage
  • Daily report generation → review and discussion
  • Monitoring alerts → investigation and response
  • Email processing → draft replies

Suggested Approach

  • Allow scheduled tasks to call something like spawn_interactive_session(context, title) at the end of their run
  • The spawned session appears in the sidebar as a regular session, pre-loaded with the task's context/output
  • The user can open it and start interacting immediately

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