Add 'New Conversation' option to /resume menu
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 24, 2026 by edenBenovadia Closed Mar 28, 2026
Feature Request
When working in a long Claude Code session, switching to a new topic requires Ctrl+C + restarting claude. There's no way to start a fresh conversation from within the CLI while preserving the current session for /resume.
Problem
/clearwipes the conversation history, so/resumecan't find it later- Continuing in the same session mixes unrelated topics, polluting context
- The only clean option is
Ctrl+Cand restarting the process manually
Proposed Solution
Add a "New Conversation" option to the /resume menu (or as a standalone /new command) that:
- Archives/saves the current conversation (so it's resumable later via
/resume) - Starts a fresh conversation context within the same process
This would make topic switching seamless without losing conversation history.
Why
Power users who run Claude Code for extended periods often switch between unrelated tasks. Currently there's no clean way to context-switch without exiting the process.
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