ykdojo/claude-code-tips

half-clone

Clone the later half of the current conversation, discarding earlier context to reduce token usage while preserving recent work.

First seen Feb 3, 2026

Installation

$ npx skills add ykdojo/claude-code-tips --skill half-clone

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Claude Code Declared
Cursor Not declared
Codex Not declared
GitHub Copilot Not declared
Windsurf Not declared
Gemini CLI Not declared
Cline Not declared
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License LICENSE
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Declared agents claude-code

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  • skill md SKILL.md 1,486 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 146 B

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SKILL.md

Clone the later half of the current conversation, discarding earlier context to reduce token usage while preserving recent work.

Steps:

  1. Get the current session ID and project path: tail -1 ~/.claude/history.jsonl | jq -r '[.sessionId, .project] | @tsv'
  2. Find half-clone-conversation.sh with bash: find ~/.claude -name "half-clone-conversation.sh" 2>/dev/null | sort -V | tail -1

- This finds the script whether installed via plugin or manual symlink - Uses version sort to prefer the latest version if multiple exist

  1. Preview the conversation to verify the session ID: <script-path> --preview <session-id> <project-path>

- Check that the first and last messages match the current conversation

  1. Run the clone: <script-path> <session-id> <project-path>

- Always pass the project path from the history entry, not the current working directory

  1. The script prints the new session ID (the New session: <id> line). Give the user the exact command to resume it directly, no picker needed:

`` claude --resume <new-session-id> ` The script automatically appends a reference to the original conversation at the end of the cloned file. (The new session is also marked [HALF-CLONE <timestamp>], e.g. [HALF-CLONE Jan 7 14:30], so claude -r` and picking it works as a fallback.)