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Clother preserves full compatibility with claude --resume <session-id>. Whether a session was started with a provider launcher or with the claude shim, you can resume it the same way.

Provider-aware resume commands

After a session ends, Clother prints a provider-aware resume command alongside the standard Claude resume hint. For example, after a Kimi session you will see:
clother-kimi --resume <session-id>
Using the provider-specific launcher to resume ensures the same provider and model are used for the continued session.

Cross-provider resume into native Claude

When you resume a session that was started with a non-Claude provider into native Claude (for example, by running claude --resume <session-id> after a Kimi session), Clother detects that the session file contains incompatible thinking blocks produced by the non-Claude model. It handles this automatically:
  1. Before launch, Clother temporarily sanitizes the session file, removing incompatible thinking and reasoning blocks from non-Claude assistant messages.
  2. The native Claude session runs against the sanitized file.
  3. After the session ends, Clother restores the original session file, merging in any new messages written during the resumed session.
The original session data is never permanently discarded.

The claude shim

During install, Clother creates a claude shim symlink in your bin directory. This shim intercepts claude --resume ... calls so that Clother’s resume handling (including cross-provider sanitization) applies even when you use the plain claude command.

Troubleshooting

If claude --resume ... does not behave like Clother (for example, the shim is bypassed or sanitization does not run), restart your shell and then run:
clother install
This refreshes the claude shim and all launcher symlinks.

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