ai-session-manager 0.1.8

Per-project session persistence for AI CLI tools

ai-session-manager

Per-project session persistence for AI CLI tools.

ai-session-manager adds automatic project-scoped resume behavior to supported AI CLIs so you can leave a project and come back without manually reopening the right conversation.

Tested on Linux and Windows.

[!WARNING] This tool renames installed CLI binaries and replaces them with wrapper scripts. Use it at your own risk, and make sure you understand how to restore the original binaries with ai-session-manager teardown.

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Why

Most AI CLIs support sessions, but they do not all resume the same way and they do not all make project-scoped resume automatic. This project adds one consistent wrapper layer across tools.

Today it supports:

Tool	Auto-resume behavior
agy	Starts normally on first run, then stores/discovers a native conversation ID and resumes with agy --conversation <id>
copilot	Stores a stable session UUID and launches copilot --session-id <uuid>
claude	Stores a managed session UUID, starts with claude --session-id <uuid>, then resumes with claude -r <uuid>
gemini	Stores a managed session UUID, starts with gemini --session-id <uuid>, then resumes with gemini --resume <uuid>
codex	Starts normally on first run, then stores/discovers the native session ID and resumes with codex resume <id>

Project-scoped state lives in:

• .ai-session-manager/ inside the project root, whether it is a git repo or a plain folder

Existing state is still recognized and migrated from:

• .git/ai-session-manager/

Copilot legacy state is also recognized and migrated from:

• .git/copilot-session
• .copilot-session

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Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• One or more supported CLIs installed: Antigravity, Copilot, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, or Codex CLI

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Installation

pip install --editable ~/ai-session-manager

Once published:

pip install ai-session-manager

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Setup

Install wrappers for every supported tool found in PATH:

ai-session-manager setup

Or target specific tools:

ai-session-manager setup agy copilot claude gemini codex

Each selected binary is renamed to <tool>-real and replaced with a thin Python wrapper. From that point on, keep using the original command name.

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Usage

Copilot

cd ~/my-project
copilot
# [ai-session-manager] New session 4f1a2b3c-... (my-project)

cd ~/my-project
copilot
# [ai-session-manager] Resuming session 4f1a2b3c-... (my-project)

AGY

agy
# [ai-session-manager] Starting new Antigravity CLI session (my-project)

agy
# [ai-session-manager] Resuming session 123e4567-... (my-project)

Claude / Gemini

claude
# [ai-session-manager] New session 4f1a2b3c-... (my-project)

claude
# [ai-session-manager] Resuming session 4f1a2b3c-... (my-project)

gemini
# [ai-session-manager] New session 7b2f8c1d-... (my-project)

gemini
# [ai-session-manager] Resuming session 7b2f8c1d-... (my-project)

Codex

codex
# [ai-session-manager] Starting new Codex session (my-project)

codex
# [ai-session-manager] Resuming session 019e94b3-... (my-project)

Supported tools are still fully usable with their own native session commands. If you pass an explicit resume or session-management flag/subcommand, the wrapper gets out of the way.

For example:

agy --conversation 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000
copilot --resume
claude -r my-session
gemini --list-sessions
codex resume --last

Start fresh in the current project

ai-session-manager reset

Or reset one tool only:

ai-session-manager reset claude

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Commands

Command	Description
ai-session-manager setup [tools...]	Install wrappers for all detected or selected tools
ai-session-manager teardown [tools...]	Remove wrappers and restore original binaries
ai-session-manager status [tools...]	Show platform, binary paths, and state files
ai-session-manager reset [tools...]	Delete persisted wrapper state for the current project

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State layout

project root:
  .ai-session-manager/
    copilot.json
    claude.json
    codex.json
    gemini.json
    agy.json

Copilot, Claude, and Gemini store an exact managed session identifier in their state files from the first launch.

AGY and Codex store the tool's own native conversation/session identifier once the wrapper can discover it from local history after a successful run. If no exact native ID is available yet, the wrapper falls back to the tool's native resume-latest/new-session behavior until it can record one.

Platform details

	Linux	macOS	Windows
Wrapper file	tool name (shebang script)	tool name (shebang script)	tool .cmd wrapper
Real binary	<tool>-real	<tool>-real	<tool>-real.exe or <tool>-real.cmd
Process launch	os.execv (true replace)	os.execv (true replace)	subprocess + exit code

Project structure

ai-session-manager/
├── pyproject.toml
├── README.md
└── src/
    ├── ai_session_manager/
    │   ├── wrapper.py
    │   └── cli.py

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Reinstalling a tool CLI

If a wrapped tool is manually reinstalled and overwrites the wrapper, run setup again:

ai-session-manager setup copilot

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Uninstall

ai-session-manager teardown
pip uninstall ai-session-manager

License

MIT