How do I install the Session Continuity Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/session-continuity/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at https://claudskills.com/install/.

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

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Session Continuity

Category: General · Sub-category: general-misc · Last updated: 2026-05-22

Establish and maintain cross-session memory for a project via two in-repo docs — .session-continuity/SESSION_PRIMER.md (current state, refreshed alongside substantive commits) and .session-continuity/LEARNINGS.md (append-only wisdom for 15+ min bugs). Use when starting, before commits, or after hard-won bugs.

From the source SKILL.md

Two in-repo files act as a handoff between Claude sessions on the same project:

What this skill does

Session Continuity is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/session-continuity/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when starting, before commits, or after hard-won bugs.

Who uses this skill

The Session Continuity Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 70,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/session-continuity
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/session-continuity/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/session-continuity/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/session-continuity/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/session-continuity/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\session-continuity\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

Pro

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Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/talgolan/session-continuity/blob/HEAD/skills/session-continuity/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: talgolan
Website: https://github.com/talgolan/session-continuity

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

talgolan. (2026). Session Continuity [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/session-continuity/

BibTeX

@misc{session-continuity-2026,
  author    = {talgolan},
  title     = {Session Continuity [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/session-continuity/}
}

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