Cross-Session Memory & Continuity

Why This is Copilot-Exclusive

Copilot CLI maintains a cross-session history store — a read-only SQLite database (session_store) that contains conversation history, file references, and full-text search across all your past sessions. Combined with /resume to continue previous sessions and session artifacts stored in files/, this creates persistent memory across your development workflow. Claude Code sessions are ephemeral — when a session ends, its context is gone.

When to Use

• Resuming work on a multi-day task
• Searching past sessions for how you solved a similar problem before
• Building on artifacts (plans, analyses, configs) from previous sessions
• Maintaining context continuity across terminal restarts
• Reviewing what you accomplished in past sessions

Workflow