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name: autonomous-session-manager description: Session lifecycle management for autonomous coding. Use when starting new coding sessions, resuming work, detecting session type (init vs continue), or managing auto-continuation between sessions. version: 1.0.0 category: autonomous-coding layer: foundation

Autonomous Session Manager

Manages session lifecycle for autonomous coding operations - creation, resumption, detection, and auto-continuation.

Quick Start

Detect Session Type

Copyfrom scripts.session_detector import detect_session_type, SessionType

session_type = detect_session_type(project_dir)
if session_type == SessionType.INIT:
    # First run - need to initialize
    pass
else:
    # Continuation - resume previous work
    pass

Create New Session

Copyfrom scripts.session_manager import SessionManager

async with SessionManager(project_dir, model="claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929") as session:
    result = await session.run(prompt)

Auto-Continue After Session

Copyfrom scripts.auto_continue import auto_continue

# Automatically start next session after 3 second delay
await auto_continue(delay_seconds=3)

Session Workflow

Copy┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    SESSION LIFECYCLE                         │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                              │
│  1. DETECT SESSION TYPE                                      │
│     ├─ Check for feature_list.json                          │
│     ├─ If missing → INIT session                            │
│     └─ If exists → CONTINUE session                         │
│                                                              │
│  2. CREATE SESSION                                           │
│     ├─ Initialize SDK client                                │
│     ├─ Configure tools and permissions                      │
│     └─ Set working directory                                │
│                                                              │
│  3. RUN SESSION                                              │
│     ├─ Execute prompt (initializer or coding)               │
│     ├─ Handle tool calls                                    │
│     └─ Capture results                                      │
│                                                              │
│  4. END SESSION                                              │
│     ├─ Save state                                           │
│     ├─ Check completion status                              │
│     └─ Trigger auto-continue or shutdown                    │
│                                                              │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Key Features

Configuration

Copy# Session configuration
SESSION_CONFIG = {
    "model": "claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929",
    "max_turns": 1000,
    "continue_delay": 3,  # seconds
    "max_iterations": None,  # None = unlimited
}

Integration Points

• context-state-tracker: Provides state persistence
• security-sandbox: Provides command validation
• autonomous-loop: Uses session manager for continuous operation

References

• references/SESSION-LIFECYCLE.md - Detailed lifecycle documentation
• references/CONFIGURATION.md - Configuration options

Scripts

• scripts/session_manager.py - Core SessionManager class
• scripts/session_detector.py - Session type detection
• scripts/auto_continue.py - Auto-continuation logic