Claude-code-tips half-clone

Name: half-clone
Author: ykdojo

Clone the later half of the current conversation, discarding earlier context to reduce token usage while preserving recent work.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/ykdojo/claude-code-tips

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/ykdojo/claude-code-tips "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/half-clone" ~/.claude/skills/ykdojo-claude-code-tips-half-clone && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/half-clone/SKILL.md

source content

Clone the later half of the current conversation, discarding earlier context to reduce token usage while preserving recent work.

Steps:

Get the current session ID and project path:

tail -1 ~/.claude/history.jsonl | jq -r '[.sessionId, .project] | @tsv'

Find half-clone-conversation.sh with bash:
```
find ~/.claude -name "half-clone-conversation.sh" 2>/dev/null | sort -V | tail -1
```
- This finds the script whether installed via plugin or manual symlink
- Uses version sort to prefer the latest version if multiple exist
Preview the conversation to verify the session ID:
```
<script-path> --preview <session-id> <project-path>
```
- Check that the first and last messages match the current conversation
Run the clone:
```
<script-path> <session-id> <project-path>
```
- Always pass the project path from the history entry, not the current working directory
Tell the user they can access the half-cloned conversation with
```
claude -r
```
and look for the one marked
```
[HALF-CLONE <timestamp>]
```
(e.g.,
```
[HALF-CLONE Jan 7 14:30]
```
). The script automatically appends a reference to the original conversation at the end of the cloned file.