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Session Resume

Resume an existing Claude Code session in a new local terminal window. No prompt is sent and remote-control is off — the terminal opens directly into the conversation, ready for the user to type. cwd is auto-derived from the session's recorded working directory.

MCP name: session_resume

Category: sidecar

Mutates state (retry policy: manual)

Parameters

Name Type Required Description
bypass_permissions bool No Add --dangerously-skip-permissions. Default: True.
cwd str No Override the working directory. Defaults to the session's own recorded cwd, falling back to repo root.
session_id str Yes Full or partial (>=8-char prefix) session UUID to resume.