Portable Handoff: How to Keep Context Between AI Chats, Models, and Coding Agents
Portable Handoff: How to Keep Context Between AI Chats, Models, and Coding Agents AI coding agents start every session with a fresh context window, so anything you do not persist is re-learned from scratch. A portable handoff file solves this: you write your instructions, preferences, and project conventions once, then symlink or import that single source of truth into every agent you use — Claude, Gemini, Cursor, or Codex — so context follows you across chats, models, and tools without drifting. ...