{
 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-20",
 "id": "cablate-ctx-handoff-mod--keep-cache-warm-while-away",
 "repo": "cablate/ctx-handoff-mod",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/cablate/ctx-handoff-mod",
 "repo_slug": "cablate-ctx-handoff-mod",
 "title": "Keep a long chat's cache warm while you step away",
 "page_title": "How to keep a long chat's cache warm while you step away with CTX Handoff Mod",
 "summary": "Send small keep-alive requests during idle time, then resume the saved handoff or the same chat on return.",
 "who": "A developer who leaves a large Claude Code conversation for an hour or more and dreads the full-price reread on return.",
 "problem": "After an idle break, the next message rereads the whole conversation at full price because the cache has expired.",
 "outcome": "The cache is kept warm for up to about 4 hours, and on return you choose to start fresh from the saved summary or stay where you were.",
 "steps": [
  "Run `claude plugin install ctx-handoff@ctx-handoff-mod` if it is not installed yet",
  "Type `/handoff` in the session to confirm that cache refresh is on",
  "Before leaving a conversation you do not want refreshed, run `/handoff away pause`",
  "On return, run `/handoff resume` to start fresh from the saved summary, or type `continue` to stay where you were",
  "Run `/handoff resume` again later and restart the timer with `resume` if you paused it"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "In Claude Code with ctx-handoff-mod installed, check the cache refresh status for <conversation> using `/handoff`. Expected output: a line reporting how many refreshes were used this idle period. Verify the status line before stepping away.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "15 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "On an API key, Bedrock or Vertex the cache lasts only 5 minutes, so the README says to run `/handoff refresh off` in those setups.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "typescript",
 "requirements": [
  "Claude Code 2.1.287 or later (the README says it is tested up to 2.1.302)",
  "A Claude subscription sign-in, or an API key, Bedrock or Vertex setup with the cache refresh turned off",
  "Access to the Claude Code plugin commands in a terminal"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.9,
 "evidence": [],
 "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/cablate-ctx-handoff-mod/keep-cache-warm-while-away/",
 "md": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/cablate-ctx-handoff-mod/keep-cache-warm-while-away/index.md",
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 "api": "https://dedupedai.com/api/v1/usecases/cablate-ctx-handoff-mod--keep-cache-warm-while-away.json",
 "api_version": "v1"
}