openclaw/ask-claude

Ask Claude — Execute & Report (with persistent sessions)

The Two Modes

New session (default)

Use when starting a fresh task or new topic.

OUTPUT=$(/home/xmanel/.openclaw/workspace/run-claude.sh "prompt" "/workdir")
echo "$OUTPUT"

Continue session (--continue)

Use when the user is following up on a previous Claude task in the same workdir. Claude Code will have full memory of what was done before — files read, edits made, context gathered.

OUTPUT=$(/home/xmanel/.openclaw/workspace/run-claude.sh --continue "prompt" "/workdir")
echo "$OUTPUT"

When to use --continue

Use --continue when the user says things like:

• "agora corrige o que encontraste"
• "continua"
• "e o ficheiro X?"
• "faz o mesmo para..."
• "e agora?"
• "ok, e o erro de..."
• Anything that clearly references what Claude just did

Use a new session when:

• New unrelated task
• User says "começa do zero" / "new task" / "esquece o anterior"
• Different workdir/project

Session storage

Claude Code stores sessions per-directory in ~/.claude/projects/. As long as you use the same workdir, --continue picks up exactly where it left off — same file context, same conversation history, same edits.

Direct command (alternative to wrapper)

# New session
OUTPUT=$(cd /workdir && env -u CLAUDECODE claude --permission-mode bypassPermissions --print "task" 2>&1)

# Continue session
OUTPUT=$(cd /workdir && env -u CLAUDECODE claude --permission-mode bypassPermissions --print --continue "task" 2>&1)

Common workdirs

| Context | Workdir | | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | | General/scripts | /home/xmanel/.openclaw/workspace | | Trading | /home/xmanel/.openclaw/workspace/hyperliquid |

After receiving output

• Summarize in 1-3 lines what Claude did/found
• Mention files created or edited
• If error: analyze and suggest fix
• If output is long: summarize, offer full output on request