/resume

Opens a list of recent chats across all workspaces and resumes one.

/resume opens All chats across workspaces by default (Left/Right switches to 'This workspace'). Chats from other directories show a folder label; resuming one loads the full conversation instead of an empty session.

✅ WHEN TO USE IT?

Keep working on a task started yesterday

/resume — pick yesterday's matching session from the list

Find a chat from a different repo again

/resume — filter by folder label to find the right workspace session

⛔ WHEN NOT TO?

Only the most recently used session needs to continue

/resume first shows a picker list, an unnecessary step when it's clear which session is meant.

Better: Use --continue at startup (shorthand for --resume=-1)

You want a completely new session

/resume continues existing chats but doesn't start anything new.

Better: Use /clear

SOURCES

Cursor Docs — Slash Commands ↗ cursor.com