/recap Command
- Entity ID:
ent-20260419-946b9f8d6e2a - Type:
concept - Scope:
shared - Status:
active - Aliases: recap, away summary command
Description
Session context restoration command shipped in v2.1.108. First autonomous session-context-restoration feature in Claude Code. Injects a compact contextual summary (200-500 tokens, configurable) as a synthetic 'assistant context restoration' message at the start of a resumed session. Generated by a forked Sonnet subagent that reads the recent session JSONL. Visible in Ctrl+O verbose mode as a [recap] tagged block. Manually invocable; auto-fires when away detected.
Key claims
- /recap is the real-time session-level version of /insights
- /recap is generated by a forked Sonnet subagent
- /recap visible in Ctrl+O as [recap] tagged block
- Community workarounds to /recap required manual wrap-up
- CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_AWAY_SUMMARY requires telemetry-equivalent data
Relations
- recapDetailLevel Config Setting --[related_to]--> /recap Command
- CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_AWAY_SUMMARY --[related_to]--> /recap Command
- /recap Command --[uses]--> Cache Creation JSONL Schema
- /recap Command --[implements]--> Away Summary
- /recap Command --[related_to]--> Auto-Dream
- Round 29 Leak Document --[summarizes]--> /recap Command
- v2.1.108 Release --[contains]--> /recap Command