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Resume conversations automatically by using the same session_id in your Agent’s memory configuration.

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Quick Start

from praisonaiagents import Agent

# First conversation
agent = Agent(
    name="Assistant",
    instructions="You are a helpful assistant",
    memory={"session_id": "my-session-123"}
)
agent.start("My favorite color is blue")

# Later, in a new process - automatically resumes!
agent = Agent(
    name="Assistant",
    instructions="You are a helpful assistant",
    memory={"session_id": "my-session-123"}
)
agent.start("What's my favorite color?")  # Remembers: "blue"
By default, passing session_id enables history=True automatically, which restores prior user and assistant turns from the session store into the new agent before it processes your next prompt.

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With Database Persistence

For production apps, persist to a database: 
from praisonaiagents import Agent

agent = Agent(
    name="Assistant",
    memory={
        "session_id": "user-123-main",
        "db": "postgresql://user:pass@localhost/mydb"
    }
)

from praisonaiagents import Agent

agent = Agent(
    name="Assistant",
    memory={
        "session_id": "user-123-main",
        "db": "sqlite:///sessions.db"
    }
)

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Session ID Strategies

PatternUse CaseExample
User-basedPersistent per userf"user-{user_id}-main"
Conversation-basedNew chat each timef"conv-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
Task-basedWorkflow trackingf"task-{task_id}-{user_id}"
from praisonaiagents import Agent

# User-based (recommended for most apps)
agent = Agent(
    name="Assistant",
    memory={"session_id": f"user-{user_id}-main"}
)

# Conversation-based (new session per chat)
import uuid
agent = Agent(
    name="Assistant",
    memory={"session_id": f"conv-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"}
)

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CLI Resume

# List sessions
praisonai session list

# Resume a session
praisonai session resume my-session

# Show session details
praisonai session show my-session

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Best Practices

Consistent IDs

Same session_id = same conversation thread

User Isolation

Include user_id in session_id for multi-user apps

Right Backend

JSON for dev, PostgreSQL for production

Meaningful Names

Use descriptive IDs: user-123-support-ticket

CLI equivalent

Use praisonai run --continue or praisonai run --session <id> for the same restore behaviour from the command line