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Move a Session Between Models Without Losing Its Place

A session that moves from one model to another carries more than the last message. The two models may read the same transcript differently, accept different token limits, emit tool calls in different shapes, and expect different system framing. A handoff treats the move as a translation rather than a swap: it picks a turn boundary, rewrites the carried state into the new model's shape, keeps the transcript so the session keeps its history, and confirms the new model can continue the turn before the old one is released. Done this way the session does not notice the change; done carelessly it answers as if it had lost the last few turns.

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$ openclaw command add --name "model-handoff" --trigger "/handoff" --source "Ops Console" --message "Move a session from one model to another at a turn boundary, translating the carried state and confirming the new model can continue before the old one is released."
$ openclaw alert-rule add --name "Silent Model Switch" --group-by "session" --window "10m" --action "Alert when a session answers under a different model than the one it started on without a recorded handoff, which points at a switch that skipped the state translation."
$ openclaw auto-fix add --name "Hold Handoff" --condition "handoff.state_translated == false" --action "Keep the session on the current model and report the missing translation, rather than releasing it to a model that cannot read its carried state." --approval "auto" --notify "#ops-info" --cooldown "15m"
$ openclaw runbook add --name "Model Handoff" --trigger "/runbook model-handoff" --tags "advanced,development" --steps "Pick the turn boundary for the handoff. Translate the carried state into the new model's format. Carry the transcript across. Confirm the new model can continue the turn. Release the old model only after the first good reply."

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A handoff is a state translation, not a rename

Move a Session Between Models Without Losing Its Place

# A handoff is a state translation, not a rename Moving a session from one model to another is not a rename in a config file. The two models may read the same transcript differently, accept different token limits, and emit tool calls in different shapes. If the carried state is not rewritten for th

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