Switch Coding Agents When Quotas Run Out Without Losing Context

When a 5-hour limit or weekly rate limit hits in Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Hermes, or DeepSeek Harness, you don't have to re-explain your whole architecture to the next agent. deja handoff and automated gateway integrations carry your session state instantly.

The 5-Hour Limit Problem

Coding agents make rapid progress until they hit their usage ceiling. When you switch to a backup agent, it starts with an empty context window. Your previous debugging steps, failed hypothesis tests, and exact error traces stay locked in the old agent's transcript.

Carrying Context with `deja handoff`

Before closing your exhausted agent session, or right as you pivot to another harness, run:

deja handoff --to codex

This packages the active session's conclusions, open questions, and modified files into clean reference text that your new agent reads immediately.

1-Click Deep Links for CC Switch & Magpie

You can instantly provision multi-agent memory bridges across your harness ecosystem using 1-click installer protocols:

CC Switch MCP Import

To configure MCP memory servers across Claude, Codex, Gemini, and OpenCode in one action:

Import via CC Switch

Magpie Gateway Integration

To hook deja directly into Magpie API gateway requests:

magpie plugin add @vshulcz/magpie-deja

With Magpie's gateway hook active, incoming requests with a client working directory (ctx.cwd) recall matching sessions from that project locally, scrub secret patterns, and attach the excerpt to the request sent to your configured model provider.

Visualizing Cross-Agent Activity with `deja view`

Run deja view and open the Map tab (live demo) to see which harnesses worked in each repository and which promoted decisions apply to it:

Local-First Guarantee: All session history indexing and context handoffs happen entirely on your machine. No private source code or secrets leave your host.

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