subsession-delete

Delete an OpenClaw child session cleanly by removing its transcript, trajectory files, and sessions.json index entry.

Use this skill when you need to remove a spawned child session cleanly so it disappears from both disk and the session index/UI.

Scope

This skill removes a child session by:

• deleting the main transcript .jsonl
• deleting related .trajectory.jsonl and .trajectory-path.json
• removing matching entries from sessions.json
• verifying the session no longer appears in session listings

Safety boundary

• Treat this as destructive local deletion.
• Confirm the exact target session before execution.
• Prefer deleting child/subagent test sessions, not active primary sessions.
• Default to dry-run first unless the user explicitly wants immediate deletion.

Recommended command

bash

python3 skills/subsession-delete/scripts/delete_subsession.py \
  --session-key 'agent:subtest2:subagent:EXAMPLE' \
  --execute

You can also target by session id:

bash

python3 skills/subsession-delete/scripts/delete_subsession.py \
  --session-id '3e16bcb6-998c-45dd-9906-001792b8b706' \
  --agent-id subtest2 \
  --execute

Behavior

1. Resolve the agent/session target from sessionKey or sessionId
2. Load the target agent's sessions.json
3. Identify all matching session files
4. Delete the files that exist
5. Remove matching sessions.json records
6. Verify the session id/key no longer appears in the index

Report back

Return:

• target session key/id
• deleted file paths
• whether sessions.json changed
• verification result

Guardrails

• Do not guess the target session.
• Do not delete unrelated sessions in the same folder.
• If the session is missing on disk but still indexed, clean the index too.
• If the session is active/running, stop and ask before forcing deletion.