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Pair Programming Session Management

Complete guide to managing pair programming sessions.

Session Lifecycle

1. Initialization

claude-flow pair --start

2. Active Session

• Real-time collaboration
• Continuous verification
• Quality monitoring
• Role management

3. Completion

claude-flow pair --end

Session Commands

During an active session, use these commands:

Basic Commands

/help          - Show all available commands
/status        - Current session status
/metrics       - View quality metrics
/pause         - Pause current session
/resume        - Resume paused session
/end           - End current session

Code Commands

/explain       - Explain current code
/suggest       - Get improvement suggestions
/refactor      - Refactor selected code
/optimize      - Optimize for performance
/document      - Add documentation
/comment       - Add inline comments

Testing Commands

/test          - Run test suite
/test-gen      - Generate tests
/coverage      - Check test coverage
/test-watch    - Enable test watching
/mock          - Generate mocks

Review Commands

/review        - Full code review
/security      - Security analysis
/perf          - Performance review
/quality       - Quality metrics
/lint          - Run linters

Navigation Commands

/goto <file>   - Navigate to file
/find <text>   - Search in project
/recent        - Recent files
/bookmark      - Bookmark location
/history       - Command history

Role Commands

/switch        - Switch driver/navigator
/mode <type>   - Change mode
/role          - Show current role
/handoff       - Prepare role handoff

Git Commands

/diff          - Show changes
/commit        - Commit with verification
/branch        - Branch operations
/stash         - Stash changes
/log           - View git log

Session Status

Check current session status:

claude-flow pair --status

Output:

👥 Pair Programming Session
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Session ID: pair_1755021234567
Duration: 45 minutes
Status: Active

Partner: senior-dev
Current Role: DRIVER (you)
Mode: Switch (10m intervals)
Next Switch: in 3 minutes

📊 Metrics:
├── Truth Score: 0.982 ✅
├── Lines Changed: 234
├── Files Modified: 5
├── Tests Added: 12
├── Coverage: 87% ↑3%
└── Commits: 3

🎯 Focus: Implementation
📝 Current File: src/auth/login.js

Session History

View past sessions:

claude-flow pair --history

Output:

📚 Session History
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

1. 2024-01-15 14:30 - 16:45 (2h 15m)
   Partner: expert-coder
   Focus: Refactoring
   Truth Score: 0.975
   Changes: +340 -125 lines

2. 2024-01-14 10:00 - 11:30 (1h 30m)
   Partner: tdd-specialist
   Focus: Testing
   Truth Score: 0.991
   Tests Added: 24

3. 2024-01-13 15:00 - 17:00 (2h)
   Partner: debugger-expert
   Focus: Bug Fixing
   Truth Score: 0.968
   Issues Fixed: 5

Session Metrics

Real-time metrics during session:

Truth Score

Current: 0.982 ✅
Average: 0.975
Minimum: 0.951
Threshold: 0.950

Productivity

Lines Changed: 234
Files Modified: 5
Functions Added: 8
Functions Refactored: 3

Quality

Test Coverage: 87% ↑3%
Lint Issues: 0
Security Issues: 0
Performance Issues: 1 ⚠️

Collaboration

Suggestions Given: 45
Suggestions Accepted: 38 (84%)
Reviews Completed: 12
Rollbacks: 1

Session Persistence

Save Session

claude-flow pair --save [--name <name>]

Load Session

claude-flow pair --load <session-id>

Export Session

claude-flow pair --export <session-id> [--format json|md]

Background Sessions

Run pair programming in background:

Start Background Session

claude-flow pair --start --background

Monitor Background Session

claude-flow pair --monitor

Attach to Background Session

claude-flow pair --attach <session-id>

Session Configuration

Default Settings

{
  "pair": {
    "session": {
      "autoSave": true,
      "saveInterval": "5m",
      "maxDuration": "4h",
      "idleTimeout": "15m",
      "metricsInterval": "1m"
    }
  }
}

Per-Session Config

claude-flow pair --start \
  --config custom-config.json

Session Templates

Refactoring Template

claude-flow pair --template refactor

• Focus: Code improvement
• Verification: High (0.98)
• Testing: After each change
• Review: Continuous

Feature Template

claude-flow pair --template feature

• Focus: Implementation
• Verification: Standard (0.95)
• Testing: On completion
• Review: Pre-commit

Debug Template

claude-flow pair --template debug

• Focus: Problem solving
• Verification: Moderate (0.90)
• Testing: Regression tests
• Review: Root cause

Learning Template

claude-flow pair --template learn

• Mode: Mentor
• Pace: Slow
• Explanations: Detailed
• Examples: Many

Session Reports

Generate session report:

claude-flow pair --report <session-id>

Report includes:

• Session summary
• Metrics overview
• Code changes
• Test results
• Quality scores
• Learning points
• Recommendations

Multi-Session Management

List Active Sessions

claude-flow pair --list

Switch Between Sessions

claude-flow pair --switch <session-id>

Merge Sessions

claude-flow pair --merge <session-1> <session-2>

Session Recovery

Auto-Recovery

Sessions auto-save every 5 minutes with recovery points.

Manual Recovery

claude-flow pair --recover [--point <timestamp>]

Crash Recovery

claude-flow pair --crash-recovery

Session Sharing

Share with Team

claude-flow pair --share <session-id> \
  --team <team-id>

Export for Review

claude-flow pair --export-review <session-id>

Create Learning Material

claude-flow pai