Rate Limits Cost Me a Whole Night of Work — Here's the 46-Line Script That Fixed It
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Hitting strict API rate limit blocks during intensive AI-assisted development sessions can be disastrous, destroying thousands of tokens worth of accumulated working context when a session abruptly terminates. This article presents an elegant 46-line Bash automation script designed to turn rate-limit interruptions into seamless background operations. By monitoring the exit codes of the Claude Code process, the script identifies rate-limit halts, calculates the necessary delay, and automatically executes claude --continue once the window resets. This approach allows the agent to resume its task with its full session memory intact without requiring manual developer oversight. For engineers leveraging AI workflows for long-running refactoring or code generation tasks, this lightweight workflow automation offers a practical solution for context preservation, operational resilience, and uninterrupted developer productivity.