You’d be surprised how often newcomers wipe the session and start fresh because Claude’s answer was off. Don’t — you’re throwing away the file reads, the codebase knowledge, the half-built mental .
Instead, just say: “No, that’s not what I meant. The bug is in <file>:<line>, not the function you fixed. Try again.”
Claude takes correction well. The session has memory; use it.
The one time /clear IS the right move: when you’ve switched to an unrelated task (different file, different problem). Then a fresh window is clearer than dragging old context along.