# pai end > Finalize a session: save state, mark note Completed, display safe-exit instructions. ## Synopsis ``` pai end [options] ``` ## Options | Option | Description | Default | |--------|-------------|---------| | `--dry-run` | Preview all changes without writing them | | | `--body-file ` | File holding the checkpoint markdown to persist ('-' reads stdin). Required unless --no-body. | | | `--session-id ` | Claude Code session UUID — recorded as the `claude --resume` handle | | | `--no-body` | Deliberately write a metadata-only checkpoint (no content) | | ## See also [`pai audit`](audit.md) · [`pai backup`](backup.md) · [`pai clear-names`](clear-names.md) · [`pai config`](config.md) · [`pai daemon`](daemon.md) · [`pai db`](db.md) · [`pai help`](help.md) · [`pai identity`](identity.md) · [`pai kg`](kg.md) · [`pai launch`](launch.md) · [`pai mcp`](mcp.md) · [`pai memory`](memory.md) · [`pai notify`](notify.md) · [`pai observation`](observation.md) · [`pai obsidian`](obsidian.md) · [`pai pause`](pause.md) · [`pai project`](project.md) · [`pai projects`](projects.md) · [`pai registry`](registry.md) · [`pai restore`](restore.md) · [`pai session`](session.md) · [`pai sessions`](sessions.md) · [`pai setup`](setup.md) · [`pai shell-init`](shell-init.md) · [`pai skill`](skill.md) · [`pai task`](task.md) · [`pai topic`](topic.md) · [`pai update`](update.md) · [`pai worker`](worker.md) · [`pai zettel`](zettel.md) Run `pai help ` to read any of these in the terminal.