Yes but it's just a setting you can change I don't think you really need an archival step

Yes done this now. Thanks.

I will still try and include archival -- storage is cheap. A reinstall of Claude Code or buggy upgrade might still wipe history. I also ocassionally use multiple PCs -- so there is some small value in consolidating them all for analytics and insights.

(When I have a weekly quota unused and about to expire -- i task Opus with churning through these archives and surfacing learining, best practices, what's not working etc)