Conversation History Search

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Searches past conversation histories to recall previous discussions, decisions, and code context. Use when you need to reference what was discussed in earlier sessions or find design decisions and code explanations.

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ProductivityBeginner
606/2/2026
Claude Code
#conversation-history#search#recall#context#memory

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Our review

Searches through past conversation histories to recall previous discussions, decisions, and context.

Strengths

  • Quickly retrieves information from earlier sessions without re-explaining
  • Skips agent conversations by default to reduce noise
  • Groups results by session with timestamps for easy navigation

Limitations

  • Only searches local JSONL files, no remote storage support
  • Search is case-insensitive substring matching, not semantic
  • Results limited to 50 most recent matches by default
When to use it

Use this skill when you need to remember a design decision, code explanation, or context from a previous conversation.

When not to use it

Do not use it for real-time web searches or to access data not stored in local conversation history files.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score90/100

The skill only reads local conversation history files and does not perform any destructive, exfiltrating, or network operations.

No concerns found

Examples

Recall networking discussion
Can you search our past conversations for anything related to networking?
Find file discussions
Search for discussions about the file DESIGN.md in our conversation history.
Look up combat system decisions
What did we decide about the combat system? Look it up in our past conversations.

name: remember description: Search through past conversation histories to recall previous discussions, decisions, and context. Use when you need to reference what was discussed or decided in previous sessions.

Conversation History Search

Search through past conversation histories stored in ~/.claude/projects/*/*.jsonl to help recall previous discussions, decisions, code explanations, and context from earlier sessions.

Instructions

  1. Run the search command with a query string:

    uv run python .claude/skills/remember/remember.py "<query>"
    
  2. Optionally include agent conversations (sub-tasks):

    uv run python .claude/skills/remember/remember.py "<query>" --include-agents
    

Features

  • Searches both user and assistant messages
  • Finds discussions about specific topics, features, or files
  • Shows conversation context with timestamps
  • Groups results by session for easy navigation
  • Sorts by recency (most recent first)
  • Skips agent conversations by default (use --include-agents to include them)
  • Case-insensitive substring matching

Examples

Search for discussions about networking:

uv run python .claude/skills/remember/remember.py "networking"

Find conversations about a specific file:

uv run python .claude/skills/remember/remember.py "DESIGN.md"

Look for combat system discussions:

uv run python .claude/skills/remember/remember.py "combat system"

Search including agent conversations:

uv run python .claude/skills/remember/remember.py "ENet" --include-agents

When to Use This Skill

  • Need to recall why a design decision was made
  • Want to find previous discussions about a feature
  • Looking for context about how something was implemented
  • Trying to remember what was decided in a past conversation
  • Need to reference code explanations from earlier sessions

Notes

  • Searches conversation histories in ~/.claude/projects/*/
  • By default, excludes agent conversations (background tasks)
  • Results are truncated to 200 characters for readability
  • Shows file path and line number for reference
  • Groups results by session to see conversation flow
  • Displays up to 50 most recent matches by default
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