Automated summary

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

How this analysis is made

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

Name: Conversation History Search
Author: Skills Guide Bot

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

Instructions

Run the search command with a query string:

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

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

From the file to a first result

The download contains exactly the content displayed on this page. This copy may differ from the latest version in the source repository.

View the source and supporting files

This download contains SKILL.md only. Any scripts, references, templates and dependencies are not included. Get the required files from the source, preserving their directory structure, before continuing.

1. Download the file

Download SKILL.md

From the root of a test project, save the file as .skill-downloads/conversation-history-search-mm8o52gn/SKILL.md, or use the command below. This folder is for inspecting the skill before installation.

Command for macOS/Linux or WSL: requires a POSIX shell and curl. On Windows without WSL, use the download button and create the folder manually.

mkdir -p '.skill-downloads/conversation-history-search-mm8o52gn' && curl --fail --show-error --location 'https://skills-guides.com/api/skills/conversation-history-search-mm8o52gn/download' --output '.skill-downloads/conversation-history-search-mm8o52gn/SKILL.md.part' && mv '.skill-downloads/conversation-history-search-mm8o52gn/SKILL.md.part' '.skill-downloads/conversation-history-search-mm8o52gn/SKILL.md'

2. Check prerequisites

Read SKILL.md before using it. If it references scripts or external services, inspect them and prepare the required access in your test environment.

No recognized prerequisites section in this file. This does not mean it is self-contained: libraries, tools and access requirements may be mentioned elsewhere in the content or source repository.

The platforms on this page are catalog indications. The paths below follow tool documentation; they do not prove this skill has been run in those tools. No minimum tool version is confirmed for this listing.

3. Load the skill

After inspection, copy the complete folder into your project using one of the commands below, then open a new tool session. The command stops if a folder with the same name already exists: compare the files before replacing it.

Claude Code

test -f '.skill-downloads/conversation-history-search-mm8o52gn/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/conversation-history-search-mm8o52gn/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.claude/skills' && test ! -e '.claude/skills/remember' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/conversation-history-search-mm8o52gn' '.claude/skills/remember'

OpenSkills

OpenSkills must already be installed. The local install/read procedure is checked with OpenSkills 1.5.0, which requires Node.js ≥ 20.6.0. Catalog slugs are not resolved automatically.

Official OpenSkills installation

openskills install './.skill-downloads/conversation-history-search-mm8o52gn'

openskills read 'conversation-history-search-mm8o52gn'

Reading should display the installed file content and its base directory. It does not run the skill or install its dependencies.

For an agent that reads AGENTS.md, then sync the index. This command changes AGENTS.md: review the diff before using it.

openskills sync

Manual method or another tool: attach SKILL.md to a conversation, or open it in an agent that can read files. Include any required supporting resources. No universal folder is recognized by every tool.

4. Try a first task

Use a short, synthetic input: an API endpoint, a small document or an interface brief. In a new conversation, attach the file or give the agent its path, then adapt this request:

Read .skill-downloads/conversation-history-search-mm8o52gn/SKILL.md and apply its instructions to this example: [describe a test input]. Identify any missing files, dependencies or access. Produce the result requested by the skill without inventing data or running unreviewed scripts.

Expected result: output matching the skill instructions, or a precise list of missing prerequisites. A read confirmation alone does not validate a first use. If an external resource is unavailable, that path remains untested.

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