llmwiki-sync

Apps & Automation

Sync Claude Code session transcripts into the user's llmwiki and ingest them into the wiki. Use when the user says "sync the wiki", "update llmwiki", "ingest recent sessions", "refresh the knowledge base", or asks a knowledge question that would benefit from up-to-date sessions. Also use when the user explicitly asks to refresh or rebuild the LLM wiki from their agent history.

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llmwiki-sync

What this skill does

The user maintains a Karpathy-style LLM Wiki — a local, file-based knowledge base compiled from their Claude Code (and Codex CLI) session transcripts.

This skill runs the full sync pipeline:

~/.claude/projects/*/*.jsonl         (raw session transcripts)
        │
        ▼   python3 -m llmwiki sync
llmwiki/raw/sessions/<proj>/*.md     (Karpathy layer 1 — immutable markdown)
        │
        ▼   /wiki-ingest              (Claude in the loop)
llmwiki/wiki/sources, entities,      (Karpathy layer 2 — LLM-maintained wiki)
              concepts, syntheses
        │
        ▼   python3 -m llmwiki build
llmwiki/site/                         (Karpathy layer 3 — static HTML)

When to use

Invoke this skill when the user:

Says "sync the wiki", "update llmwiki", "ingest recent sessions", "refresh the knowledge base"
Asks a knowledge question that would benefit from the latest sessions ("what have I been working on this week?") — run sync first, then /wiki-query
Starts a new project and wants context from past work
Says "what's new" or "catch me up" in a context where session history matters

Do NOT invoke when:

The user is asking a question unrelated to their own work
The tool is not installed (check for llmwiki/ directory first)

Workflow

Locate the llmwiki install. Check the current working directory and common locations:
- ./ (if cwd contains llmwiki/ package)
- ~/Desktop/2026/production-draft/llmwiki/
- ~/llmwiki/
- $LLMWIKI_HOME environment variable
If you can't find it, tell the user and stop.
Run the converter (idempotent — safe to re-run):
```
cd <llmwiki-dir>
python3 -m llmwiki sync
```
Capture the summary line: N converted, M unchanged, K live, J filtered, X errors.
If N == 0, report that the wiki is up to date and stop.
If N > 0, ingest the new files into the wiki using the Ingest Workflow from the repo's CLAUDE.md. Process one project at a time. If more than 20 new files, ask the user whether to process all or a subset first.

Append to wiki/log.md:

## [YYYY-MM-DD] sync | <N> sessions across <M> projects

Report what was converted, which wiki pages were created or updated, and any contradictions flagged.

Options

The converter supports flags the user may want:

python3 -m llmwiki sync --project <substring>       # only one project
python3 -m llmwiki sync --since 2026-04-01          # only recent
python3 -m llmwiki sync --include-current           # include <60min live
python3 -m llmwiki sync --force                     # ignore state, reconvert all
python3 -m llmwiki sync --dry-run                   # preview without writing

Hook installation (optional, for auto-sync)

If the user wants the converter to run automatically on every Claude Code session start, offer to add this to ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
  "hooks": {
    "SessionStart": [
      {
        "hooks": [
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "(python3 /absolute/path/to/llmwiki/tools/sessions_to_markdown.py > /tmp/llmwiki-sync.log 2>&1 &) ; exit 0"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

The ( ... &) ; exit 0 pattern ensures the hook runs in the background and never blocks session start.

Troubleshooting

Permission errors on raw/: the converter writes to llmwiki/raw/sessions/. Make sure the repo is writable.
Nothing converted, only "live": the default 60-minute live filter is skipping recent sessions. Pass --include-current to override, or wait an hour.
Converter says "module 'tomllib' not found": stale source. Update to the current version (tools/sessions_to_markdown.py uses json, not tomllib).
Privacy: the converter redacts username, API keys, tokens, and emails by default. If you see unredacted PII, check examples/sessions_config.json → redaction.real_username.