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Search past agent conversations to recall prior discussions, decisions, and context. Activate this skill when users ask about previous conversations, want to resume past work, or reference earlier decisions.

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Recall Past Sessions

Find and retrieve past agent conversations using the recall_sessions tool. This enables recalling prior discussions, decisions, and context from earlier sessions.

When to Use

Use this skill when the user:

  • Asks "what did we discuss about..." or "last time we talked about..."
  • Wants to resume or continue previous work
  • References a decision or conversation from a past session
  • Asks "have we worked on..." or "do you remember when..."
  • Needs context from a prior session about a specific file or project

How to Use

Call the recall_sessions tool with these parameters:

  • query (optional) — Search term to match against session titles (case-insensitive substring match).
  • filePath (optional) — Find sessions that accessed a specific file (e.g., notes/meeting.md).
  • project (optional) — Find sessions linked to a specific project name.
  • limit (optional) — Maximum results to return. Default is 10, maximum is 50.

At least one of query, filePath, or project should be provided for meaningful results.

Search Strategies

  • Topic search — Use query when the user asks about a discussion topic: recall_sessions(query="refactoring")
  • File-based recall — Use filePath when the user references a specific file: recall_sessions(filePath="projects/website-redesign.md")
  • Project recall — Use project when the user mentions a project: recall_sessions(project="website-redesign")
  • Combined search — Use multiple parameters to narrow results: recall_sessions(query="API design", project="backend")

Progressive Disclosure

The tool returns session summaries only — title, date, files accessed, project linkage, and a historyPath.

To see the full conversation from a past session, use read_file on the returned historyPath. This two-step approach avoids loading unnecessary conversation data.

Workflow

  1. Call recall_sessions to find relevant sessions
  2. Review the returned summaries with the user
  3. Use read_file on the historyPath of the session(s) the user is interested in
  4. Summarize or reference the relevant parts of the conversation

Tips

  • Results are sorted by most recent first — the newest sessions appear at the top.
  • The current session is automatically excluded from results.
  • When the user asks a vague question like "what did we do last time", try a broad query or search by the files currently in context using filePath.
  • If no results are found, let the user know and suggest alternative search terms or parameters.