Recovers working context from the journal after /clear or at session start
Automatically restores your working context after `/clear` or at session start by fetching and summarizing recent journal entries. Triggers when you reference past work, ask "what was I doing", or context appears lost.
/plugin marketplace add chrismbryant/claude-journal-mcp/plugin install claude-journal@claude-journal-devThis skill inherits all available tools. When active, it can use any tool Claude has access to.
You have the ability to recover working context from the journal to restore continuity after context loss.
Use this skill automatically and proactively when:
After /clear command
Session start questions
Context seems lost
Beginning of new work
Step 1: Fetch recent entries
journal_list_recent(
limit=10 # Adjust based on need
)
Step 2: Analyze and summarize
Step 3: Present concisely Show the user:
**Recent Work Context**
You were working on [project name], focusing on [main task].
Recent accomplishments:
- [Most recent significant work]
- [Previous work]
- [Earlier work]
Last activity: [What happened most recently]
Ready to continue? [Natural follow-up question]
Example 1: After /clear
[User runs /clear command]
→ journal_list_recent(limit=10)
→ "You were working on my-api, implementing OAuth2 authentication.
Last thing was configuring JWT token expiration.
Ready to continue with the auth flow?"
Example 2: Session start
User: "What was I doing yesterday?"
→ journal_time_query(time_expression="yesterday")
→ "Yesterday you worked on:
- Fixed cache memory leak in api-service
- Started implementing Redis integration
- Reviewed and merged 2 PRs
Want to continue with the Redis work?"
Example 3: Project context
User: "Let's continue with the mobile app"
→ journal_list_recent(project="mobile-app", limit=15)
→ "For mobile-app, you recently:
- Implemented push notifications
- Fixed iOS crash on startup
- Updated dependencies
All tests passing. What's next?"
Example 4: Lost context reference
User: "Update that authentication thing we did"
→ journal_search(query="authentication", limit=5)
→ "Found your OAuth2 implementation from [date]:
[Brief summary of what was done]
What updates are needed?"
Time-based recovery:
journal_time_query(
time_expression="last week",
query="optional search term"
)
Search-based recovery:
journal_search(
query="specific feature or technology",
limit=10
)
Project statistics:
journal_stats() # Get overview of all work
Don't:
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