From ironclaude
Use when user asks 'how should I...' or 'what's the best approach...' after exploring code, OR when you've tried to solve something and are stuck, OR for unfamiliar workflows, OR when user references past work, OR when context feels incomplete after compaction. Searches conversation history.
npx claudepluginhub robertphyatt/ironclaude --plugin ironclaudeThis skill uses the workspace's default tool permissions.
**Core principle:** Search before reinventing. Searching costs nothing; reinventing or repeating mistakes costs everything.
Searches conversation history for approaches after code exploration, solutions when stuck, unfamiliar workflows, or past references. Dispatches search-conversations agent.
Proactively searches conversation history with Bash memory-search.sh for prior context, decisions, and discussions before new tasks.
Recalls, searches, and analyzes past conversations using recent_chats.py, search_conversations.py, and lenses like retro, find-gaps, extract-decisions for context restoration and retrospectives.
Share bugs, ideas, or general feedback.
Core principle: Search before reinventing. Searching costs nothing; reinventing or repeating mistakes costs everything.
YOU MUST dispatch the search-conversations agent for any historical search.
Announce: "Dispatching search agent to find [topic]."
Then use the Task tool with subagent_type: "ironclaude:search-conversations":
Task tool:
description: "Search past conversations for [topic]"
prompt: "Search for [specific query or topic]. Focus on [what you're looking for - e.g., decisions, patterns, gotchas, code examples]."
subagent_type: "ironclaude:search-conversations"
The agent will:
search toolshow toolSaves 50-100x context vs. loading raw conversations.
You often get value out of consulting your episodic memory once you understand what you're being asked. Search memory in these situations:
After understanding the task:
When you're stuck:
When historical signals are present:
When context feels incomplete:
Don't search first:
You CAN use MCP tools directly, but DON'T:
mcp__plugin_ironclaude_episodic-memory__searchmcp__plugin_ironclaude_episodic-memory__showUsing these directly wastes your context window. Always dispatch the agent instead.