session-search

Session Search

Use this skill when searching through AI coding assistant history to find relevant past work, patterns, or context from previous sessions.

Overview

Terraphim provides unified session search across multiple AI coding assistants:

• Claude Code - Native session parsing from ~/.claude/projects/
• Cursor - IDE session history
• Aider - Git-based conversation logs
• OpenCode - Session history

Key Capabilities:

• Full-text search across messages
• Knowledge graph-enriched concept search
• Related session discovery
• Timeline visualization
• Export to JSON/Markdown

Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     Session Sources                             │
│  ┌──────────────┐  ┌──────────────┐  ┌──────────────┐          │
│  │ Claude Code  │  │   Cursor     │  │    Aider     │          │
│  │ ~/.claude/   │  │ ~/.cursor/   │  │ .aider.chat  │          │
│  └──────────────┘  └──────────────┘  └──────────────┘          │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                              │
                              ▼
              ┌───────────────────────────────┐
              │     terraphim_sessions        │
              │   (Connector Registry)        │
              └───────────────────────────────┘
                              │
              ┌───────────────┴───────────────┐
              │                               │
              ▼                               ▼
   ┌──────────────────────┐       ┌──────────────────────┐
   │   SessionService     │       │   SessionEnricher    │
   │   (Import, Search)   │       │   (Concept Matching) │
   └──────────────────────┘       └──────────────────────┘
                              │
                              ▼
              ┌───────────────────────────────┐
              │   Knowledge Graph Concepts    │
              │   (terraphim_automata)        │
              └───────────────────────────────┘

For Humans

Quick Start with REPL

# Build with session features
cargo build -p terraphim_agent --features repl-full --release

# Launch REPL
./target/release/terraphim-agent

# In REPL:
/sessions sources          # Detect available sources
/sessions import           # Import from all sources
/sessions search "rust"    # Search for "rust" in sessions
/sessions stats            # Show statistics

Session Commands Reference

Command	Description
/sessions sources	Detect available session sources
/sessions import [source] [--limit N]	Import sessions from source
/sessions list [source] [--limit N]	List imported sessions
/sessions search <query>	Full-text search
/sessions stats	Show statistics
/sessions show <id>	Show session details
/sessions concepts <concept>	Search by knowledge graph concept
/sessions related <id> [--min N]	Find related sessions
`/sessions timeline [--group day	week
`/sessions export [--format json	md] [--output file]`
/sessions enrich [id]	Enrich with concepts

Example Workflows

Find previous work on a topic:

/sessions search "authentication"
/sessions show abc123-def456

Discover patterns across projects:

/sessions import
/sessions stats
/sessions timeline --group week --limit 10

Find related solutions:

/sessions concepts "error handling"
/sessions related abc123 --min 3

CLI Usage

# Direct CLI search (without REPL)
terraphim-agent sessions search "database migration"

# Import and search in one pipeline
terraphim-agent sessions import && terraphim-agent sessions search "API design"

# Export specific session
terraphim-agent sessions export --session abc123 --format markdown --output session.md

For AI Agents

Detecting Session Capabilities

Check if sessions feature is available:

# Check if terraphim-agent has session support
if terraphim-agent sessions sources 2>/dev/null | grep -q "claude-code"; then
    echo "Session search available"
fi

Programmatic Usage (Rust)

use terraphim_sessions::{SessionService, ImportOptions};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
    // Create service
    let service = SessionService::new();

    // Detect sources
    let sources = service.detect_sources();
    for source in sources {
        println!("{}: {:?}", source.id, source.status);
    }

    // Import sessions
    let options = ImportOptions::default().with_limit(100);
    let sessions = service.import_all(&options).await?;

    // Search
    let results = service.search("async rust").await;
    for session in results {
        println!("{}: {} messages",
            session.id,
            session.message_count()
        );
    }

    Ok(())
}

Knowledge Graph Enrichment

use terraphim_sessions::{SessionEnricher, EnrichmentConfig};

// Create enricher with automata
let config = EnrichmentConfig {
    thesaurus_path: "docs/src/kg/".into(),
    min_confidence: 0.8,
};
let enricher = SessionEnricher::new(config)?;

// Enrich session with concepts
let enriched = enricher.enrich(&session)?;

// Get matched concepts
for concept in enriched.concepts {
    println!("{}: {} occurrences",
        concept.term,
        concept.occurrences.len()
    );
}

// Find related sessions by shared concepts
let related = find_related_sessions(&sessions, &enriched, 3)?;

MCP Integration

Session search can be exposed via MCP tools:

{
  "tool": "session_search",
  "arguments": {
    "query": "error handling patterns",
    "limit": 10
  }
}

claude-log-analyzer Usage

For detailed session analysis:

use claude_log_analyzer::{Analyzer, Reporter};

// Analyze from default location
let analyzer = Analyzer::from_default_location()?;
let analyses = analyzer.analyze(None)?;

// Get agent usage statistics
for analysis in &analyses {
    for agent in &analysis.agents {
        println!("{}: {} invocations",
            agent.agent_type,
            agent.invocation_count
        );
    }
}

// Generate report
let reporter = Reporter::new();
reporter.print_terminal(&analyses);

Use Cases

1. Learning from Past Work

You: "How did I solve the authentication issue last month?"
Claude: [session-search skill]

Action:
1. /sessions search "authentication"
2. /sessions timeline --group week
3. /sessions show <relevant-id>

Output:
- Session summaries matching query
- Timeline of related work
- Full conversation details

2. Discovering Patterns

You: "What agents have I used most frequently?"
Claude: [session-search skill]

Action:
1. Import all sessions
2. Analyze agent usage via claude-log-analyzer
3. Generate statistics

Output:
- Agent usage breakdown
- Most productive agents
- Collaboration patterns

3. Context for New Tasks

You: "I need to implement caching again"
Claude: [session-search skill]

Action:
1. /sessions concepts "caching"
2. /sessions related <cache-session-id>
3. Extract relevant patterns

Output:
- Previous caching implementations
- Related design decisions
- Code patterns to reuse

4. Knowledge Transfer

You: "Export my sessions about the payment system"
Claude: [session-search skill]

Action:
1. /sessions search "payment"
2. /sessions export --format markdown --output payments-history.md

Output:
- Markdown file with full session history
- Ready for sharing or archival

Session Data Model

pub struct Session {
    pub id: SessionId,
    pub source: String,           // "claude-code", "cursor", etc.
    pub title: Option<String>,
    pub messages: Vec<Message>,
    pub metadata: SessionMetadata,
}

pub struct Message {
    pub role: MessageRole,        // User, Assistant, System
    pub content: String,
    pub timestamp: Option<DateTime>,
}

pub struct SessionMetadata {
    pub project_path: Option<String>,
    pub started_at: Option<DateTime>,
    pub ended_at: Option<DateTime>,
    pub agent_types: Vec<String>,
}

Configuration

Feature Flags

[dependencies]
terraphim_agent = {
    version = "1.6",
    features = ["repl-sessions"]
}

terraphim_sessions = {
    version = "1.6",
    features = ["tsa-full", "enrichment"]
}

Environment Variables

Variable	Description
CLAUDE_SESSIONS_DIR	Override Claude sessions location
TERRAPHIM_VERBOSE	Enable verbose logging

Troubleshooting

Issue	Solution
No sessions found	Run /sessions sources to check available sources
Import fails	Check permissions on ~/.claude/projects/
Search too slow	Use --limit to reduce scope
Concepts not matching	Verify knowledge graph files in docs/src/kg/
Feature not available	Rebuild with --features repl-sessions

Related Skills

• terraphim-hooks - Knowledge graph-based text replacement
• debugging - Use session history for debugging context
• architecture - Reference past architectural decisions