Can I filter my search by repository?

Yes, the skill allows you to filter session history by repository path, ensuring you only see context relevant to your current project.

How does the auto-activation feature work?

It triggers automatically when you ask Claude questions like 'What did I do yesterday?' or 'How did I implement auth?' by matching specific trigger patterns in your prompt.

What is the benefit of the Two-Phase Search workflow?

It uses a broad discovery phase to find relevant timeframes followed by a deep-dive search into specific sessions, ensuring you find exact solutions without missing context.

Does this skill track git commits?

Yes, it can search and retrieve git commit messages and link them to development sessions to provide a complete picture of code changes.

Do I need an MCP server to use this skill?

While the MCP server is preferred for fast, structured JSON results, the skill includes a portable CLI fallback that works in environments where MCP is not configured.

Chronicle Context Retriever

Name: Chronicle Context Retriever
Author: ChandlerHardy

byChandlerHardy

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Productivity & Workflow

Retrieves and analyzes context from past development sessions to recall technical decisions, implementation patterns, and session history.

The Chronicle Context Retriever empowers Claude to access a comprehensive history of your past development workflows, git commits, and AI-assisted sessions recorded by Chronicle. By leveraging structured data via MCP or CLI, this skill enables seamless recall of architectural decisions, blockers, and solutions from previous days or weeks. It is particularly valuable for developers looking to avoid repeating past mistakes, understand legacy code rationale, or resume complex tasks without manual documentation review, essentially giving Claude a long-term memory of your local development activity.

Key Features

01Unified timeline views combining session summaries with git commit history

02Two-phase search workflow for broad discovery and deep-dive context extraction

03Dual-mode support via high-speed MCP server or portable CLI commands

04Auto-activation for queries regarding past work or previous implementation details

050 GitHub stars

06Advanced filtering by timeframe, repository, specific AI tool, or keywords

Use Cases

01Reviewing a chronological history of work on specific features to summarize progress for standups

02Recalling the specific implementation logic and rationale behind a feature built in a previous session

03Identifying past blockers and solutions encountered during complex database migrations or refactors

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add chandlerhardy/chronicle chronicle-context-retriever

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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