How does the Recall skill search my history?

Recall uses a specialized transcript CLI to perform Full-Text Search (FTS) across your past sessions, ensuring results are properly formatted and contextually grouped rather than showing raw data.

Why shouldn't I just use grep or ripgrep on my logs?

Standard search tools return unreadable JSON blobs and lack session context. Recall handles JSONL parsing, groups results by session, and provides AI-driven summaries that raw tools cannot.

When does the skill automatically use deep analysis?

The skill auto-escalates to Deep Path when it detects a question format, more than 50 matches, results spanning over a week, or information spread across more than five sessions.

What is the difference between Fast Path and Deep Path?

Fast Path is a quick keyword lookup that takes 1-2 seconds. Deep Path uses an LLM to analyze results and synthesize a human-readable answer with citations, typically taking 5-10 seconds.

Recall: Session Memory Search

Name: Recall: Session Memory Search
Author: hgeldenhuys

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Productivity & Workflow

Searches and synthesizes information from past Claude Code sessions to retrieve historical decisions, code snippets, and discussions.

Recall is a powerful memory retrieval tool for Claude Code that enables deep searching across all historical interaction sessions. Unlike standard file searching, it uses a tiered approach—combining fast SQLite full-text search with intelligent LLM synthesis—to provide contextual answers to complex questions about past project decisions. By strictly utilizing a specialized transcript CLI, it ensures that search results are grouped by session, include timestamps, and provide clear citations, helping developers maintain perfect continuity even in long-running projects where the original context might have been lost.

Key Features

011 GitHub stars

02Tiered retrieval system that switches between Fast Path and Deep Path based on query complexity

03AI-powered synthesis that generates structured answers with citations for complex questions

04Automated result grouping by session name, date, and timestamp for better context

05Support for drill-down commands to jump directly into specific historical conversation points

06Intelligent auto-escalation that triggers deep analysis for broad search results or question patterns

Use Cases

01Finding and recovering code snippets or configuration patterns discussed in previous sessions

02Retrieving the specific rationale behind architectural decisions made several weeks prior

03Summarizing project progress and technical discussions across multiple development threads

What are Skills?·How to Install

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npx skillfish add hgeldenhuys/claude-code-sdk recall

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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