Remembering Conversations

Search archived conversations using semantic similarity or exact text matching.

Core principle: Search before reinventing.

Announce: "I'm searching previous conversations for [topic]."

Setup: See INDEXING.md

When to Use

Search when:

• Your human partner mentions "we discussed this before"
• Debugging similar issues
• Looking for architectural decisions or patterns
• Before implementing something familiar

Don't search when:

• Info in current conversation
• Question about current codebase (use Grep/Read)

In-Session Use

Always use subagents (50-100x context savings). See skills/getting-started for workflow.

Manual/CLI use: Direct search (below) for humans outside Claude Code sessions.

Direct Search (Manual/CLI)

Tool: ~/.claude/skills/collaboration/remembering-conversations/tool/search-conversations

Modes:

search-conversations "query"              # Vector similarity (default)
search-conversations --text "exact"       # Exact string match
search-conversations --both "query"       # Both modes

Flags:

--after YYYY-MM-DD    # Filter by date
--before YYYY-MM-DD   # Filter by date
--limit N             # Max results (default: 10)
--help                # Full usage

Examples:

# Semantic search
search-conversations "React Router authentication errors"

# Find git SHA
search-conversations --text "a1b2c3d4"

# Time range
search-conversations --after 2025-09-01 "refactoring"

Returns: project, date, conversation summary, matched exchange, similarity %, file path.

For details: Run search-conversations --help