About session-finder
session-finder searches Claude Code sessions semantically using Gemini embeddings. It helps users locate and reopen past sessions based on a query rather than relying only on session names.
Key features
- 01Index Claude Code session records
- 02Search sessions by semantic similarity
- 03Open the top matching session
- 04Show index statistics
- 05Extract session summaries and tool usage
Use cases
- 01Find a past session by describing its task
- 02Locate sessions from a project or work pattern
- 03Resume a relevant session in Claude Code
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
$
npx skills add https:/ / github.com/ glebis/ claude-skills --skill session-finderAfter installing, type/session-finderin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Bundled files.claude-plugin/plugin.jsonscripts/session_finder.py
Details
From the project READMESession Finder
Semantic search across Claude Code sessions using Gemini embeddings.
Commands
Index sessions
python3 ~/.claude/skills/session-finder/scripts/session_finder.py index [--max-age-days 90]
Search
python3 ~/.claude/skills/session-finder/scripts/session_finder.py search "query" [--top 5]
Open best match directly
python3 ~/.claude/skills/session-finder/scripts/session_finder.py open "query"
Stats
python3 ~/.claude/skills/session-finder/scripts/session_finder.py stats
How it works
- Document extraction — deterministic, no LLM. Each session JSONL is parsed into a structured document:
away_summaryevents (pre-existing Claude recaps) if available- First user message (task description)
- Follow-up user messages (condensed)
- First assistant response
- Tools used
- Project name
- Embedding — documents are embedded with
gemini-embedding-exp-03-07viallmCLI - Storage — SQLite at
~/.claude/session-finder.db - Search — query is embedded, cosine similarity ranks all sessions, top match is the default to open
Workflow
When user asks to find a session:
- Run
searchwith their query - Present results with confidence scores
- Offer to resume the top match via
claude --resume <id>
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