session-logs

To search conversation history in JSONL session logs, you can parse stored session files using command-line text search tools like jq and ripgrep. This allows you to quickly locate and extract relevant prior user and assistant messages across all saved transcripts.

Finding a specific phrase across past chat sessions involves running a cross-session text search using tools like ripgrep. This discovers where a topic was previously discussed by scanning all stored JSONL transcripts for exact keyword matches.

Yes, you can perform cost analysis from saved JSONL chat logs by applying jq to parse session files and compute per-session cost totals. This deterministic extraction audits message costs and tool usage across historical conversations.

Yes, you need jq and ripgrep installed to extract messages from session logs. These command-line tools are required to index JSONL files and retrieve message content deterministically when prior conversation context is needed.

Listing past chat sessions by date and file size is done by applying jq to index stored JSONL session files. This summarizes your conversation history, allowing you to review and locate older parent conversations quickly.