Claude Code History Files Finder

Searches Claude Code (and Codex) session history across every config home and registered archive, and recovers deleted files byte-for-byte from file-history snapshots.

UtilitiesIntermediate★ 1,346⑂ 214AI score 9/10Last updated: Aug 21, 2026

What it does

Searches ~/.claude/projects, per-model profile homes (~/.claude-profiles/*), the current CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR, and every archive registered in ~/.claude/history-sources.json in a single pass, de-duplicating sessions by ID.
Keyword search covers messages, thinking text, tool inputs/results, queued commands, attachments, summaries, custom titles and file-history paths; date filters use internal JSONL timestamps, never file mtime.
recover_content.py restores the exact captured bytes of the newest valid file-history checkpoint — including binaries and post-Write Edit/shell changes — and clearly labels Write-only recoveries as lower fidelity.
--all-projects sweeps everything when you don't know the project; --codex adds Codex rollout search.
triage classifies how sessions ended (interrupted, net_error, done, empty, stuck_no_result) with the full last assistant message.

Who it's for

Long-time Claude Code users with hundreds of accumulated sessions.
Anyone who deleted a file or needs code produced in an earlier conversation.
Users juggling multiple model profiles or separate long-term history archives.

Examples

"Find the ModelLoading file I wrote last week" → search --all-projects ModelLoading, then recover_content.py <session> -k ModelLoading.
"Which sessions did last night's reboot cut off?" → triage --all-projects --from-date … listing interrupted_explicit / stuck_no_result sessions with their final replies.
"This project seems to have no history" → the skill explains the encoded directory rule (absolute path with /→-) and checks registered archives before declaring anything absent.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

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Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/daymade/claude-code-skills/HEAD/daymade-claude-code/claude-code-history-files-finder/SKILL.md

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Install in the Claude app (no terminal)

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In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.

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Install in Claude Code

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Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart.
Copy the daymade-claude-code/claude-code-history-files-finder folder from the GitHub repo daymade/claude-code-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/claude-code-history-files-finder/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills.git /tmp/daymade-skills && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/daymade-skills/daymade-claude-code/claude-code-history-files-finder ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

Open a terminal.
Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills.git /tmp/daymade-skills
Create the skills directory: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
Copy the skill: cp -r /tmp/daymade-skills/daymade-claude-code/claude-code-history-files-finder ~/.claude/skills/
Verify Python 3 is available: python3 --version (the bundled scripts run under python3).
Restart Claude Code and try a prompt like "search my previous conversations for ...".
(Optional) Register any long-term history archives in ~/.claude/history-sources.json so they are included in default searches.

View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT