remembering conversations skill by obra

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/using-skills for workflow.

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

Direct Search (Manual/CLI)

Tool: ${SUPERPOWERS_SKILLS_ROOT}/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:

Examples:

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

For details: Run search-conversations --help