{
 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-26",
 "id": "chigwell-penelopa-ai--trace-agent-steps-in-sessions-explorer",
 "repo": "chigwell/Penelopa.ai",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/chigwell/Penelopa.ai",
 "repo_slug": "chigwell-penelopa-ai",
 "title": "Trace agent steps back to their evidence",
 "page_title": "How to trace agent steps back to their evidence with Penelopa AI",
 "summary": "Browse captured sessions and inspect each message and tool input and output.",
 "who": "A developer or team lead reviewing what a coding agent actually did during a past session.",
 "problem": "Recommendations are hard to trust without seeing the exact messages and tool calls that produced them.",
 "outcome": "You can read each captured message and tool call, follow new events, and link process steps to their evidence.",
 "steps": [
  "Open the desktop app and confirm you are connected to an account.",
  "Open Sessions from the web dashboard shown in the app.",
  "Select a captured conversation and inspect each message and tool input and output.",
  "Follow newly delivered events, then trace a process step back to its evidence."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "In the chigwell/Penelopa.ai repo, open the Sessions explorer for the session <session-id> and list the tool calls with their inputs and outputs. Verify that each recommendation you cite links to a message visible in that session.",
 "agents": [
  "codex",
  "claude-code"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Beginner",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "Sessions needs an internet connection, and availability of large content follows server retention.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "javascript",
 "requirements": [
  "A Penelopa account, created during installation",
  "Codex or Claude Code installed on the machine",
  "macOS 13.5+, Windows 10 22H2+ or Windows 11 x64 for the desktop app, or Linux x64/arm64 with kernel 4.18+ and glibc 2.28+ for hooks only",
  "Internet access to penelopa.ai, nodejs.org, the npm registry and Electron release downloads",
  "About 3 GB of free disk space for desktop builds"
 ],
 "risk": "sensitive",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [
  {
   "tag": "credentials",
   "notice": "Sessions show full captured messages and tool outputs, which may contain secrets from your project, so review what you share from this view."
  }
 ],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.8,
 "evidence": [],
 "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/chigwell-penelopa-ai/trace-agent-steps-in-sessions-explorer/",
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 "disclaimer": "Deduped lists open-source repositories that belong to other people. We do not own, maintain, audit, or vouch for any of them, and a repo appearing here is not an endorsement or a safety check. The use cases, steps, and prompts are written by AI and may be incomplete, outdated, or just wrong. Where a use case is marked \"Seen in the wild\", we link to public posts where someone described something similar, but we have not verified those posts and the use case itself is still our AI's own write-up. Use all of this at your own risk. Only run code, commands, or agents on systems and accounts you are authorized to use, and read the code and every command before you run it, especially anything that touches credentials, files, or the network. Nothing here is professional, security, legal, or financial advice. All trademarks and project names belong to their respective owners, and their use here does not imply affiliation. Content is provided as is, without warranties of any kind. Found a mistake, a safety problem, or something you want removed? Email hello@dedupedai.com and we will look at it promptly.",
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 "api_version": "v1"
}