{
 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-20",
 "id": "nameforjt-afk-session-knowledge--recall-why-a-decision-was-made",
 "repo": "nameforjt-afk/session-knowledge",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/nameforjt-afk/session-knowledge",
 "repo_slug": "nameforjt-afk-session-knowledge",
 "title": "Recover the reasoning behind a past decision",
 "page_title": "How to recover the reasoning behind a past decision with Session Knowledge",
 "summary": "Search your own past instructions and track how a standard changed over time.",
 "who": "A developer or tech lead who needs to explain why a design, pricing rule, or standard was chosen months earlier, possibly in a different project.",
 "problem": "The rationale sits in thousands of past instructions across sessions, and the current project directory cannot see the history from other directories.",
 "outcome": "The matching instructions you gave earlier, and a month-by-month view of how the decision changed.",
 "steps": [
  "`git clone https://github.com/nameforjt-afk/session-knowledge.git`",
  "`cd session-knowledge` then `bash install.sh`",
  "Restart Claude Code.",
  "`python3 -m sessionmcp.cli search \"pricing\" --kind user_instruction`",
  "`python3 -m sessionmcp.cli evolution \"auth design\"`"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the session-knowledge repo, call search_sessions with the query <topic words> and then track_evolution on the same topic. Expect your own past instructions on that topic plus a monthly view of changes. Verify the dates on the returned instructions match the expected period before quoting them.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "15 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "Search is AND, so more words return fewer hits; use the two or three words you would have typed back then rather than a full sentence.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Claude Code with session transcripts in ~/.claude/projects/",
  "Python 3.10+ with FTS5 in the bundled sqlite3 (on macOS, install from python.org or run brew install python)",
  "git and bash to clone and run install.sh",
  "Terminal access to run the CLI and restart Claude Code"
 ],
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 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.9,
 "evidence": [],
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