Claude Session Management Suite
Search, browse, monitor, and manage Claude Code session history across all projects.
Tools Overview
Tool Purpose
claude-tracker-search
Search sessions by keyword (standalone script)
claude-tracker-resume
Find and resume crashed/inactive sessions
claude-tracker-alive
Check which sessions have running processes
claude-tracker-watch
Daemon: auto-summarize new sessions, update active-projects.md
claude-tracker
List recent sessions with status badges (standalone script)
new-session.sh
Start a new session in Ghostty/VSCode/Cursor, with optional prompt or headless mode
resume-in-vscode.sh
Open a session in a new VS Code (or Cursor) terminal via AppleScript
detect-projects.js
Scan sessions to find all projects, check CLAUDE.md coverage
bootstrap-claude-setup.js
Generate complete ~/.claude/ config for new machine
update-active-projects.py
Regenerate active-projects.md with enriched session data
Standalone Scripts
Commands delegate to standalone Node.js scripts (avoids shell escaping issues with inline node -e ):
Script Called By Purpose
scripts/search-sessions.js
/claude-tracker-search
Keyword search across all sessions (8K lines/file, noise-filtered)
scripts/list-sessions.js
/claude-tracker
List recent sessions with status badges
scripts/new-session.sh
/spawn
Start new interactive or prompt-driven session in Ghostty/VSCode/Cursor or headless
scripts/resume-in-vscode.sh
Direct invocation Open session in new VS Code/Cursor terminal (macOS AppleScript)
scripts/detect-projects.js
Direct invocation Project discovery and CLAUDE.md scaffolding
scripts/bootstrap-claude-setup.js
Direct invocation New machine setup generator
All scripts use ~/.claude/lib/tracker-utils.js for shared utilities (path decoding, session parsing, git remote detection).
Quick Start
Search by topic
claude-tracker-search "kothar mac mini"
Interactive search with fzf
claude-tracker-search "kothar" --fzf
Search by session ID prefix
claude-tracker-search --id 1da2b718
Search by session name/slug only (fast — no JSONL body scan)
claude-tracker-search "thera" --name
Check what's alive
claude-tracker-alive
Resume crashed sessions in tmux
claude-tracker-resume --tmux
Start auto-summarize daemon
claude-tracker-watch --daemon
Search
claude-tracker-search "$ARGUMENTS"
Search targets (weighted ranking): Summary (3x), First prompt (2x), Project name (1x), Git branch (1x).
Flag Description
--limit <n>
Max results (default: 20)
--id <prefix>
Lookup by session ID prefix (8+ chars)
--project <name>
Filter by project name (substring)
--since <duration>
Recent only: 7d , 24h , 30m , 2w
--json
Machine-readable JSON output
--name
Search only session names, slugs, summaries—skips JSONL body scan (fast)
--fzf
Interactive selection via fzf (outputs resume command)
Resume Crashed Sessions
claude-tracker-resume # List crashed sessions with resume commands claude-tracker-resume --tmux # Resume all in tmux windows claude-tracker-resume --zsh # Resume all in Terminal.app tabs (macOS) claude-tracker-resume --all # Include non-VS Code sessions claude-tracker-resume --dry-run # Preview without acting
Smart fallback: if --resume fails on an expired session, automatically starts a fresh session in that project directory. Sessions older than 7 days show a STALE badge.
Alive Detection
Check which sessions have running Claude processes:
claude-tracker-alive # Running + stale sessions overview claude-tracker-alive --running # Only sessions with active processes claude-tracker-alive --stale # Only sessions with no process claude-tracker-alive --json # Machine-readable output
Cross-references running claude PIDs (via pgrep
- lsof ) against recent session files. Sessions >3 days without a process show an OLD badge.
Auto-Summarize Daemon
Watch for new sessions and auto-populate summary cache:
claude-tracker-watch --status # Check if daemon is running claude-tracker-watch --daemon # Start in background claude-tracker-watch --stop # Stop running daemon claude-tracker-watch --verbose # Foreground with debug output
The daemon watches ~/.claude/projects/*/sessions-index.json for changes. When new sessions appear, it caches summaries from Claude Code metadata and regenerates active-projects.md . See references/daemon-setup.md for launchd plist and lifecycle details.
Session Listing
claude-tracker # All recent sessions claude-tracker vscode # VS Code sessions only
Detect Projects
node ~/.claude/skills/claude-tracker-suite/scripts/detect-projects.js # List all node ~/.claude/skills/claude-tracker-suite/scripts/detect-projects.js --suggest # Suggest additions node ~/.claude/skills/claude-tracker-suite/scripts/detect-projects.js --scaffold # Create CLAUDE.md stubs node ~/.claude/skills/claude-tracker-suite/scripts/detect-projects.js --since 30d # Recent only
Update Active Projects
python3 ~/.claude/scripts/update-active-projects.py # Regenerate active-projects.md python3 ~/.claude/scripts/update-active-projects.py --summarize # Show sessions needing summaries
The generated table includes Model, Turns, and Cost columns from enriched session data (extracted from JSONL transcripts). Git worktree sessions show a tree emoji badge. Sessions without summaries are auto-named via one-shot claude --model haiku call.
Bootstrap New Setup
Generate a complete ~/.claude/ configuration for a new machine:
node ~/.claude/skills/claude-tracker-suite/scripts/bootstrap-claude-setup.js --user "Name" --dry-run node ~/.claude/skills/claude-tracker-suite/scripts/bootstrap-claude-setup.js --user "Name"
Creates directory structure, global CLAUDE.md, userModel template, agent_docs stubs, and project CLAUDE.md scaffolds. Follow up with /claude-md-manager to enrich generated files.
Resume in New Terminal
Open a session in a new Ghostty tab, VS Code terminal, or Cursor terminal (macOS AppleScript):
Resume session in Ghostty (default)
~/.claude/skills/claude-tracker-suite/scripts/resume-in-vscode.sh <session-id>
Resume in VS Code terminal
~/.claude/skills/claude-tracker-suite/scripts/resume-in-vscode.sh <session-id> --vscode
Resume in Cursor terminal
~/.claude/skills/claude-tracker-suite/scripts/resume-in-vscode.sh <session-id> --cursor
cd to a project first, then resume
~/.claude/skills/claude-tracker-suite/scripts/resume-in-vscode.sh <session-id> --project ~/Desktop/Programming
System aliases: code → Cursor, vscode → VS Code. Ghostty is the default target.
New Session / Spawn
Start a new Claude Code session in a terminal tab or headless:
Interactive session in Ghostty (default)
~/.claude/skills/claude-tracker-suite/scripts/new-session.sh ~/my-project
With a specific model
~/.claude/skills/claude-tracker-suite/scripts/new-session.sh ~/my-project --model opus
Prompt-driven session in Ghostty tab
~/.claude/skills/claude-tracker-suite/scripts/new-session.sh ~/my-project --prompt "fix the login bug"
Prompt-driven in VS Code terminal
~/.claude/skills/claude-tracker-suite/scripts/new-session.sh ~/my-project --vscode --prompt "fix the login bug"
Headless — runs in current terminal, returns JSON
~/.claude/skills/claude-tracker-suite/scripts/new-session.sh ~/my-project --headless --prompt "summarize the README"
Headless with specific model and output format
~/.claude/skills/claude-tracker-suite/scripts/new-session.sh ~/my-project --headless --prompt "fix tests" --model haiku --output-format text
Headless and prompt-driven modes use claude -p (the Agent SDK CLI). Note: -p is now officially part of the Claude Agent SDK—it uses SDK billing, not interactive session billing. Terminal modes use the clipboard-paste AppleScript pattern for reliable command delivery (handles special characters in prompts).
Workflow: Find and Resume
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claude-tracker-search "topic" — find matching sessions
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claude --resume <session-id> — resume in current terminal
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resume-in-vscode.sh <session-id> — resume in new VS Code terminal
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Or claude-tracker-resume --tmux — auto-resume all crashed sessions
Workflow: Monitor Active Work
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claude-tracker-alive — see what's running vs stale
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claude-tracker-watch --daemon — keep summaries auto-updated
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Read ~/.claude/agent_docs/active-projects.md — curated project overview
Related: Git Tracking
Git-aware session tracking via PreToolUse/PostToolUse hooks intercepts all git commands and tags sessions with repos they touch. Enables cross-directory session discovery.
File Purpose
~/.claude/hooks/git-track.sh
PreToolUse hook — logs git commands to JSONL
~/.claude/hooks/git-track-post.sh
PostToolUse hook — captures commit hashes
~/.claude/hooks/git-track-rebuild.py
Builds bidirectional index at SessionEnd
~/.claude/git-tracking.jsonl
Append-only event log (hot path)
~/.claude/git-tracking-index.json
Bidirectional session <-> repo index
Query functions in tracker-utils.js :
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loadGitTracking() — load the index
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getSessionsForRepo(path) — find sessions that touched a repo
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getReposForSession(sid) — find repos a session touched
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getRecentCommits({hours, repoPath}) — recent commits across sessions
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getRecentGitEvents({hours}) — raw event timeline
The /session-report command generates a Markdown dashboard combining session status with git activity.
Related: Soul Registry
The soul registry (~/.claude/hooks/soul-registry.py ) tracks live sessions with heartbeats, topics, and Slack channel bindings. It complements the tracker suite:
Tracker Suite Soul Registry
Scope All sessions, all time Active sessions only
Data source JSONL transcripts, sessions-index.json ~/.claude/soul-sessions/registry.json
Updates After session ends (summaries) Real-time (heartbeat every turn)
Purpose Search, resume, project detection Cross-session awareness, Slack binding
To view the live registry: python3 ~/.claude/hooks/soul-registry.py list --md
To activate Claudicle identity in a session: /ensoul (opt-in per session). To bind a session to Slack: /slack-sync #channel .
References
For detailed schemas and infrastructure:
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references/data-schemas.md — Session index, summary cache, and JSONL transcript schemas; data source locations; shared library API
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references/daemon-setup.md — Watcher daemon lifecycle and launchd plist template