Find session history and live terminals
Search by topic, session ID, current terminal name, or a previous alias. Claude Code and Codex are searched together by default. Narrow by project or agent when you know where the conversation happened. Session lookup requires Recall Pro.
| Surface | How to use it |
|---|---|
| Recall web app | Cmd/Ctrl+K → Find session history and live terminals |
| VS Code | Command Palette → Claude Recall: Find session history and live terminals |
| MCP | Call locate_sessions with query, optional project, source, and limit |
| CLI | recall locate "auth flow" --json |
Open a matching conversation to read its saved context, or copy a session
reference to use in a handoff. MCP agents can pass its full ID to
context_for_session. Old and current conversations remain separate results,
even if their names match.
Reachable means the exact session is connected to a messaging terminal. Unreachable means the bridge knows it but cannot deliver to it. Historical means the archived session is absent from the current bridge snapshot. Unknown means the optional bridge could not be checked; saved context remains available. Status is checked again when sending a message.
Lookup never sends messages or restarts sessions. A copied reference contains the session ID, agent and project; it does not automatically include a transcript. If results are truncated, narrow the query before choosing between similar names.
After updating Recall, restart its daemon and reconnect MCP clients to expose the new endpoint and tool. Install the updated extension and reload the editor to expose its command. The web app's command appears after refreshing the page.