siftd

siftd — Search past coding conversations

siftd searches your past coding conversations (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Pi, Aider, VSCode, Copilot CLI, OpenCode) to find decisions, trace how ideas evolved, and retrieve context.

Auto-trigger guidance

When this skill is auto-loaded by research-intent detection (user did not type /siftd):

1. Run a best-guess search with --thread --context 2 (add -w <workspace> if implied).
2. Summarize findings in natural language — do not dump raw output.
3. Offer next steps: drill into a conversation (siftd query <id>), refine the search, or tag useful results (siftd tag <id> research:<topic>).

When the user explicitly invokes /siftd, follow the mode detection below.

If the user invokes /siftd:tag, skip search — run siftd tag --current <tags>.

Quick Search: /siftd

Arguments received: $ARGUMENTS

Mode detection

User input	Command to run
/siftd "query"	siftd search "query" --thread
/siftd -w proj "query"	siftd search -w proj "query" --thread
/siftd --recent	siftd query -n 5
/siftd --recent -w proj	siftd query -n 5 -w proj
/siftd --genesis "concept"	siftd search --first --by-time "concept"

Default: If arguments don't match a flag pattern, treat as semantic search query.

After running the search

1. Show results
2. Offer drill-down: siftd query <id>
3. If results are useful, suggest tagging: siftd tag <id> research:<topic>

Live tagging: /siftd:tag

The SessionStart hook registers the session automatically. /siftd:tag resolves it via siftd tag --current.

If no session is detected, --current falls back to --last 1 (most recent ingested conversation). The command output indicates which path was taken.

Tags are queued as "pending" and applied when the conversation is ingested (siftd ingest).

Tag conventions:

Prefix	Usage
decision:*	Architectural/design decisions
research:*	Investigation findings
useful:*	Reusable patterns/examples
rationale:*	Why X over Y
genesis:*	First discussion of a concept

Reference docs

For full flag lists, composition patterns, and filtering options:

Search: reference/search.md — output modes, filters, diversity tuning, composition examples Query: reference/query.md — listing, drill-down, SQL queries, tool-tag filtering Tags: reference/tags.md — apply/remove, boolean filtering, tag conventions, tool call tags