Can I recover context from a specific project or time frame?

Yes, you can use time-based expressions like 'last week' or filter by specific project names to recover historical context accurately.

When does this skill trigger automatically?

It is designed to trigger proactively after you use the /clear command, at the start of a new session, or whenever you ask Claude to 'catch you up' on your work.

Will it dump my entire journal into the conversation?

No, the skill follows best practices to be concise, summarizing only the most relevant recent accomplishments and next steps to keep the context clean.

Does this skill require any external ML dependencies?

No, it is part of the claude-journal-mcp which is a lightweight plugin with zero ML dependencies, relying on structured logs and direct search queries.

How does the Context Recovery skill work?

It queries the Claude Journal MCP to retrieve the most recent entries, analyzes them for project-specific details, and provides a concise summary to help the AI resume work without manual input.

Context Recovery

Name: Context Recovery
Author: chrismbryant

bychrismbryant

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Productivity & Workflow

Restores project continuity and working state from the Claude Journal after session resets or history clearing.

About

The Context Recovery skill ensures seamless continuity in development workflows by proactively retrieving and summarizing recent activity from the Claude Journal. It automatically bridges context gaps after a `/clear` command or at the start of a new session by analyzing recent entries, identifying active projects, and highlighting completed milestones. By eliminating the need for users to manually re-explain their current status, this skill maintains momentum across different coding sessions and prevents the friction of context loss.

Key Features

Targeted search for specific features or technical decisions in past logs
Intelligent summarization of recent project milestones and in-progress tasks
Time-based recovery for catching up on specific periods like yesterday or last week
Automatic context restoration following conversation history clearing
3 GitHub stars
Proactive identification of blockers and suggested next steps

Use Cases

Resuming a complex multi-day feature implementation without manual status updates
Onboarding the AI at the start of a new session with a quick summary of previous progress
Restoring essential project state immediately after running /clear to optimize token usage

About

Key Features

Targeted search for specific features or technical decisions in past logs
Intelligent summarization of recent project milestones and in-progress tasks
Time-based recovery for catching up on specific periods like yesterday or last week
Automatic context restoration following conversation history clearing
3 GitHub stars
Proactive identification of blockers and suggested next steps

Use Cases

Resuming a complex multi-day feature implementation without manual status updates
Onboarding the AI at the start of a new session with a quick summary of previous progress
Restoring essential project state immediately after running /clear to optimize token usage