session-logs

name session-logs description Search and analyze your own session logs (older/parent conversations) using jq. metadata {"openclaw":{"emoji":"📜","requires":{"bins":"[Truncated]"}}} session-logs Search your complete conversation history stored in session JSONL files. Use this when a user references older/parent conversations or asks what was said before. Trigger Use this skill when the user asks about prior chats, parent conversations, or historical context that isn't in memory files. Location Session logs live at: ~/.openclaw/agents/<agentId>/sessions/ (use the agent=<id> value from the system prompt Runtime line). sessions.json - Index mapping session keys to session IDs <session-id>.jsonl - Full conversation transcript per session Structure Each .jsonl file contains messages with: type : "session" (metadata) or "message" timestamp : ISO timestamp message.role : "user", "assistant", or "toolResult" message.content[] : Text, thinking, or tool calls (filter type=="text" for human-readable content) message.usage.cost.total : Cost per response Common Queries List all sessions by date and size for f in ~/.openclaw/agents/<agentId>/sessions/*.jsonl; do date =$( head -1 " $f " | jq -r '.timestamp' | cut -dT -f1) size=$( ls -lh " $f " | awk '{print $5}' ) echo " $date $size $(basename $f) " done | sort -r Find sessions from a specific day for f in ~/.openclaw/agents/<agentId>/sessions/*.jsonl; do head -1 " $f " | jq -r '.timestamp' | grep -q "2026-01-06" && echo " $f " done Extract user messages from a session jq -r 'select(.message.role == "user") | .message.content[]? | select(.type == "text") | .text' <session>.jsonl Search for keyword in assistant responses jq -r 'select(.message.role == "assistant") | .message.content[]? | select(.type == "text") | .text' <session>.jsonl | rg -i "keyword" Get total cost for a session jq -s '[.[] | .message.usage.cost.total // 0] | add' <session>.jsonl Daily cost summary for f in ~/.openclaw/agents/<agentId>/sessions/*.jsonl; do date =$( head -1 " $f " | jq -r '.timestamp' | cut -dT -f1) cost=$(jq -s '[.[] | .message.usage.cost.total // 0] | add' " $f " ) echo " $date $cost " done | awk '{a[$1]+=$2} END {for(d in a) print d, "$"a[d]}' | sort -r Count messages and tokens in a session jq -s '{ messages: length, user: [.[] | select(.message.role == "user")] | length, assistant: [.[] | select(.message.role == "assistant")] | length, first: .[0].timestamp, last: .[-1].timestamp }' <session>.jsonl Tool usage breakdown jq -r '.message.content[]? | select(.type == "toolCall") | .name' <session>.jsonl | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn Search across ALL sessions for a phrase rg -l "phrase" ~/.openclaw/agents/<agentId>/sessions/*.jsonl Tips Sessions are append-only JSONL (one JSON object per line) Large sessions can be several MB - use head / tail for sampling The sessions.json index maps chat providers (discord, whatsapp, etc.) to session IDs Deleted sessions have .deleted.<timestamp> suffix Fast text-only hint (low noise) jq -r 'select(.type=="message") | .message.content[]? | select(.type=="text") | .text' ~/.openclaw/agents/<agentId>/sessions/< id >.jsonl | rg 'keyword'