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session-logs

Author：openclaw
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name: session-logs
description: Search and analyze your own session logs (older/parent conversations) using jq.
metadata: { "openclaw": { "emoji": "📜", "requires": { "bins": ["jq", "rg"] } } }

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

bash
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

bash
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

bash
jq -r 'select(.message.role == "user") | .message.content[]? | select(.type == "text") | .text' <session>.jsonl

Search for keyword in assistant responses

bash
jq -r 'select(.message.role == "assistant") | .message.content[]? | select(.type == "text") | .text' <session>.jsonl | rg -i "keyword"

Get total cost for a session

bash
jq -s '[.[] | .message.usage.cost.total // 0] | add' <session>.jsonl

Daily cost summary

bash
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

bash
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

bash
jq -r '.message.content[]? | select(.type == "toolCall") | .name' <session>.jsonl | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn

Search across ALL sessions for a phrase

bash
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)

bash
jq -r 'select(.type=="message") | .message.content[]? | select(.type=="text") | .text' ~/.openclaw/agents/<agentId>/sessions/<id>.jsonl | rg 'keyword'

Actions

install --global skills.sh
npx skills add openclaw/openclaw/skills/session-logs

Usage Guide

  1. 1. Run Install Command

    Copy the installation command above and run it in your terminal to install globally.

  2. 2. Configure Environment

    Add the required environment variables to your MCP client according to the skill description.

  3. 3. Use in Client

    Configure and enable this skill in any MCP-compatible app (e.g. Claude or Cursor).