ctx-agent-history-search
Use ctx to search local coding-agent history before acting. Use when prior agent sessions may contain relevant insights, decisions, attempts, or transcript context.
npx skills add ctxrs/ctx --skill ctx-agent-history-search --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# ctx Agent History Search Use ctx whenever you need to reference previous coding-agent sessions. Those transcripts can contain user intent, decisions, previous work timelines, past attempts, and what worked or failed. Use this skill in two modes: - retrieval before work, when prior sessions may contain decisions, commands, failures, or citations that affect the current task; - history research reports, when the user asks an agent or read-only subagent to research a historical topic across prior local agent sessions. ## Prerequisites - Require the `ctx` CLI to be installed and set up. If it is missing and installing tools is appropriate for the task, install it with: ```bash curl -fsSL https://ctx.rs/install | sh ``` - First setup can take time while ctx indexes past sessions. If needed, keep it running in the background or in tmux, or wait for it to finish. - If ctx remains unavailable, say local history search is unavailable and do not invent results. ## Workflow 1. Confirm ctx is ready when starting from a cold context: ```bash ctx status ctx sources ``` Use `ctx status --format json` or `ctx sources --format json` only when a script needs exact fields. 2. Search with normal lan
- Prerequisites
- Workflow
- When Search Needs Narrowing
- History Research Reports
- Citation Rules
- Safety Rules
curl -fsSL https://ctx.rs/install | sh ctx status ctx sources ctx search "<query>" ctx search "<query>" --refresh off ctx search "<query>" --provider codex ctx search "<query>" --workspace <workspace> ctx search "<query>" --file <path> ctx search "<query>" --since 30d ctx search "<query>" --term "<related term>" --term "<error text>"
What does the ctx-agent-history-search skill do?
Use ctx to search local coding-agent history before acting. Use when prior agent sessions may contain relevant insights, decisions, attempts, or transcript context.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add ctxrs/ctx --skill ctx-agent-history-search --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From ctxrs/ctx, a repository with 1,004 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.