Git AI Search Skill Search and restore AI conversation context from git history using git-ai search and git-ai continue . Overview Git AI tracks AI-generated code and the conversations that produced it. This skill helps you: Search - Find AI prompt sessions by commit, file, pattern, or author Continue - Restore AI session context to continue work where someone left off Show - View the full transcript of a specific prompt When to Use Each Command You want to... Use... See what AI context exists for a commit git-ai search --commit See AI context for specific lines git-ai search --file --lines Read the full AI conversation git-ai search --commit --verbose Get machine-readable output git-ai search --json Find prompts mentioning a topic git-ai search --pattern "keyword" Continue someone's AI session git-ai continue --commit Continue working on a code region git-ai continue --file --lines Launch Claude with restored context git-ai continue --commit --launch View a specific prompt transcript git-ai show-prompt Workflow Patterns 1. Investigate a Commit Understand what AI assistance was used in a specific commit:

See a summary of AI sessions in the commit

git-ai search --commit abc1234

View the full conversations

git-ai search --commit abc1234 --verbose

Get JSON for programmatic processing

git-ai search --commit abc1234 --json | jq '.prompts | keys[]' 2. Understand a Code Region Find what AI sessions contributed to specific lines:

Search by file

git-ai search --file src/main.rs

Search specific lines

git-ai search --file src/main.rs --lines 100 -150

Multiple line ranges

git-ai search --file src/main.rs --lines 50 -75 --lines 200 -250 3. Continue Someone's Work Pick up where a teammate left off:

See what they were working on

git-ai search --commit abc1234 --verbose

Restore context and continue in your shell

git-ai continue --commit abc1234

Or launch directly into Claude Code

git-ai continue --commit abc1234 --launch

Or copy context to clipboard to paste elsewhere

git-ai continue --commit abc1234 --clipboard 4. Review a Pull Request Understand AI involvement in a PR:

Get all commits in the PR

COMMITS

$( gh pr view 123 --json commits -q '.commits[].oid' )

Search each commit

for sha in $COMMITS ; do echo "=== $sha ===" git-ai search --commit $sha done

Or search the full range

BASE

$( gh pr view 123 --json baseRefOid -q '.baseRefOid' ) HEAD = $( gh pr view 123 --json headRefOid -q '.headRefOid' ) git-ai search --commit $BASE .. $HEAD 5. Audit AI Involvement in a File See all AI sessions that touched a file:

Full file history

git-ai search --file src/auth/login.rs

Filter by author

git-ai search --file src/auth/login.rs --author "Alice"

Filter by tool

git-ai search --file src/auth/login.rs --tool claude 6. Search by Topic Find prompts discussing specific topics:

Search prompt content

git-ai search --pattern "authentication" git-ai search --pattern "error handling"

Combine with filters

git-ai search --pattern "refactor" --tool cursor 7. Pipe to Other Tools Integrate with scripts and workflows:

Get prompt IDs only

git-ai search --commit abc1234 --porcelain

Count matches

git-ai search --file src/main.rs --count

JSON for processing

git-ai search --commit abc1234 --json | jq '.prompts[] | {tool, model, author: .human_author}'

Find commits with AI-authored code

git log --oneline | while read sha msg ; do count = $( git-ai search --commit $sha --count 2

/dev/null || echo "0" ) if [ " $count " != "0" ] ; then echo " $sha ( $count sessions): $msg " fi done Command Reference git-ai search Search for AI prompt sessions by various criteria. git-ai search [OPTIONS] Context Source (pick one): --commit - Search a specific commit (or range with sha1..sha2 ) --file - Search by file path --lines - Filter to line range (requires --file, repeatable) --pattern - Full-text search in prompt content --prompt-id - Look up specific prompt by ID Filters (combinable): --author - Filter by human author (substring match) --tool - Filter by tool (claude, cursor, etc.) --since - Only prompts after date --until - Only prompts before date Output Format (pick one): (default) - Human-readable summary --json - Full JSON output --verbose - Detailed output with full transcripts --porcelain - Machine-readable prompt IDs only --count - Just the count of matching prompts git-ai continue Restore AI session context for continuation. git-ai continue [OPTIONS] Context Source (pick one, or none for TUI): --commit - Continue from a commit --file - Continue from a file --lines - Limit to line range (with --file) --prompt-id - Continue specific prompt Agent Selection: --agent - Target agent (claude, cursor; default: claude) --tool - Alias for --agent Output Mode (pick one): (default) - Print formatted context to stdout --launch - Spawn agent CLI with context --clipboard - Copy context to clipboard --json - Output as structured JSON Options: --max-messages - Limit messages per prompt (default: 50) git-ai show-prompt Display the full transcript of a specific prompt. git-ai show-prompt [OPTIONS] --json - Output as JSON --raw - Show raw internal format Output Formats Default Output Human-readable summary: Found 2 AI prompt session(s) for commit abc1234 [1] Prompt a1b2c3d4 (claude / claude-sonnet-4) Author: Alice Files: src/main.rs:10-50 [2] Prompt e5f6g7h8 (cursor / gpt-4) Author: Bob Files: src/lib.rs:100-150, src/utils.rs:20-30 --json Output Full structured data for programmatic use: { "source" : { "sha" : "abc1234" , "author" : "Alice" , "date" : "2025-01-15" , "message" : "Add authentication" } , "prompts" : [ { "id" : "a1b2c3d4" , "tool" : "claude" , "model" : "claude-sonnet-4" , "author" : "Alice" , "messages" : [ ... ] } ] } --verbose Output Full conversations inline: === Session 1: Prompt a1b2c3d4 === Tool: claude (claude-sonnet-4) Author: Alice User: Help me implement user authentication... Assistant: I'll help you implement authentication. Here's my approach... --porcelain Output One prompt ID per line (for scripting): a1b2c3d4 e5f6g7h8 --count Output Just the number: 2 Tips Combining Filters Filters use AND semantics - prompts must match ALL specified filters:

Claude prompts by Alice in the last 7 days

git-ai search --commit HEAD~10 .. HEAD --tool claude --author "Alice" --since 7d Using with Git Commands Combine with git log to explore history:

Find commits with high AI involvement

git log --oneline --since = "1 week ago" | while read sha msg ; do git-ai search --commit $sha --count 2

/dev/null done

Search AI context for files changed in a commit

git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r abc1234 | while read file ; do git-ai search --file " $file " done Restoring Context for Different Agents The --agent flag controls context formatting:

For Claude Code

git-ai continue --commit abc1234 --agent claude --launch

For other tools, copy to clipboard

git-ai continue --commit abc1234 --clipboard Inspecting Specific Prompts If search returns many results, drill down:

Get the IDs

git-ai search --commit abc1234 --porcelain

View a specific one

git-ai show-prompt a1b2c3d4 Performance Tips Use --commit for fastest results (direct note lookup) --file requires blame computation (slower for large files) --pattern searches the database (fast substring match) Add --count first to check result size before verbose output Examples Quick checks

Any AI in this commit?

git-ai search --commit HEAD --count

What tools were used?

git-ai search --commit abc1234 --json | jq '.prompts[].tool' | sort -u

Who used AI in this file?

git-ai search --file src/main.rs --json | jq '.prompts[].author' | sort -u Detailed exploration

Full context of the most recent AI session

git-ai search --commit HEAD --verbose | head -100

Continue the exact session that wrote these lines

git-ai continue --file src/main.rs --lines 50 -100 --launch Integration with CI/CD

In a PR check, report AI involvement

PROMPT_COUNT

$( git-ai search --commit $PR_HEAD --count 2

/dev/null || echo "0" ) if [ " $PROMPT_COUNT " -gt 0 ] ; then echo "This PR includes $PROMPT_COUNT AI-assisted session(s)" git-ai search --commit $PR_HEAD fi