Claude Code Session Finder
Search inside your Claude Code conversations, not just their titles — then jump
straight into the session that matches.
Why
Claude Code's built-in session picker matches on session name. Once a title stops
reminding you what happened inside a session, that session is effectively lost.
This extension indexes what you and Claude actually said and opens the match.
Use it
Ctrl+Alt+S (Cmd+Alt+S on macOS), or Claude: Search Sessions in the palette.
| Type |
To find |
paste image |
sessions containing both words |
"paste image" |
that exact phrase |
pr:1234 |
the session that opened that PR |
since:30d, since:all |
widen past the default 7-day window |
!"npm run build" |
also search tool calls and results, including subagents (slower) |
A ! search matches whole transcripts, so quote a phrase (!"npm run build") unless
you really do want every session that mentions all those words anywhere.
Row actions
| Action |
Behavior |
| Enter |
opens the session — revealing an already-open tab, or opening a new one. Sessions from other git worktrees open in a window on the right folder |
| 🔗 Copy deep link |
vscode://anthropic.claude-code/open?session=<id> to the clipboard |
| 📁 Reveal folder |
reveals the session's folder in the explorer |
| 📄 Open transcript |
opens the raw .jsonl in an editor tab — works even for a session that can no longer be resumed |
The transcript action is a row button rather than Cmd/Ctrl+Enter: VS Code's Quick Pick
API has no modifier-accept hook.
Why it activates at startup
activationEvents is ["onStartupFinished"] on purpose — do not change it to [].
When you open a session that belongs to a different folder, this extension writes a
single-use hand-off file and asks VS Code to open that folder. The window that ends up
on the target folder has to notice that file, and a lazily-activated extension in a
window nobody has invoked a command in never would. Startup activation is what makes the
hand-off arrive.
Privacy
This extension reads your Claude Code transcripts from ~/.claude/projects, extracts
the conversational text, and stores an index in VS Code's local extension storage on
your machine. Nothing is uploaded, transmitted, or shared with anyone, including the
author. There is no telemetry, no network access, and no analytics of any kind.
Requirements
The official Claude Code extension,
installed automatically as a dependency.
License
MIT
