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Search past Pi coding sessions with Sesame local BM25 search. Use for multi-word session search, tool-call searches, and recent session discovery.
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| name | sesame |
| description | Search past Pi coding sessions with Sesame local BM25 search. Use for multi-word session search, tool-call searches, and recent session discovery. |
Sesame indexes Pi session files into SQLite FTS5 and ranks results with BM25.
Use sesame when you need:
"nix infra cleanup", "publish workflow changesets")--tools, --tool bash, --path package.json)"*" with filters)Use sesame search "*" to list recent sessions. Use read on a result path after you identify the session to inspect.
sesame search "query"
sesame search "query" --json
sesame search "query" --cwd /path/to/project
sesame search "query" --after 7d
sesame search "query" --before 2026-01-01
sesame search "query" --limit 5
sesame search "query" --tools
sesame search "query" --tool bash
sesame search "query" --path package.json
sesame search "query" --exclude <session-id>
List recent sessions:
sesame search "*" --limit 20
sesame search "*" --cwd /path --after 2w --exclude <session-id>
Index management:
sesame index
sesame index --full
sesame status
sesame watch
sesame watch --interval 30
sesame search "query".sesame index or wait for sesame watch.--cwd, --after, --before, --tools, --tool, or --path.--json when another tool needs structured output.7d, 2w, 1mYYYY-MM-DDDelegate tasks to other agents - pi sessions or external agents (claude, opencode, aider). Non-blocking with task tracking and completion notifications.
Git worktree conventions and commands. Use when creating, switching to, or cleaning up git worktrees for branch work.
Interview the user relentlessly to expand context and surface intent, constraints, hidden assumptions, and unstated alternatives. Use whenever the user invokes `/grill-me`, says "grill me", "interview me", "pressure-test this", "help me think through", or whenever the user's first message is more decision than task โ across coding, business, marketing, personal branding, SOPs, systems thinking, process design, and tough decisions.
Interact with local Chrome browser session (only on explicit user approval after being asked to inspect, debug, or interact with a page open in Chrome)
Interact with GitHub using the `gh` CLI. Use `gh issue`, `gh pr`, `gh run`, and `gh api` for issues, PRs, CI runs, and advanced queries.
Manage MCP server configurations โ add, remove, list, inspect, troubleshoot. Use when asked to "add mcp server", "remove mcp", "list mcp servers", "mcp status", "configure mcp", "troubleshoot mcp", or any MCP server management task.