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/session-show Command

Display detailed information about a specific session by ID.

Usage

# Show session by ID
/session-show 20260102-1430-auth-refactor

# Show session by name
/session-show "Authentication Refactor"

# Show most recent session
/session-show

Arguments

| Argument | Type | Required | Description | Example | |---------|------|----------|-------------| | <id> | string | No | Session ID or name | "20260102-1430-auth-refactor" | | --name | string | No | Session name | "Authentication Refactor" |

Output

Shows complete session details including:

  • Session metadata (ID, name, timestamps)
  • All goals and completion status
  • Chronological progress notes
  • Git activity
  • Files modified
  • Session summary

Examples

By ID

# Show session by exact ID
/session-show 20260102-1430-auth-refactor

# Output:
ID: 20260102-1430-auth-refactor
Name: Authentication Refactor
Status: ended
Started: 1/2/2026, 2:30:00 PM
Ended: 1/2/2026, 5:00:00 PM
Duration: 2h 30m
Branch: feature/auth
Goals: 3/3 completed

By Name

# Show session by name
/session-show "Authentication Refactor"

# Output:
ID: 20260102-1430-auth-refactor
Name: Authentication Refactor
... [same output as by ID]

Most Recent

# Show most recent session
/session-show

# Output:
ID: 20260102-1430-auth-refactor
Name: Authentication Refactor
... [same output as above]

Session Display

The command provides formatted output with:

## Session Overview

**ID:** 20260102-1430-auth-refactor
**Name:** Authentication Refactor
**Status:** ended

**Time Information:**
- **Started:** 1/2/2026, 2:30:00 PM
- **Ended:** 1/2/2026, 5:00:00 PM
- **Duration:** 2h 30m

## Goals

| # | Goal | Status |
|---|-------|--------|
| 1 | Refactor OAuth 2.0 flow | ✅ Completed |
| 2 | Add JWT support | ✅ Completed |
| 3 | "Fix authentication bugs" | ✅ Completed |

## Git Activity

**Branch:** feature/auth
**Total Commits:** 5
**Files Modified:** 12

## Progress Notes

### 1/2/2026, 3:45:00 PM

Implemented OAuth 2.0 flow
**Git Branch:** feature/auth
**Modified Files:** 5 files

### 1/2/2026, 4:15:00 PM

Added JWT token generation
**Git Branch:** feature/auth
**Modified Files:** 3 files

### 1/2/2026, 5:30:00 PM

"Fix authentication bugs" completed
**Git Branch:** feature/auth
**Modified Files:** 2 files

## Summary

✅ All 3 goals completed successfully
✅ Session ended cleanly with handoff preparation
✅ Ready for code review and merge

Best Practices

Reviewing Past Sessions

✅ DO:

  • Review session history regularly
  • Learn from past sessions
  • Identify patterns and improvements
  • Document lessons learned
  • Apply insights to future sessions

❌ DON'T:

  • Ignore session history
  • Repeat the same mistakes
  • Forget to review past sessions
  • Skip handoffs between sessions