How to Never Lose a Claude Code Session

THE REALITY

Day 1:   SESSION created ──────────────────────┐
Day 15:  You need it again                     │
Day 30:  GONE (auto-deleted)                   │
Day 31:  You rebuild from scratch              │
                                               │
         Context? LOST                         ▼

AUTO-SAVE FLOW

┌──────────────┐       ┌──────────────┐
│  Claude Code │──────▶│    TACIT     │
│   session    │       │   watches    │
└──────────────┘       └──────┬───────┘
                            │
                            ▼
                     ┌──────────────┐
                     │    LOCAL     │
                     │   SAVED      │
                     └──────────────┘

SEARCH FLOW

⌘K "auth PKCE"
─────────────────────────────
[01-15] project-x/42   FOUND
[01-12] project-x/38   FOUND
[01-08] project-y/12   FOUND

3 RESULTS in 0.02s

INTENT-LIGENCE

⌘I session-42
─────────────────────────────────────
INTENT      │ OAuth flow for mobile app
DECISIONS   │ PKCE, httpOnly cookies, refresh tokens
CONTEXT     │ React Native, Expo, no secure storage
OUTCOMES    │ auth.ts, useAuth hook, token refresh

500 messages → 4 columns. Under a minute.

DAILY WORKFLOW

┌──────────┐    ┌──────────┐    ┌───────────┐
│   ⌘O     │    │   ⌘K     │    │   ⌘I      │
│  Open    │───▶│  Search  │───▶│  Intent-  │
│ Project  │    │  Find    │    │  ligence  │
└──────────┘    └──────────┘    └───────────┘
   │               │                │
   ▼               ▼                ▼
Browse         Instant           Extract
sessions       results           meaning

BEFORE TACIT

"Where's that auth conversation?"

Finder → ~/.claude/sessions/
  → Scroll... scroll... scroll...
  → Open JSON... unreadable
  → Wrong session
  → GONE (deleted)

Time: 15 minutes
Result: LOST context, rebuild from scratch

AFTER TACIT

"Where's that auth conversation?"

⌘K "auth PKCE"
  → 3 results
  → Click
  → FOUND

Time: 2 seconds
Result: Full context preserved