devdaily recall

Search your work history - “when did I last work on X?”

Description

Searches your work journal to find when you last worked on something, touched a file, or used a branch. Supports text search, tag filtering, and file path lookup with optional AI-powered summaries.

Aliases: search, find

Usage

devdaily recall [query...] [options]
# Or use aliases
devdaily search [query...] [options]

Arguments

query · string[]

Search query (e.g., “auth”, “login page”, “PROJ-123”). Multiple words are joined into a single query.

Options

-p, --project <id> · string

Filter by project identifier

--from <date> · string

Start date for search range (YYYY-MM-DD)

--to <date> · string

End date for search range (YYYY-MM-DD)

-d, --days <number> · string · default: "90"

Search last N days

-t, --tag <tags...> · string[]

Filter by tags

-f, --file <path> · string

Search for a specific file path

-l, --limit <number> · string · default: "10"

Max results to show

--ai · boolean

Generate an AI-powered summary of the search results

--no-copy · boolean

Do not copy AI summary to clipboard

--json · boolean

Output results as JSON

--debug · boolean

Show debug output

Examples

Search by keyword

devdaily recall auth

Search for a phrase

devdaily recall "authentication feature"

Find ticket work

devdaily recall PROJ-123

Search for a file

devdaily recall --file src/auth/login.ts

Search by tag

devdaily recall --tag bugfix

AI summary of results

devdaily recall login --ai

Custom date range

devdaily recall oauth --from 2024-01-01 --to 2024-01-31

Last 180 days, more results

devdaily recall api --days 180 --limit 20

Search specific project

devdaily recall redis --project backend-api

JSON output

devdaily recall webhook --json > results.json

Search Behavior

The recall command searches across:

• Commit messages - Full text search
• Branch names - Pattern matching
• File paths - Changed files in commits
• PR titles - Pull request descriptions
• Ticket IDs - Linked tickets
• Notes - Manual notes in snapshots
• Tags - Custom tags

Match Scoring

Results are scored and ranked by:

• Exact matches in commit messages
• File path matches
• Ticket ID matches
• Tag matches
• Recency (more recent = higher score)

File History Mode

When using --file, the output shows:

• All dates the file was modified
• Commits that changed the file
• Commit messages and hashes

AI Summary Mode

With --ai, generates a summary that answers:

1. Summary - What the work was about
2. Timeline - When key activities happened
3. Key details - Branches, PRs, files, tickets
4. Current state - Is it done, in progress, or abandoned?

JSON Output

With --json, returns structured data:

[
  {
    "date": "2024-01-15",
    "projectId": "my-api",
    "branch": "feature/auth",
    "score": 8,
    "matchReasons": ["commit message", "file path"],
    "commits": 3,
    "prs": 1,
    "tags": ["feature", "auth"],
    "notes": "Added OAuth support"
  }
]

Requirements

• Journal snapshots (created with devdaily snapshot)
• GitHub Copilot CLI (for --ai mode only)