lore show

Display the full conversation history for a session, or list sessions linked to a git commit.

Usage

lore show <ID> [OPTIONS]
lore show --commit <REF> [OPTIONS]

Examples

View a Session

# Show session by ID prefix (only need enough to be unique)
lore show abc123

# Show full message content (no truncation)
lore show abc123 --full

# Include AI thinking blocks
lore show abc123 --thinking

# Output as markdown
lore show abc123 --format markdown

View Sessions for a Commit

# Show sessions linked to HEAD
lore show --commit HEAD

# Show sessions linked to a specific commit
lore show --commit a1b2c3d

# Show sessions linked to a branch
lore show --commit main

Sample Output

Session View

Session c9731a91-...

  Tool:      claude-code
  Version:   1.0.0
  Model:     claude-sonnet-4-20250514
  Started:   2025-12-25 17:52:00
  Ended:     2025-12-25 19:30:00 (98 minutes)
  Messages:  566
  Directory: /Users/dev/myapp
  Branch:    main
  Tags:      feature-auth, needs-review

Summary:
  Implemented OAuth2 login flow with Google and GitHub providers

Linked to:
  commit a1b2c3d

Conversation:

[Human 17:52:00]
Can you help me add authentication to this app?

[Assistant 17:52:15]
I'll help you add authentication. Let me first look at your current setup...

Commit View

Commit a1b2c3d (HEAD)
  "feat: add OAuth2 authentication"
  2025-12-25 19:28

Linked sessions (1):
  c9731a91  2025-12-25 17:52  566 messages
    confidence: 95%

Use 'lore show <session-id>' to view session details

Options

Option	Description
--commit	Treat target as a git ref instead of session ID
--full	Show full message content without truncation
--thinking	Include AI thinking/reasoning blocks
-f, --format <FMT>	Output format: text, json, markdown

JSON Output

lore show abc123 --format json

{
  "session": {
    "id": "c9731a91-...",
    "tool": "claude-code",
    "started_at": "2025-12-25T17:52:00Z",
    "message_count": 566
  },
  "messages": [...],
  "links": [
    { "commit_sha": "a1b2c3d...", "confidence": 0.95 }
  ],
  "tags": ["feature-auth", "needs-review"],
  "summary": "Implemented OAuth2 login flow..."
}

See Also

• lore sessions - List sessions
• lore blame - Find session for a line of code
• lore link - Link session to commit