# history-portability

Pulls in Claude or Claude history and shifts whole CCAM datasets between machines. Useful when you switch laptops or need a restore.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1121
- Author: hoangsonww
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor/tree/HEAD/plugins/ccam-platform/skills/history-portability/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/history-portability

## What it does

Two jobs sit inside this skill. The first is provider history: it reads the paths and limits for the provider you name, rescans that provider's home directory, or walks a folder you point it at by absolute path. Files and archives go up through the app or the `dashboard_upload_history_files` MCP tool.

The second job is a full dashboard backup. Run `ccam export ccam-export.json`, then `ccam import-data ccam-export.json`. Restores are idempotent and leave existing data alone: sessions already present are skipped as a whole, while new ones carry agents, events, token usage and workflows with them. Run, rule and pricing rows are inserted only where they are missing.

Once the restore finishes, the skill walks through what should have survived: session counts, a few transcripts, token totals, cost, workflow runs, alert rules, and pricing for both Claude and Claude. Skip that pass and a mismatch in tokens or pricing tends to surface later, on live reports.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill history-portability -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/history-portability/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/history-portability/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill history-portability -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/history-portability/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill history-portability -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/history-portability/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor history-portability
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/history-portability/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill history-portability -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --path plugins/ccam-platform/skills/history-portability
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/history-portability/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill history-portability -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor/tree/HEAD/plugins/ccam-platform/skills/history-portability/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- move Claude history to a new machine
- import a copied provider history directory
- upload JSONL or an archive through the dashboard
- back up a CCAM dataset and restore it
- confirm tokens, workflows and pricing survived the move

## Example prompts
- Rescan my Claude history and tell me what turned up
- Import the folder `/Users/me/old-ccam` as Claude history
- Export the dataset and restore it from `ccam-export.json`

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: history-portability
description: >
  Import Claude Code or Codex history and move complete CCAM datasets between
  machines. Use when rescanning provider history, importing a copied directory,
  uploading JSONL or archives, exporting a backup, restoring it idempotently,
  or verifying that tokens, workflows, runs, rules, and pricing survived.
---

# History Portability

## Provider History

1. Read provider-specific paths and limits:
   `ccam import guide --provider claude|codex`.
2. Rescan the configured provider home:
   `ccam import rescan --provider <provider>`.
3. Scan an existing directory:
   `ccam import path /absolute/path --provider <provider>`.
4. For file or archive upload, use the app or MCP
   `dashboard_upload_history_files`.

## Full Dashboard Backup

```bash
ccam export ccam-export.json
ccam import-data ccam-export.json
```

Restore is idempotent and non-destructive. Existing sessions are skipped as a
whole. New sessions bring agents, events, token usage, and workflows. Independent
run, rule, and pricing rows are inserted only when absent.

Verify session counts, representative transcripts, token totals, cost, workflow
runs, alert rules, and both Claude and GPT pricing after restore.
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