# session-cleanup

Finds empty and abandoned sessions in Agent Monitor, lists what would go, and deletes only after you confirm.

- 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-sessions/skills/session-cleanup/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/session-cleanup

## What it does

The skill reads the monitoring database through `GET /api/stats` and `GET /api/sessions?limit=1000`. It flags sessions with no events, a `turn_count` of 0 or null and zero cost, plus rows still marked active or working whose last activity is older than the threshold. That threshold comes from the argument you pass; 24 hours is the default.

You get a preview table first: short id, status, the reason it qualified, cwd basename, start time, cost in USD to four decimals. Nothing is removed at this stage. The actual deletion runs through `POST /api/settings/cleanup`, a server-side routine that drops empty and orphaned sessions along with their dangling events.

There is no undo from the dashboard, which is why the skill waits for an explicit `confirm` before touching anything. It is the only skill in the plugin that mutates data, and it stays on that one documented endpoint rather than reaching for `POST /api/settings/clear-data`. If the dashboard is down, start it with `npm start` from the repo root.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill session-cleanup -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-sessions/skills/session-cleanup/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- spot sessions that started and never did any work
- tell abandoned active sessions from ones still running
- review the deletion list before any data is gone
- tidy the monitoring database after a batch of dropped runs
- compare stats before and after a cleanup

## Example prompts
- List the Agent Monitor sessions that can be removed, don't delete anything
- Check sessions older than 7d and show me the candidate table
- Confirmed — run the cleanup and show the stats delta

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: session-cleanup
description: >
  Identify stale and empty Claude Code sessions in the Agent Monitor and explain the
  cleanup endpoint (POST /api/settings/cleanup), always showing the exact list of
  what WOULD be removed before anything is deleted. Cleanup permanently deletes data,
  so this skill previews first and requires explicit user confirmation. Use when
  tidying the monitoring database.
---

# Session Cleanup

Find prune-worthy sessions and explain cleanup — preview first, delete only on
explicit confirmation.

## Input

The user provides: **$ARGUMENTS**

- Empty / `preview` → only show what would be removed (the safe default).
- `confirm` → the user has reviewed the preview and explicitly authorizes deletion.
- An optional staleness threshold (e.g. `older than 7d`) for what counts as stale.

## Data Sources

| Endpoint | Returns |
|----------|---------|
| `GET /api/sessions?limit=N` | session list: id, status, model, cwd, started_at, ended_at, cost, metadata (turn_count, total_turn_duration_ms) |
| `GET /api/stats` | totals: total_sessions, active_sessions, total_events, events_today, sessions_by_status, agents_by_status |
| `POST /api/settings/cleanup` | runs the cleanup routine and returns what was removed — DESTRUCTIVE, only after confirmation |

## Report Sections

### 1. Baseline
`GET /api/stats` — record total_sessions, sessions_by_status, total_events. This is
the before-state to compare against.

### 2. Identify candidates
`GET /api/sessions?limit=1000`. Flag sessions that are:
- **Empty** — zero events and `turn_count` 0 / null and `cost` 0 (started but never
  did anything).
- **Stale active** — `status` active/working but last activity older than the
  threshold (default 24h), i.e. never cleanly stopped.
- **Truncated** — no `ended_at` and no recent events.

### 3. Preview table (ALWAYS shown)
List every candidate with the reason it qualifies. State the total count and confirm
that **nothing has been deleted yet**.

### 4. Explain the endpoint
Describe `POST /api/settings/cleanup`: it prunes empty / orphaned sessions and their
dangling events server-side and returns a summary of removed rows. Make clear this
is **permanent** and **not reversible** from the dashboard.

### 5. Execute only on confirmation
If — and only if — `$ARGUMENTS` is `confirm` (or the user has explicitly approved
this run), call `POST /api/settings/cleanup`, then re-read `/api/stats` and report
the before → after delta. Otherwise stop after the preview and tell the user to
re-run with `confirm`.

## Output
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