# session-timeline

Reconstructs a chronological event timeline for a Claude Code session from Agent Monitor data with exact tool durations.

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

## What it does

The skill retrieves session logs from a local Agent Monitor instance via `GET /api/sessions/:id` and `GET /api/events`. It accepts either an explicit session ID or the terms `latest` and `last`. The output starts with a summary header covering session status, model, working directory, turn count, and dollar cost formatted to four decimal places.

It organizes events into a Markdown table with relative offsets, event types, tool names, durations, and summaries. Durations are calculated by matching each `PreToolUse` event with its corresponding `PostToolUse`. It flags context compactions, subagent terminations, API errors, and idle gaps exceeding 30 seconds. If a matching closing event is missing, the tool call is marked as `unclosed`.

The skill fails if the monitoring dashboard is down: you must start it with `npm start` from the Agent Monitor repository root. The final section tallies total tool execution time against wall-clock duration and highlights the single longest tool call.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/session-timeline/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-timeline
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- Trace Claude Code session events step by step in chronological order
- Measure exact tool execution durations by pairing pre- and post-use hooks
- Locate context compactions, subagent stops, and idle windows over 30 seconds

## Example prompts
- Render the session-timeline for the latest session
- Reconstruct the event timeline for session 4a8b1c with tool durations

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: session-timeline
description: >
  Render an ordered timeline of one Claude Code session's events (every event type)
  with per-event durations and tool names, reconstructed from Agent Monitor data.
  Pairs PreToolUse with PostToolUse to compute tool durations and surfaces gaps,
  errors, and compaction points. Use when reconstructing what happened in a session
  step by step.
---

# Session Timeline

Reconstruct the chronological event timeline of a single Claude Code session.

## Input

The user provides: **$ARGUMENTS**

- A **session ID** to time-line, or
- "latest" / "last" for the most recent session.

## Data Sources

| Endpoint | Returns |
|----------|---------|
| `GET /api/sessions/:id` | session header: status, model, cwd, started_at, ended_at, cost, metadata (thinking_blocks, turn_count, total_turn_duration_ms) — and nested events |
| `GET /api/events?session_id=X` | the full event stream: event_type (PreToolUse, PostToolUse, Stop, SubagentStop, SessionStart, SessionEnd, Notification, Compaction, APIError, TurnDuration), tool_name, summary, data, timestamp |

## Report Sections

### 1. Resolve & header
If "latest", `GET /api/sessions?limit=1` to get the id, then `GET /api/sessions/:id`.
Print a one-line header: id, status, model, cwd basename, started_at → ended_at,
turn_count, total_turn_duration_ms, cost.

### 2. Build the ordered timeline
`GET /api/events?session_id=X`. Sort strictly by `timestamp`. For each event emit a
row with: relative offset from `started_at` (e.g. `+00:03.412`), event_type,
tool_name (when present), and a one-line `summary`.

### 3. Compute durations
Pair each `PreToolUse` with its matching `PostToolUse` (same tool_name, next
occurrence) and show the tool's wall-clock duration. For `TurnDuration` events use
the recorded duration directly. Flag any `PreToolUse` with no matching `PostToolUse`
as **unclosed**.

### 4. Annotate notable points
Mark `APIError` (❌), `Compaction` (⚠️ context compressed), `SubagentStop`
(subagent finished), `Notification` (ℹ️), and any timeline gap > 30s between
consecutive events as an idle window.

### 5. Tallies
Event count by type, total tool time vs. session wall time, and the longest single
tool call.

## Output

A Markdown table — `offset | event_type | tool_name | duration | summary` — in
strict timestamp order, preceded by the header line and followed by the tallies.
Durations in ms or `mm:ss.mmm`; currency as USD to 4 decimal places. Never invent a
duration when a PostToolUse is missing — label it `unclosed`. If the dashboard is
unreachable, tell the user to start it with `npm start` from the repo root.
```
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