Session Scout

Status: Production Ready Last Updated: 2026-01-27 Dependencies: PowerShell 7+ (pwsh), WSL2 (for WSL session discovery) Script Location: D:\admin\scripts\session-scout.ps1

Quick Start (1 Minute)

1. Run the Script

# Show recent sessions (default: top 12)
pwsh -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File D:\admin\scripts\session-scout.ps1

# Show more sessions
pwsh -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File D:\admin\scripts\session-scout.ps1 -Top 20

Output columns:

• Tool - Claude Code (Windows/WSL), Claude Desktop, OpenCode CLI/Desktop
• When - Last activity timestamp
• ProjectPath - Working directory path
• Project - Project slug/identifier
• SessionId - UUID (Claude Code) or timestamp (OpenCode)

2. Export to CSV

# Export to default location (~/.admin/logs/session-scout-YYYY-MM-DD.csv)
pwsh -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File D:\admin\scripts\session-scout.ps1 -Csv

# Export to custom path
pwsh -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File D:\admin\scripts\session-scout.ps1 -File "D:\exports\sessions.csv"

What It Discovers

Claude Code Sessions

• Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.claude\projects\*\*.jsonl
• WSL: ~/.claude/projects/*/*.jsonl (per distro)
• Extracts: cwd, project slug, session UUID

Claude Desktop Sessions

• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Claude
• Looks for: chat, conversation, transcript, history files

OpenCode Sessions

• Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.local\share\opencode\log\*.log
• WSL: ~/.local/share/opencode/log/*.log (per distro)
• Differentiates: Desktop (multiple dirs) vs CLI (single dir)

Critical Rules

Always Do

• Run with pwsh (PowerShell 7+), not Windows PowerShell 5.1
• Use -ExecutionPolicy Bypass when running directly
• Check WSL is running if WSL sessions are missing

Never Do

• Don't modify session .jsonl files directly
• Don't assume all sessions have extractable paths (some may show $null)
• Don't run from inside WSL (script is Windows-native)

Known Issues Prevention

This skill prevents 3 documented issues:

Issue #1: UUID-based Filenames Not Found

Error: No sessions found despite active Claude Code usage Why It Happens: Claude Code changed from chat_*.jsonl to UUID-based filenames Prevention: Script uses *.jsonl pattern (excluding agent-*.jsonl)

Issue #2: WSL Distro Names with Null Bytes

Error: WSL sessions not detected, distro names show as U b u n t u Why It Happens: wsl.exe -l -q outputs UTF-16LE with null bytes Prevention: Get-WSLDistros function strips null bytes properly

Issue #3: OpenCode Desktop vs CLI Confusion

Error: All OpenCode sessions showing as same type Why It Happens: Desktop opens multiple projects, CLI opens one Prevention: Script detects pattern - multiple dirs = Desktop, single = CLI

Parameters Reference

Session Storage Locations

Claude Code (Windows):
  %USERPROFILE%\.claude\projects\{project-slug}\{uuid}.jsonl

Claude Code (WSL):
  ~/.claude/projects/{project-slug}/{uuid}.jsonl

Claude Desktop:
  %APPDATA%\Claude\
  %LOCALAPPDATA%\Claude\

OpenCode (Windows):
  %USERPROFILE%\.local\share\opencode\log\{timestamp}.log

OpenCode (WSL):
  ~/.local/share/opencode/log/{timestamp}.log

Troubleshooting

Problem: No sessions found

Solution: Check expected locations manually:

# Windows Claude Code
dir $env:USERPROFILE\.claude\projects -Recurse -Filter *.jsonl | measure

# WSL Claude Code
wsl -e bash -c 'find ~/.claude/projects -name "*.jsonl" 2>/dev/null | wc -l'

Problem: WSL sessions not appearing

Solution: Ensure WSL is running and distros are accessible:

wsl -l -q

Problem: ProjectPath shows as empty

Solution: Path extraction is best-effort. The session file may not contain a cwd field in the first 100 lines.

Example Output

Tool                            When                 ProjectPath                    Project              SessionId
----                            ----                 -----------                    -------              ---------
Claude Code (Windows)           1/26/2026 5:39:03 PM D:\admin                       D--admin             bdeb38c1-98a8-...
Claude Code (WSL:Ubuntu-24.04)  1/26/2026 1:47:28 PM /home/wsladmin/dev/vibe-skills -home-wsladmin-dev-v 3cd316dc-c168-...
OpenCode CLI                    1/26/2026 5:30:37 PM D:\rlm-project                                      2026-01-26T203036
OpenCode Desktop                1/26/2026 1:53:00 PM D:\wireframe-kit                                    2026-01-26T190547
Claude Desktop                  1/26/2026 10:10:18 AM                               sentry               session

Integration with Admin Skills

This script is part of the Windows admin toolkit (D:\admin). Session data can be used for:

• Auditing AI tool usage across projects
• Finding previous sessions to resume
• Tracking which projects have active Claude Code configurations
• Exporting session history for documentation

Complete Setup Checklist

• PowerShell 7+ installed (pwsh --version)
• Script exists at D:\admin\scripts\session-scout.ps1
• WSL2 installed (for WSL session discovery)
• At least one Claude Code/OpenCode session exists to test

Questions? Issues?

1. Run script with -Top 5 to test basic functionality
2. Check storage locations manually if sessions missing
3. Verify WSL distros are accessible with wsl -l -q