Claude Session Introspect

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Claude Session Introspect skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Claude Session Introspect is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Content · Sub-category: content-misc · Last updated: 2026-06-11

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Inspect Claude Code session JSONL files at ~/.claude/projects/ to extract real conversation telemetry: token counts (input/output/cache reads/cache writes), assistant turn counts, human prompt counts, tool-use counts, compaction boundaries, and the contents of compaction summaries. Use this skill when the user asks "how many tokens did this session use", "how many prompts have I sent", "show me the stats for this conversation", "what got compacted", "where are the compaction boundaries", "introspect the session", "do brain surgery on the JSONL", or wants any data point that lives inside the on-disk session log rather than the live context window. Inspired by Tal Raviv's "I wanted to know how compaction works" article.

Security AStatic scan found no risk patternsHow grading works ›

From the source SKILL.md

Claude Code persists every conversation as a JSONL file on disk. This skill is the recipe for opening one and pulling out the numbers you actually want — token usage, prompt counts, compaction events, tool calls — without guessing.

What this skill does

Claude Session Introspect is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the content-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/claude-session-introspect/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Claude Session Introspect Claude Code skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 186,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/claude-session-introspect
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/claude-session-introspect/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/claude-session-introspect/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/claude-session-introspect/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/claude-session-introspect/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\claude-session-introspect\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

📱 Install from your phone or desktop Telegram

Open @claudskills_bot on Telegram, tap Open Desktop App, and the desktop app installs this skill for you. Or share the bot link with a colleague — they get the same one-tap install. Learn more →

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

Pro

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Claude Session Introspect Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/claude-session-introspect/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Claude Session Introspect skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Claude Session Introspect skill?

Use Claude Session Introspect when your Claude Code task falls under the Content category — specifically in the content misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Claude Session Introspect" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/content/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Claude Session Introspect skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Claude Session Introspect is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/biyearly-mesothelioma790/skills/blob/HEAD/claude-session-introspect/SKILL.md
Author: biyearly-mesothelioma790

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

biyearly-mesothelioma790. (2026). Claude Session Introspect [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/claude-session-introspect/

BibTeX

@misc{claude-session-introspect-2026,
  author    = {biyearly-mesothelioma790},
  title     = {Claude Session Introspect [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/claude-session-introspect/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-08-15 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

No risk patterns were found in any of the ten OWASP-aligned categories. How grading works ›

✓ Prompt injection
✓ Data exfiltration
✓ Supply chain
✓ Reverse shell
✓ Credentials
✓ Execution
✓ Filesystem
✓ Persistence
✓ Obfuscation
✓ Network

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