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Have your agent search your past coding sessions on every prompt

Skillsync searches your past agent sessions on each prompt so lessons from earlier work come back automatically.

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Source

cat-whisperer on Hacker News · 2026-10-20 · Project link

Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-24.

What they did

Skillsync searches your past agent sessions on each prompt so lessons from earlier work come back automatically.

Result (as claimed)

Old fixes and decisions resurface without you digging for them.

Tools they used

SkillsyncClaude CodeCodexCursor

Cost: Pricing depends on the tools you pick; check each official pricing page.

Set it up

  1. Pick a contained repo or task

    Start on a branch or side project where mistakes are cheap.

  2. Install and configure

    Set up Skillsync, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor. Read what it can run on your machine and limit permissions where possible.

  3. Run it on a real task

    Give it a well-scoped issue and let it work. Review the diff like any pull request.

  4. Add guardrails

    Keep tests and CI in the loop, and never let an agent push to main or touch production secrets unattended.

Copy the full setup prompt

Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.

You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code.

Goal: Have your agent search your past coding sessions on every prompt
What the original author did: Skillsync searches your past agent sessions on each prompt so lessons from earlier work come back automatically.
Reported result (as claimed by the author): Old fixes and decisions resurface without you digging for them.
Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50169411
Tools they used: Skillsync, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor
Category: Dev & ops

Please:
1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like).
2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure.
3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data.
4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.

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Guides for this use case

How to vibe code classroom apps and quizzes as a teacher · How to save, share and resume coding agent sessions · How to use Claude Code and Codex together · How to learn anything with an AI tutor

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