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Agent skill

Phx Recall

by oliver-kriska in oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix

Recall prior work from past sessions — how a bug was fixed, what was decided, where a pattern lives.

MITAuto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Phx Recall

skills CLI
$ npx skills add oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix --skill phx-recall -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix phx-recall --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/targets/pi/skills/phx-recall .claude/skills/phx-recall && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
phx-recall
GitHub stars
565
Token cost
~869 tokens
SKILL.md length
338 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
109
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Recall prior work from past sessions — how a bug was fixed, what was decided, where a pattern lives.

  • Works in 4 steps: Cheapest layer first — solution docs… → ONE ccrider fetch = ONE subagent —… → Cite the evidence — every claim names… → …
  • Asked have we done this before
  • SKILL.md covers Usage, Iron Laws, Workflow and Integration, plus 1 more section
  • Calls git

What it does

Phx Recall is an agent skill from oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix. Recall prior work from past sessions — how a bug was fixed, what was decided, where a pattern lives. Use when asked 'have we done this before' or 'how did I fix X' in Elixir/Phoenix work. ccrider MCP when available, else git + solution docs.

Its SKILL.md is about 870 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/archaeology-patterns.md`).

It sits in AI & LLM Engineering, covering LLM observability and Git workflow. It works with Model Context Protocol, Git and Elixir. The repository describes itself as: Claude Code plugin for Elixir/Phoenix/LiveView — 26 specialist agents, Iron Laws enforcement, and Tidewave MCP integration. Plan features with parallel research agents, execute… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked have we done this before
  • How did I fix X in Elixir/Phoenix work

Example prompts

  • “have we done this before”
  • “how did I fix X”
  • “/phx-recall”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Cheapest layer first — solution docs (local grep) → git history →
  2. ONE ccrider fetch = ONE subagent — get_session_messages responses
  3. Cite the evidence — every claim names its source (solution doc
  4. Graceful degradation, stated plainly — if ccrider MCP is absent,

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9767a82. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Phx Recall loads about 869 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 63 tokens; SKILL.md has 338 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~63
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~869
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.4k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix at commit 9767a82, republished under its MIT licence (© oliver-kriska). 338 words, ~869 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/phx-recall/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
phx-recall
description
Recall prior work from past sessions — how a bug was fixed, what was decided, where a pattern lives. Use when asked 'have we done this before' or 'how did I fix X' in Elixir/Phoenix work. ccrider MCP when available, else git + solution docs.

Recall — Session & History Archaeology

Search three evidence layers, cheapest first, to answer "have we solved this before?". Stop at the first layer that answers the question.

Usage

/skill:phx-recall how did we fix the LiveView form that saved silently?
/skill:phx-recall what did we decide about the billing context boundaries?
/skill:phx-recall which library did we pick for rate limiting and why?

Iron Laws

  1. Cheapest layer first — solution docs (local grep) → git history → session transcripts. Don't fetch sessions when a solution doc answers
  2. ONE ccrider fetch = ONE subagent — get_session_messages responses are 3–15KB each. Spawn a subagent per session that writes a summary file and exits; NEVER batch multiple session fetches into one context
  3. Cite the evidence — every claim names its source (solution doc path, commit hash, or session date + match snippet). No vague "we did this once"
  4. Graceful degradation, stated plainly — if ccrider MCP is absent, say so once and use the fallback layers; never error out

Workflow

Layer 1: Compound Solution Docs (always)

Run Grep with keywords from the question over .claude/solutions/. Treat a hit here as the best answer — it was written for exactly this purpose. Present it and stop unless the user wants more.

Layer 2: Git Archaeology (always available)
bash
git log --oneline --grep="{keyword}" -i -20      # commit messages
git log -S "{code-symbol}" --oneline -10          # when a symbol changed
git log --follow --oneline -10 -- {file}          # one file's history
git show {hash} --stat                            # inspect a candidate

Use -S (pickaxe) when the question names code; --grep when it names intent. Show matching commits with one-line context each.

Layer 3: Session Transcripts (ccrider MCP, gated)

Check for mcp__ccrider__* tools (load via ToolSearch if deferred).

If absent: report "ccrider MCP not connected — answered from solution docs + git history" and stop after Layers 1–2.

If present:

  1. mcp__ccrider__search_sessions with the question's key phrases — returns ranked hits with session IDs and snippets
  2. Present the top 3–5 hits (date, snippet) and pick the most relevant (or ask, if genuinely ambiguous)
  3. Per selected session, spawn ONE subagent: "Fetch session {id} via mcp__ccrider__get_session_messages, extract only what answers '{question}', write ≤30 lines to .claude/recall/{id}.md" (Iron Law 2)
  4. Read the summary files, synthesize the answer with citations
Step 4: Answer + Compound

Present the answer with its evidence trail. If the recalled knowledge was NOT already in .claude/solutions/, offer /skill:phx-compound so the next recall stops at Layer 1.

Integration

text
"have we done this before?" → /skill:phx-recall
   Layer 1 .claude/solutions/ ──hit──► answer + cite
   Layer 2 git log --grep/-S  ──hit──► answer + cite
   Layer 3 ccrider sessions (gated) ─► answer + cite → offer /skill:phx-compound

References

  • references/archaeology-patterns.md — git pickaxe recipes, ccrider query patterns, subagent prompt template

© oliver-kriska, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in targets/pi/skills/phx-recall of oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/archaeology-patterns.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9767a82

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Questions about Phx Recall

What does Phx Recall do?

Recall prior work from past sessions — how a bug was fixed, what was decided, where a pattern lives. Phx Recall is an agent skill from oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix. Recall prior work from past sessions — how a bug was fixed, what was decided, where a pattern lives.

When should I use Phx Recall?

Phx Recall fits situations like: asked have we done this before; how did I fix X in Elixir/Phoenix work.

How do I install Phx Recall in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix --skill phx-recall -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (targets/pi/skills/phx-recall in oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix) into .claude/skills/phx-recall in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Phx Recall in Codex?

Run `npx skills add oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix --skill phx-recall -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (targets/pi/skills/phx-recall in oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix) into .agents/skills/phx-recall in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Phx Recall in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix --skill phx-recall -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/phx-recall, .gemini/skills/phx-recall, .github/skills/phx-recall and .opencode/skills/phx-recall in your project.

What does Phx Recall need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Phx Recall needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git).

Does Phx Recall access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Phx Recall safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Phx Recall use?

Phx Recall is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Phx Recall use?

About 869 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 527 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Phx Recall?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Phx Recall: GitHub (swarmclawai/swarmclaw, 689 stars), E2b Sandbox (agent-sandbox/agent-sandbox, 218 stars), basemind CLI Codebase Navigator (Goldziher/basemind, 108 stars) and Zed Config (wcygan/dotfiles, 194 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Phx Recall?

oliver-kriska (a GitHub user) maintains it in oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix, which has 565 GitHub stars. The repository holds 109 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.