Chatlab Import

ChatLab Import

Import local chat exports through the clb CLI. Always preview the exact write. Treat an explicit request to import as authorization to continue after a successful preview; do not ask for a second confirmation.

Follow the user's requested response language; otherwise use the conversation language, preserving the user's Chinese variant when applicable. Keep commands, field names, IDs, and evidence markers unchanged.

For analysis of imported records, use chatlab-analyze when available. For an unsupported source, use chatlab-convert when available; neither skill is required for a supported import.

Workflow

1. Check the CLI and resolve one exact file path:

clb --help

If the CLI is missing, tell the user to install it with npm install -g chatlab-cli. Do not install software without approval. Reuse the user's specified file and target. Ask only if the path remains ambiguous, and quote it in every command.

2. Preview the import without writing:

clb import "/absolute/path/to/chat-export.json" --dry-run --json

If the user selected an existing session, include --session-id <session-id> in both preview and import.

3. Summarize only the plan: create or update mode, target session ID, scanned messages, new messages, duplicates, and match method or create reason. Never quote message bodies.

4. Require ok: true, then read the plan from data and decide:

• If the user asked only to preview or inspect, stop without writing.
• If importMode is incremental and newMessageCount is 0, report that the session is already up to date and stop.
• If importMode is incremental and there are new messages, continue automatically without another confirmation.
• If importMode is created, continue automatically. When createReason is ambiguous, preserve existing sessions by creating a new one and explain this choice in the final result.
• If the result does not identify a safe action, stop and explain what is missing.

5. When the decision permits writing, run the same command without --dry-run, keeping the file, target, and format unchanged:

clb import "/absolute/path/to/chat-export.json" --json

Report the resulting session ID, import mode, new-message count, and duplicate count from the final JSON envelope.

Guardrails

• Never skip the preview, edit ChatLab databases directly, or delete or merge sessions.
• Never reveal a full chat export or message bodies.
• Never invent a file path, parser format, or session ID.
• Follow error.hint only when the correction is unambiguous.
• For FILE_NOT_FOUND or INVALID_SESSION_ID, resolve from available context or request the correct value. For UNRECOGNIZED_FORMAT, inspect clb formats. For IMPORT_IN_PROGRESS, retry once after the active import finishes; if still blocked, report it instead of polling indefinitely.