llm-logs

llm logs [options] [command]llm logs list [options]llm logs statusllm logs onllm logs offllm logs pathllm logs backup file

llm logs reads the SQLite database where llm records prompts and model replies. The default file is logs.db in the LLM user directory (llm logs path). datasette "$(llm logs path)" is the documented browser for that file.Current LLM versions write a content-addressed store (threads, turns, messages, parts). Older responses rows stay visible: llm logs merges both generations. Search uses FTS5 over the user prompt and assistant text.

list

Show logged prompts and responses. Default subcommand (llm logs). Markdown of the last 3 entries unless -n is set.

Number of entries. Default 3. 0 means all.

SQLite FTS5 search over prompt and response text (not system prompts, fragment bodies, tool output, or reasoning). Prompt matches rank above response matches. Phrase queries use double quotes.

With -q, sort newest first instead of by relevance.

Filter by model id or alias.

Current conversation only.

One conversation / thread id.

Print only the last response as plain text.

Compact YAML: truncated prompts, no responses.

Truncate long strings (handy with --json).

Include token counts.

JSON array of log records (legacy responses rows merged with the current message store).

First or last fenced code block from the selected entries.

Alternate log database.

Responses that used this fragment (hash, alias, URL, or path). Repeatable (AND). -e / --expand inlines fragment text.

Responses that actually ran this tool. Repeatable. --tools matches any tool result.

Filter by structured-output schema. --data, --data-array, --data-key, --data-ids extract JSON payloads.

Rows with id greater than (or equal to) id. Ids increase with time.

Whether default logging is on, plus path, thread/turn counts, and file size.

Default logging for future prompts. A single call still honors llm --log / llm --no-log.

Absolute path of logs.db.

Copy the database with SQLite VACUUM INTO.

logs.db

Linux: ~/.config/io.datasette.llm/logs.db. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/io.datasette.llm/logs.db.

Relocates the user directory, including logs.

Subcommand of llm. Logs are plaintext (prompts, replies, and often secrets pasted into chats). -q does not search system prompts, fragment contents, or reasoning traces. off only changes the default; --log still records one call. Backup files contain the same secrets as logs.db.

llm(1), llm-keys(1), llm-models(1), datasette(1), sqlite3(1)

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