diff --git a/bin/rclaude b/bin/rclaude
index e06dbe1..3f778c4 100755
--- a/bin/rclaude
+++ b/bin/rclaude
@@ -176,22 +176,47 @@ list_search_on() {
     list_sessions_on "$1"
 }
 
-# Grep the full content of every Claude session JSONL on <host> for <pat> and
-# emit the matching rows in list_sessions_on() format. Used as a fallback when
-# the cheap pattern path (first-message snippets + cwd) returns nothing.
+# Grep the full content of every Claude session JSONL AND the per-session
+# metadata index (~/.claude/sessions/*.json — which holds display names set
+# via `claude -n <name>`) on <host> for <pat>, and emit matching rows in
+# list_sessions_on() format. Used as a fallback when the cheap pattern path
+# (first-message snippets + cwd) returns nothing.
 deep_search_on() {
     _host=$1; _pat=$2
     _q=$(printf %s "$_pat" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g")
+    # Two passes:
+    #  (a) grep every projects/*.jsonl for the pattern → recover uuid via filename
+    #  (b) scan sessions/*.json (per-pid metadata: display name set via `claude -n`)
+    #      via python, extract sessionId of any whose `name` contains the pattern
+    _py_script='import json, os, sys, glob
+pat = os.environ.get("RCLAUDE_PAT", "").lower()
+if not pat: sys.exit(0)
+for f in glob.glob(os.path.expanduser("~/.claude/sessions/*.json")):
+    try:
+        d = json.load(open(f))
+    except Exception:
+        continue
+    name = (d.get("name") or "").lower()
+    sid = d.get("sessionId") or ""
+    if pat in name and sid:
+        print(sid)'
     if is_local "$_host"; then
-        _files=$(grep -l -F -i -- "$_pat" "$HOME/.claude/projects/"*/*.jsonl 2>/dev/null || true)
+        _uuids_a=$(grep -l -F -i -- "$_pat" "$HOME/.claude/projects/"*/*.jsonl 2>/dev/null \
+                   | awk -F/ '{print $NF}' | sed 's/\.jsonl$//')
+        _uuids_b=$(RCLAUDE_PAT="$_pat" python3 -c "$_py_script" 2>/dev/null || true)
     else
-        _files=$(ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=5 "$_host" \
-            "grep -l -F -i -- '$_q' \$HOME/.claude/projects/*/*.jsonl 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null || true)
+        _uuids_a=$(ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=5 "$_host" \
+            "grep -l -F -i -- '$_q' \$HOME/.claude/projects/*/*.jsonl 2>/dev/null \
+             | awk -F/ '{print \$NF}' | sed 's/\\.jsonl\$//'" 2>/dev/null || true)
+        _uuids_b=$(ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=5 "$_host" \
+            "RCLAUDE_PAT='$_q' python3 -" 2>/dev/null <<PYEOF || true
+$_py_script
+PYEOF
+)
     fi
-    [ -z "$_files" ] && return 0
-    # Extract bare uuids → alternation regex for awk (single-line, safe).
-    _re=$(printf '%s\n' "$_files" | awk -F/ '{print $NF}' | sed 's/\.jsonl$//' \
-          | sort -u | tr '\n' '|' | sed 's/|$//')
+    _uuids=$(printf '%s\n%s\n' "$_uuids_a" "$_uuids_b" | sort -u | grep -v '^$' || true)
+    [ -z "$_uuids" ] && return 0
+    _re=$(printf '%s\n' "$_uuids" | tr '\n' '|' | sed 's/|$//')
     [ -z "$_re" ] && return 0
     # Bump CLAUDE_PROJECTS_LIMIT for this lookup so older matches aren't lost.
     CLAUDE_PROJECTS_LIMIT=5000 list_sessions_on "$_host" \