diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/__tests__/AIChat.test.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/__tests__/AIChat.test.tsx
index 2538b7181..443009471 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/__tests__/AIChat.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/__tests__/AIChat.test.tsx
@@ -2046,6 +2046,42 @@ describe('AIChat', () => {
       expect(mockChat.sendMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
+    it('searches Assistant sessions from /sessions arguments without sending a provider prompt', async () => {
+      mockAIChatAPI.listSessions
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce([])
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce([
+          {
+            id: 's-backup',
+            title: 'Backup Patrol Follow-up',
+            created_at: '',
+            updated_at: '',
+            message_count: 3,
+          },
+        ]);
+
+      renderChat();
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(mockAIChatAPI.listSessions).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ limit: 30 });
+      });
+      mockAIChatAPI.listSessions.mockClear();
+      const textarea = screen.getByPlaceholderText('Ask about your infrastructure...');
+
+      fireEvent.input(textarea, { target: { value: '/sessions backup' } });
+      fireEvent.keyDown(textarea, { key: 'Enter' });
+
+      const searchInput = await screen.findByPlaceholderText('Search sessions...');
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(searchInput).toHaveValue('backup');
+        expect(document.activeElement).toBe(searchInput);
+      });
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(mockAIChatAPI.listSessions).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ search: 'backup', limit: 30 });
+        expect(screen.getByText('Backup Patrol Follow-up')).toBeInTheDocument();
+      });
+      expect(mockAIChatAPI.listSessions).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith({ limit: 30 });
+      expect(mockChat.sendMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
     it('opens the model selector from /models without sending a provider prompt', async () => {
       renderChat();
       const textarea = screen.getByPlaceholderText('Ask about your infrastructure...');
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/__tests__/assistantSlashCommands.test.ts b/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/__tests__/assistantSlashCommands.test.ts
index 59063ea62..dc8e1c3a4 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/__tests__/assistantSlashCommands.test.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/__tests__/assistantSlashCommands.test.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,22 @@ describe('assistantSlashCommands', () => {
     expect(parseAssistantSlashCommand('/model openrouter:qwen/qwen3.7-plus')).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  it('parses session commands with search arguments for local composer handling', () => {
+    expect(parseAssistantSlashCommandInput('/sessions backup patrol')).toEqual({
+      action: 'sessions',
+      args: 'backup patrol',
+    });
+    expect(parseAssistantSlashCommandInput('/resume blinds automation')).toEqual({
+      action: 'sessions',
+      args: 'blinds automation',
+    });
+    expect(parseAssistantSlashCommandInput('/continue router')).toEqual({
+      action: 'sessions',
+      args: 'router',
+    });
+    expect(parseAssistantSlashCommand('/sessions backup patrol')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it('parses dev fixture commands with stream fixture arguments', () => {
     expect(parseAssistantSlashCommandInput('/fixture provider-retry')).toEqual({
       action: 'fixture',
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/assistantSlashCommands.ts b/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/assistantSlashCommands.ts
index 8f40ab184..6674b8af8 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/assistantSlashCommands.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/assistantSlashCommands.ts
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ export const ASSISTANT_SLASH_COMMANDS: AssistantSlashCommand[] = [
   {
     name: 'sessions',
     aliases: ['resume', 'continue'],
+    acceptsArgs: true,
     action: 'sessions',
-    description: 'Open Assistant session history',
+    description: 'Search or resume Assistant sessions (/sessions backup)',
   },
   {
     name: 'compact',
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/index.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/index.tsx
index 7c6ba311e..b5c56ac28 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/index.tsx
@@ -1270,7 +1270,10 @@ export const AIChat: Component<AIChatProps> = (props) => {
     resetSessionRename();
   };
   const focusSessionSearch = () => {
-    queueMicrotask(() => sessionSearchInputRef?.focus());
+    queueMicrotask(() => {
+      sessionSearchInputRef?.focus();
+      window.setTimeout(() => sessionSearchInputRef?.focus(), 0);
+    });
   };
   const focusSessionTriggerAfterClose = () => {
     const trigger = sessionButtonRef;
@@ -2954,6 +2957,15 @@ export const AIChat: Component<AIChatProps> = (props) => {
     return true;
   };
 
+  const runSessionsSlashCommand = (args: string) => {
+    setShowCommandHelp(false);
+    if (args.trim()) {
+      void openSessionPicker(args);
+      return;
+    }
+    void handleToggleSessions();
+  };
+
   const executeSlashCommand = (command: AssistantSlashCommandAction, args = '') => {
     const commandArgs = args.trim();
     const disabledReason = disabledAssistantCommandReason(command);
@@ -2985,8 +2997,7 @@ export const AIChat: Component<AIChatProps> = (props) => {
         void handleNewConversation();
         break;
       case 'sessions':
-        setShowCommandHelp(false);
-        void handleToggleSessions();
+        runSessionsSlashCommand(commandArgs);
         break;
       case 'compact':
         setShowCommandHelp(false);
@@ -3490,15 +3501,7 @@ export const AIChat: Component<AIChatProps> = (props) => {
     }
   };
 
-  const handleToggleSessions = async () => {
-    const next = !showSessions();
-    if (!next) {
-      setShowSessions(false);
-      setSessionRefreshLoading(false);
-      resetSessionSearch();
-      return;
-    }
-
+  const openSessionPicker = async (initialSearchQuery = '') => {
     if (sessionButtonRef) {
       const rect = sessionButtonRef.getBoundingClientRect();
       setSessionDropdownPosition({
@@ -3507,9 +3510,19 @@ export const AIChat: Component<AIChatProps> = (props) => {
       });
     }
 
+    const searchQuery = initialSearchQuery.trim();
     resetSessionSearch();
+    if (searchQuery) {
+      setSessionSearchQuery(searchQuery);
+    }
     setShowSessions(true);
     focusSessionSearch();
+
+    if (searchQuery) {
+      setSessionRefreshLoading(false);
+      return;
+    }
+
     setSessionRefreshLoading(true);
 
     try {
@@ -3522,6 +3535,18 @@ export const AIChat: Component<AIChatProps> = (props) => {
     }
   };
 
+  const handleToggleSessions = async () => {
+    const next = !showSessions();
+    if (!next) {
+      setShowSessions(false);
+      setSessionRefreshLoading(false);
+      resetSessionSearch();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    await openSessionPicker();
+  };
+
   const formatSessionPickerMessageCount = (count: number) =>
     `${count} ${count === 1 ? 'message' : 'messages'}`;
   const formatSessionPickerUpdatedAt = (session: ChatSession) => {