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Add searchMessages() method to query inside session history

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Description

## Summary
Implement a searchMessages() method across all SDK languages to enable
in-session message filtering and search.

## Problem
Users currently has to manually filter through all
session events to find specific messages. This is cumbersome for:
- Debugging long conversations
- Finding specific agent responses
- Building audit/search features on top of the SDK

## Proposed Solution
Add async searchMessages(query, options) method that:
- Accepts string or regex patterns
- Filters by event type (optional)
- Supports case-sensitive/insensitive search
- Returns filtered SessionEvent[] matching criteria

## Example Usage
```typescript
// TypeScript
const results = await session.searchMessages("authentication");
const assistantMsgs = await session.searchMessages("deploy", {
eventType: "assistant.message"
});

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Research direction

Start by locating the session history and SessionEvent APIs in each SDK language, then compare existing asynchronous query or filtering patterns. Done means searchMessages(query, options) is available across all SDKs and supports string or regex matching, event-type filtering, case sensitivity options, and filtered SessionEvent results.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java, typescript
Domain
api, developer-experience
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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