claude-pick

Session picker for Claude Code. Lists your recent conversations with chat previews so you can resume the right one.

npx claude-pick

The problem

When you run multiple Claude Code instances on the same repo, claude --continue grabs the most recently modified session — which may not be the one you want. There's no built-in way to see what's in each session before resuming it.

What it does

• Lists all Claude Code sessions sorted by last activity
• Shows project path, start time, last active time, and size
• Previews the last few chat messages so you can identify each session
• Select a number to resume it instantly

Claude Code Sessions (most recent first)

  [1] ~/projects/my-app
      Started: Apr 12 09:45  |  Last active: Apr 12 10:07 (5m ago)  |  0.1MB
      ID: d47db18f-c0ed-4a6e-9283-702d0f6904ad

      YOU: make the login page responsive
      BOT: I've updated the login component with mobile breakpoints...
      YOU: looks good, now add dark mode
      BOT: Done. Added dark mode toggle using CSS custom properties...

      ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

  [2] ~/projects/my-app
      Started: Apr 10 14:21  |  Last active: Apr 11 23:41 (10h ago)  |  5.2MB
      ID: 02544f36-f8de-4d40-b984-5aa87ba9ffb3

      YOU: debug the payment webhook
      BOT: Found the issue — the signature verification was using...

      ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

  Resume a session:
    Enter number (1-2), or press Enter to cancel

  >

Usage

# Run without installing
npx claude-pick

# Or install globally
npm install -g claude-pick
claude-pick

# Show more sessions
claude-pick 20

# Filter by project name
claude-pick myproject

# Combine both
claude-pick 5 myproject

# Non-interactive: resume most recent session
claude-pick --resume-latest

# Non-interactive: resume session #3
claude-pick --select 3

# Use an alternate sessions directory
CLAUDE_PICK_DIR=/path/to/.claude/projects claude-pick

Features

• Zero dependencies — single file, nothing to install
• Cross-machine safe — reads the actual working directory from session transcripts, not the encoded folder name
• TTY-aware — strips ANSI colors when piped; skips interactive prompt when stdin isn't a terminal
• Non-interactive modes — --resume-latest and --select N for scripting
• Configurable directory — CLAUDE_PICK_DIR env var to point at any sessions directory

Requirements

• Node.js >= 18
• Claude Code CLI installed

How it works

Claude Code stores session transcripts as JSONL files in ~/.claude/projects/. This tool reads those files, extracts the recent human/assistant messages, and presents them in a browsable list. When you pick a session, it runs claude --resume <session-id>.

License

MIT