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save-game

Saves a 3 line card when you stop (doing, next step, open question) and shows it above the prompt next time

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v0.1.0MITupdated 2026-10-020xGondarxyz/claude-code-mods/save-game
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README

save-game

A Claude Code mod that makes stopping painless. It writes a 3 line save card when you stop. The next time a session opens in that repo, the card shows above the prompt with a Continue button.

Install

/plugin marketplace add 0xGondarxyz/claude-code-mods
/plugin install save-game@claude-code-mods

Or try it without installing:

git clone https://github.com/0xGondarxyz/claude-code-mods
claude --plugin-dir claude-code-mods/save-game

Mods are not sandboxed. They run with the same access as Claude Code. Read the source before you install any mod, including this one.

The card

Doing: <what you and Claude were working on: files, feature, bug>
Next: <the single next step>
Open: <the open question or blocker, or "none">

Cards are kept per repo (the git toplevel of the session folder, else the folder). The store holds the 5 newest per repo. A newer card of the same session replaces the older one.

When a card is made

  1. Idle: 4 minutes after a main thread turn ends. A new prompt or turn cancels the timer. No new turn since the last card means no card.
  2. Past 01:00 local time: once per night, if the session had a turn in the last 30 minutes. A toast says it is a good point to stop.
  3. /save: makes a card now.
  4. Session end: if there were turns since the last card, the mod does not call a model (exit time is short). It queues the session. The next session that starts, in any repo, turns the queue into cards in the background with Sonnet, from the tail of the transcript file (your prompts and Claude's text only).

Cards from 1 to 3 use a fork of the live session. It reuses the prompt cache, so it is cheap. The fork only works while the cache is warm (the shortest cache lifetime is 5 minutes, hence 4).

Commands

  • /save: make a card now and print it with full context: claude --resume <session id>. With no new turns it prints the newest card again.
  • /save list: the last 5 cards of this repo, each with its age, its 3 lines and its resume line.

The band

At session start, if this repo has a card younger than 14 days, a band shows above the prompt:

Saved 3h ago (session ab12cd3)
Doing: ...
Next: ...
Open: ...
[ Continue ] [ Dismiss ]

Continue sends Continue where I stopped. Save card: and the 3 lines as your first prompt. Dismiss hides the band. The band also hides after the first prompt you send. If a queued card for this repo finishes during startup, the band updates to it.

Headless runs

In claude -p and SDK runs the mod does nothing: no timers, no queue, no band, no /save.

Options

None.

Limits

  • Module state (turn counts, timers) resets when the mod reloads. Cards and the queue live in the plugin store and stay.
  • The queue is read and cleared at session start. Two sessions that start in the same instant can both process the same entry.
  • The transcript path is derived from the session folder and id. If the file is missing, the queued session is skipped without a message.
  • Only the last 3 MB of the transcript file is read, then cut to the last 30,000 characters of text.
  • Needs tail on the machine for the queue step (Linux and macOS have it).

License

MIT

Source 3 files
hooks/register.tsx 308 lines
1import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
2import type { EngineInterface, Register, Timer } from 'claude-code'
3
4import type { Band, Card } from '../types'
5import {
6  CARD_PROMPT,
7  IDLE_MS,
8  RECENT_MS,
9  addCard,
10  cardLines,
11  continuePrompt,
12  isFresh,
13  listText,
14  nightKey,
15  parseCard,
16  projectDir,
17  saveReply,
18  savedHeader,
19  tailFromJsonl,
20  transcriptPrompt,
21} from './save'
22
23type Pending = { repo: string; sessionId: string; transcriptPath: string; endedAt: number }
24type Made = { kind: 'none' } | { kind: 'old' | 'new'; card: Card } | { kind: 'fail'; reason: string }
25
26const MAX_PENDING = 20
27const TAIL_BYTES = '3000000'
28
29const band = atom({ plugin: 'save-game', key: 'band' } as const, { card: null, isShown: false } as Band)
30
31// Module state resets on reload; a session start fills it again.
32let turns = 0
33let cardAt = 0
34let lastTurnAt = 0
35let lastNight = ''
36let isDone = false
37// False for -p and SDK runs: the mod does nothing there.
38let isLive = false
39let startCwd = ''
40let repoCache = ''
41let idle: Timer | undefined
42let night: Timer | undefined
43let chain: Promise<unknown> = Promise.resolve()
44
45// One model call at a time, so two triggers never fork twice.
46const serial = <T,>(fn: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> => {
47  const next = chain.then(fn, fn)
48  chain = next.catch(() => undefined)
49  return next
50}
51
52async function toplevel($: EngineInterface, dir: string): Promise<string> {
53  try {
54    const r = await $.process.run(['git', '-C', dir, 'rev-parse', '--show-toplevel'])
55    const top = r.stdout.trim()
56    if (r.exitCode === 0 && top !== '') return top
57  } catch {}
58  return dir
59}
60
61async function repoOf($: EngineInterface): Promise<string> {
62  if (repoCache === '') repoCache = await toplevel($, await $.session.cwd())
63  return repoCache
64}
65
66async function storedCards($: EngineInterface): Promise<Record<string, Card[]>> {
67  const v = await $.store.get('cards')
68  return v && typeof v === 'object' && !Array.isArray(v) ? (v as Record<string, Card[]>) : {}
69}
70
71async function saveCard($: EngineInterface, card: Card): Promise<void> {
72  await $.store.set('cards', addCard(await storedCards($), card))
73}
74
75// The fork runs over this session's own transcript while its prompt cache is warm.
76async function makeCard($: EngineInterface, force: boolean): Promise<Made> {
77  return serial(async (): Promise<Made> => {
78    try {
79      const repo = await repoOf($)
80      if (turns <= cardAt) {
81        if (!force) return { kind: 'none' }
82        const newest = (await storedCards($))[repo]?.[0]
83        return newest ? { kind: 'old', card: newest } : { kind: 'fail', reason: 'nothing to save yet' }
84      }
85      const seen = turns
86      const r = await $.model.fork({ prompt: CARD_PROMPT })
87      if (!r.isAnswered) return { kind: 'fail', reason: r.reason }
88      const parsed = parseCard(r.text)
89      if (!parsed) return { kind: 'fail', reason: 'the reply was not a 3 line card' }
90      const card: Card = { ...parsed, savedAt: await $.clock.now(), sessionId: await $.session.id(), repo }
91      await saveCard($, card)
92      cardAt = seen
93      return { kind: 'new', card }
94    } catch (err) {
95      return { kind: 'fail', reason: err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'error' }
96    }
97  })
98}
99
100async function autoCard($: EngineInterface): Promise<Made> {
101  const made = await makeCard($, false)
102  if (made.kind === 'fail') $.ui.toast(`save-game: no card saved: ${made.reason}`)
103  return made
104}
105
106async function checkNight($: EngineInterface): Promise<void> {
107  try {
108    const now = await $.clock.now()
109    const key = nightKey(now)
110    if (key === null || key === lastNight) return
111    if (lastTurnAt === 0 || now - lastTurnAt > RECENT_MS) return
112    lastNight = key
113    await autoCard($)
114    $.ui.toast('save-game: saved. It is past 1am, a good point to stop.')
115  } catch {}
116}
117
118async function showBand($: EngineInterface): Promise<void> {
119  const now = await $.clock.now()
120  const newest = (await storedCards($))[await repoOf($)]?.[0]
121  const card = newest && isFresh(newest, now) ? newest : null
122  await update($, band, () => ({ card, isShown: card !== null }))
123}
124
125// Turns a session that ended without a card into one, from its transcript file.
126async function cardFromTranscript($: EngineInterface, p: Pending): Promise<boolean> {
127  if (!(await $.fs.exists(p.transcriptPath))) return false
128  const r = await $.process.run(['tail', '-c', TAIL_BYTES, p.transcriptPath])
129  if (r.exitCode !== 0) return false
130  const tail = tailFromJsonl(r.stdout)
131  if (tail === '') return false
132  const reply = await $.model.complete({ model: 'sonnet', prompt: transcriptPrompt(tail), maxTokens: 400, timeoutMs: 120_000 })
133  if (!reply.isAnswered) return false
134  const parsed = parseCard(reply.text)
135  if (!parsed) return false
136  await saveCard($, { ...parsed, savedAt: p.endedAt, sessionId: p.sessionId, repo: p.repo })
137  return true
138}
139
140const isPending = (p: unknown): p is Pending =>
141  !!p &&
142  typeof (p as Pending).repo === 'string' &&
143  typeof (p as Pending).sessionId === 'string' &&
144  typeof (p as Pending).transcriptPath === 'string' &&
145  typeof (p as Pending).endedAt === 'number'
146
147async function drain($: EngineInterface): Promise<void> {
148  try {
149    const list = await $.store.get('pending')
150    if (!Array.isArray(list) || list.length === 0) return
151    await $.store.set('pending', [])
152    let made = false
153    for (const p of list) {
154      if (!isPending(p)) continue
155      try {
156        if (await cardFromTranscript($, p)) made = true
157      } catch {}
158    }
159    if (made && !isDone) await showBand($)
160  } catch {}
161}
162
163async function transcriptPath($: EngineInterface, cwd: string, sessionId: string): Promise<string | null> {
164  const dir = (await $.env.get('CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR')) ?? `${(await $.env.get('HOME')) ?? ''}/.claude`
165  const path = `${dir}/projects/${projectDir(cwd)}/${sessionId}.jsonl`
166  return (await $.fs.exists(path)) ? path : null
167}
168
169export const register: Register = on => {
170  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
171    isLive = e.isInteractive
172    if (!isLive) return next(e)
173    try {
174      startCwd = e.cwd
175      repoCache = await toplevel($, e.cwd)
176      await $.command.register({
177        name: 'save',
178        description: 'Save a 3 line card: what you were doing, the next step, the open question',
179        argumentHint: '[list]',
180      })
181      night?.cancel()
182      night = $.clock.every(60_000, () => {
183        void checkNight($)
184      })
185      await showBand($)
186      // Not awaited: cards for earlier sessions must not delay startup.
187      $.clock.after(0, () => {
188        void drain($)
189      })
190    } catch {}
191    return next(e)
192  })
193
194  on('turn.start', async ($, e, next) => {
195    idle?.cancel()
196    return next(e)
197  })
198
199  on('prompt.submit', async ($, e, next) => {
200    idle?.cancel()
201    isDone = true
202    try {
203      await update($, band, b => ({ ...b, isShown: false }))
204    } catch {}
205    return next(e)
206  })
207
208  on('turn.complete', async ($, e, next) => {
209    try {
210      if (isLive && e.agentId === undefined) {
211        turns += 1
212        lastTurnAt = await $.clock.now()
213        idle?.cancel()
214        idle = $.clock.after(IDLE_MS, () => {
215          void autoCard($)
216        })
217      }
218    } catch {}
219    return next(e)
220  })
221
222  on('command.run', { command: 'save' }, async ($, e, next) => {
223    if (!isLive) return next(e)
224    try {
225      const now = await $.clock.now()
226      if (e.args.trim() === 'list') {
227        const cards = (await storedCards($))[await repoOf($)] ?? []
228        return { text: listText(cards, now) }
229      }
230      const made = await makeCard($, true)
231      if (made.kind === 'fail') return { text: `save-game: no card saved: ${made.reason}` }
232      if (made.kind === 'none') return next(e)
233      return { text: saveReply(made.card) }
234    } catch (err) {
235      return { text: `save-game: no card saved: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'error'}` }
236    }
237  })
238
239  // No model call here: the exit budget is short. The next session start writes the card.
240  on('session.end', async ($, e, next) => {
241    if (!isLive) return next(e)
242    try {
243      idle?.cancel()
244      night?.cancel()
245      if (turns > cardAt) {
246        const cwd = startCwd !== '' ? startCwd : await $.session.cwd()
247        const path = await transcriptPath($, cwd, e.sessionId)
248        if (path !== null) {
249          const old = await $.store.get('pending')
250          const entry: Pending = { repo: await repoOf($), sessionId: e.sessionId, transcriptPath: path, endedAt: await $.clock.now() }
251          await $.store.set('pending', [...(Array.isArray(old) ? old : []), entry].slice(-MAX_PENDING))
252        }
253      }
254      if (e.reason === 'clear') {
255        turns = 0
256        cardAt = 0
257      }
258    } catch {}
259    return next(e)
260  })
261
262  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
263    // The band has one slot shared with other mods: draw ours above whatever is beneath.
264    const inner = await next(e)
265    if (e.props.hasSurvey) return inner
266    try {
267      const { card, isShown } = await read($, band)
268      if (!isShown || card === null) return inner
269
270      const { Box, Button, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
271      const [doing, nextStep, open] = cardLines(card)
272      const hide = () => update($, band, b => ({ ...b, isShown: false }))
273      const onContinue = async () => {
274        isDone = true
275        const text = continuePrompt(card)
276        await hide()
277        try {
278          await $.prompt.submit({ text, asUser: true })
279        } catch {
280          $.clock.after(0, () => {
281            void $.prompt.submit({ text, asUser: true }).catch(() => undefined)
282          })
283        }
284      }
285      const onDismiss = async () => {
286        isDone = true
287        await hide()
288      }
289      return (
290        <Box flexDirection="column">
291          <Text bold>{savedHeader(card, await $.clock.now())}</Text>
292          <Text>{doing}</Text>
293          <Text>{nextStep}</Text>
294          <Text>{open}</Text>
295          <Box>
296            <Button key="save-continue" label="Continue" variant="primary" onPress={onContinue} />
297            <Text> </Text>
298            <Button key="save-dismiss" label="Dismiss" onPress={onDismiss} />
299          </Box>
300          {inner.type !== 'engine' ? inner : null}
301        </Box>
302      )
303    } catch {
304      return inner
305    }
306  })
307}
308
hooks/save.ts 117 lines
1import type { Card } from '../types'
2
3export const KEEP = 5
4export const MAX_AGE_MS = 14 * 24 * 3_600_000
5export const IDLE_MS = 4 * 60_000
6export const RECENT_MS = 30 * 60_000
7export const TAIL_CHARS = 30_000
8export const FIELD_MAX = 240
9
10export const CARD_PROMPT = [
11  'Write the save card for this session in exactly this 3 line format, plain text, no other text:',
12  'Doing: <what the user and you were working on, concrete: files, feature, bug>',
13  'Next: <the single next step>',
14  'Open: <the open question or blocker, or "none">',
15  'Each line under 110 characters.',
16].join('\n')
17
18export type Parsed = { doing: string; next: string; open: string }
19
20const clip = (s: string) => (s.length > FIELD_MAX ? `${s.slice(0, FIELD_MAX - 1)}…` : s)
21
22// Finds the three labelled lines, tolerating blank lines, bullets and bold marks.
23// Doing and Next are required; a missing or empty Open is "none".
24export function parseCard(text: string): Parsed | null {
25  const pick = (label: string): string => {
26    const re = new RegExp(`^[\\s>*_\\-]*${label}[*_]*\\s*:[*_]*\\s*(.*)$`, 'i')
27    for (const line of text.split('\n')) {
28      const m = re.exec(line)
29      if (m) return m[1]!.replace(/[*_]+$/, '').trim()
30    }
31    return ''
32  }
33  const doing = pick('doing')
34  const next = pick('next')
35  if (doing === '' || next === '') return null
36  return { doing: clip(doing), next: clip(next), open: clip(pick('open') || 'none') }
37}
38
39// Newest first, KEEP per repo. A newer card of the same session replaces the older one.
40export function addCard(all: Record<string, Card[]>, card: Card): Record<string, Card[]> {
41  const rest = (all[card.repo] ?? []).filter(c => c.sessionId !== card.sessionId)
42  return { ...all, [card.repo]: [card, ...rest].sort((a, b) => b.savedAt - a.savedAt).slice(0, KEEP) }
43}
44
45export function ageText(ms: number): string {
46  const min = Math.floor(ms / 60_000)
47  if (min < 1) return 'just now'
48  if (min < 60) return `${min}m ago`
49  const h = Math.floor(min / 60)
50  if (h < 48) return `${h}h ago`
51  return `${Math.floor(h / 24)}d ago`
52}
53
54export const shortId = (id: string) => id.slice(0, 7)
55export const resumeLine = (c: Card) => `full context: claude --resume ${c.sessionId}`
56export const cardLines = (c: Card) => [`Doing: ${c.doing}`, `Next: ${c.next}`, `Open: ${c.open}`]
57export const cardText = (c: Card) => cardLines(c).join('\n')
58export const savedHeader = (c: Card, now: number) => `Saved ${ageText(now - c.savedAt)} (session ${shortId(c.sessionId)})`
59export const continuePrompt = (c: Card) => `Continue where I stopped. Save card:\n${cardText(c)}`
60
61export const saveReply = (c: Card) => `${cardText(c)}\n${resumeLine(c)}`
62
63export function listText(cards: Card[], now: number): string {
64  if (cards.length === 0) return 'save-game: no saved cards for this repo yet.'
65  return cards
66    .slice(0, KEEP)
67    .map(c => [savedHeader(c, now), ...cardLines(c), resumeLine(c)].join('\n'))
68    .join('\n\n')
69}
70
71export const isFresh = (c: Card, now: number) => now - c.savedAt < MAX_AGE_MS
72
73export function projectDir(cwd: string): string {
74  return cwd.replace(/[/.]/g, '-')
75}
76
77// Local clock: the key of the night a 01:00 to 05:59 time belongs to, else null.
78export function nightKey(ms: number): string | null {
79  const d = new Date(ms)
80  const h = d.getHours()
81  if (h < 1 || h >= 6) return null
82  return `${d.getFullYear()}-${d.getMonth() + 1}-${d.getDate()}`
83}
84
85// User prompts and assistant text only, last `max` chars, from the raw JSONL tail.
86// The first line may be cut in half by the tail, so lines that do not parse are skipped.
87export function tailFromJsonl(jsonl: string, max = TAIL_CHARS): string {
88  const parts: string[] = []
89  for (const line of jsonl.split('\n')) {
90    if (line.trim() === '') continue
91    let row: any
92    try {
93      row = JSON.parse(line)
94    } catch {
95      continue
96    }
97    if (!row || row.isMeta === true || row.isSidechain === true) continue
98    const content = row.message?.content
99    const text = Array.isArray(content)
100      ? content
101          .filter((b: any) => b && b.type === 'text' && typeof b.text === 'string')
102          .map((b: any) => b.text)
103          .join('\n')
104      : typeof content === 'string'
105        ? content
106        : ''
107    if (text.trim() === '') continue
108    if (row.type === 'user') parts.push(`User: ${text.trim()}`)
109    else if (row.type === 'assistant') parts.push(`Assistant: ${text.trim()}`)
110  }
111  const all = parts.join('\n\n')
112  return all.length > max ? all.slice(all.length - max) : all
113}
114
115export const transcriptPrompt = (tail: string) =>
116  `Below is the end of a work session between a user and an AI coding assistant.\n\n<transcript>\n${tail}\n</transcript>\n\n${CARD_PROMPT}`
117
types/index.d.ts 22 lines
1export type Card = {
2  doing: string
3  next: string
4  open: string
5  /** Milliseconds since the epoch. */
6  savedAt: number
7  sessionId: string
8  /** Git toplevel of the session cwd, else the cwd. */
9  repo: string
10}
11
12export type Band = {
13  card: Card | null
14  isShown: boolean
15}
16
17declare module 'claude-code' {
18  interface PluginState {
19    'save-game': { band: Band }
20  }
21}
22