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session-pins

Pin notes to a session: /pin keeps them on show above the prompt and in Claude's system prompt, so they hold through compaction and come back on resume

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★ 1v0.1.0MITupdated 2026-10-08Akash001uts/claude-mods/plugins/session-pins
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› fix the failing auth test and add an audit log call ⏺ Read(src/auth.ts) ⎿ Read 6 lines ⏺ Update(src/auth.ts) ⎿ Added 2 lines, removed 1 line ⏺ Bash(bun test) ⎿ 3 pass, 1 fail ● Done. refresh now rejects expired claims and logs an audit event. ✻ Worked for 42s · done 4:20 PM › /pin ⎿ session-pins: Pinned (#1). Claude sees it for the rest of the session. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── › ? for shortcuts
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session-pins

Sometimes there's one thing I need Claude to remember for the whole session, like "use Australian spelling", "don't touch the tests folder" or the name of the branch I'm on. If I just say it once, it scrolls away, and after a compact it can get lost in the summary. This mod lets you pin it instead.

How it works

  • /pin Use Australian spelling pins a note. It shows above the prompt with a 📌 and stays there for the rest of the session.
  • /pin on its own pins the last message you typed, so you can pin something after you've already said it.
  • Claude gets the pinned notes in its system prompt, told to treat them as standing instructions. Because they're in the system prompt and not the conversation, they're still there after a compact.
  • /pin list shows every pin in full, /unpin 2 removes one, /unpin on its own removes the latest one, and /unpin all clears them.
  • /pin hide and /pin show hide or show the notes above the prompt. Claude still sees them while they're hidden.
  • Links in a pin (anything starting http:// or https://) are clickable. In the terminal that's ctrl+click in most terminals; if yours doesn't support links, it shows the text with the URL after it.
  • A pin that's too long for one line gets cut to fit, but its links stay on screen: the text around them is shortened first (with a …), and if that's not enough the link's text shortens too.
  • A pin that's been cut off ends in a ▾. Click its text (or the ▾) and it opens out to the full text, wrapped over as many lines as it needs. "▴ show less" folds it back. Links work either way, cut off or not. In the terminal, clicking works in fullscreen mode; otherwise press ctrl+x tab to move into the band, Tab to the pin and Enter.
  • If you have more than a few pins, the band shows the first couple and a "+N more" line so it doesn't take over the screen.
  • Pins belong to the session. If you resume it with claude --resume they come back, but /clear or a new session starts with none.

Up to 20 pins, each up to 1000 characters.

What it runs and stores

  • What it adds to the system prompt. While anything is pinned, one section listing your pins and telling Claude to keep to them. It only changes when you pin or unpin something, but each change does mean the next request re-caches the conversation, so it costs a bit more that one time.
  • What it reads. The text of the prompts you type, only so /pin on its own can pin the last one. It keeps the latest one in memory and doesn't store or send it anywhere. Slash commands and messages from other tools are skipped.
  • What it stores. Your pins, in Claude Code's plugin storage, keyed by session id so a resumed session gets them back. It keeps the last 50 sessions with pins and deletes older ones. Unpinning everything deletes that session's entry.
  • It doesn't run commands, call tools, change your prompts or send anything outside Claude Code.

Licence

MIT

Source 2 files
hooks/register.tsx 232 lines
1import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
2import type { EngineInterface, Register } from 'claude-code'
3
4import type { Pin } from '../types'
5
6const PLUGIN = 'session-pins'
7const MAX_PINS = 20
8const MAX_CHARS = 1000
9// Pins rows shown above the prompt before "+N more"; context-bar shares the band.
10const MAX_ROWS = 3
11// Sessions kept in the store, so resume brings pins back without the store growing forever.
12const MAX_SESSIONS = 50
13
14const pins = atom({ plugin: 'session-pins', key: 'pins' } as const, [])
15const isHidden = atom({ plugin: 'session-pins', key: 'isHidden' } as const, false)
16const expanded = atom({ plugin: 'session-pins', key: 'expanded' } as const, null)
17
18type Saved = { pins: Pin[]; savedAt: number }
19const sessionKey = (id: string) => `session:${id}`
20
21// The person's last prompt typed at the prompt box, for /pin with nothing after it.
22let lastPrompt = ''
23
24const oneLine = (text: string) => text.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim()
25
26// Splits a pin into plain text and URLs, so the URLs draw as links. Trailing punctuation stays text.
27export const parts = (text: string) =>
28  text.split(/(https?:\/\/[^\s<>"']*[^\s<>"'.,;:!?)\]])/).filter(Boolean).map(part => ({ part, isUrl: /^https?:\/\//.test(part) }))
29
30export type Piece = { text: string; href?: string }
31const LINK_MIN = 24
32
33// Cut to `max` characters, ending in an ellipsis.
34const cut = (text: string, max: number) => (text.length <= max ? text : max <= 1 ? '…' : `${text.slice(0, max - 1).trimEnd()}…`)
35
36// A link's text, shortened from the middle so the site and the end of the path both show.
37const shortUrl = (url: string, max: number) => {
38  if (url.length <= max) return url
39  const bare = url.replace(/^https?:\/\//, '')
40  if (bare.length <= max) return bare
41  const tail = Math.floor((max - 1) / 3)
42  return `${bare.slice(0, max - 1 - tail)}…${bare.slice(-tail)}`
43}
44
45// Fits a pin into `width` columns so its links stay on screen: the plain text after the last link gives way first,
46// then the text before it, then the links' labels shrink (each still opens the full URL).
47export function fit(text: string, width: number): Piece[] {
48  const pieces: Piece[] = parts(text).map(({ part, isUrl }) => (isUrl ? { text: part, href: part } : { text: part }))
49  let over = pieces.reduce((n, p) => n + p.text.length, 0) - width
50  for (let i = pieces.length - 1; i >= 0 && over > 0; i--) {
51    const p = pieces[i]!
52    if (p.href || p.text.length <= 1) continue
53    const keep = Math.max(1, p.text.length - over)
54    over -= p.text.length - keep
55    pieces[i] = { text: cut(p.text, keep) }
56  }
57  for (let i = 0; i < pieces.length && over > 0; i++) {
58    const p = pieces[i]!
59    if (!p.href || p.text.length <= LINK_MIN) continue
60    const keep = Math.max(LINK_MIN, p.text.length - over)
61    over -= p.text.length - keep
62    pieces[i] = { text: shortUrl(p.href, keep), href: p.href }
63  }
64  return pieces
65}
66
67// Only changes when the pins do, so it doesn't re-cache the conversation every turn.
68export const section = (list: readonly Pin[]) =>
69  [
70    '# Pinned notes',
71    'The user pinned these to the top of this session. Treat them as standing instructions and context for the whole session: they still apply after compaction, until the user unpins them. Don\'t comment on them unless asked.',
72    ...list.map((p, i) => `${i + 1}. ${p.text}`),
73  ].join('\n')
74
75async function save($: EngineInterface, list: Pin[]) {
76  await update($, pins, () => list)
77  const key = sessionKey(await $.session.id())
78  if (list.length === 0) return $.store.delete(key)
79  const saved: Saved = { pins: list, savedAt: await $.clock.now() }
80  await $.store.set(key, saved)
81  const keys = (await $.store.keys()).filter(k => k.startsWith('session:'))
82  for (const old of keys.slice(0, Math.max(0, keys.length - MAX_SESSIONS))) await $.store.delete(old)
83}
84
85async function load($: EngineInterface) {
86  const saved = (await $.store.get(sessionKey(await $.session.id()))) as Saved | undefined
87  await update($, pins, () => saved?.pins ?? [])
88}
89
90const list = (all: readonly Pin[]) =>
91  all.length === 0 ? 'Nothing pinned. /pin <text> pins a note; /pin on its own pins your last message.' : all.map((p, i) => `${i + 1}. ${p.text}`).join('\n')
92
93async function add($: EngineInterface, text: string) {
94  const now = await read($, pins)
95  if (now.length >= MAX_PINS) return `You already have ${MAX_PINS} pins. /unpin one first.`
96  const clean = text.trim().slice(0, MAX_CHARS)
97  if (now.some(p => p.text === clean)) return 'That\'s already pinned.'
98  await save($, [...now, { text: clean, pinnedAt: await $.clock.now() }])
99  await update($, isHidden, () => false)
100  return `Pinned (#${now.length + 1}). Claude sees it for the rest of the session.`
101}
102
103async function remove($: EngineInterface, arg: string) {
104  const now = await read($, pins)
105  if (now.length === 0) return 'Nothing pinned.'
106  if (arg === 'all') {
107    await save($, [])
108    return `Unpinned all ${now.length}.`
109  }
110  // No number: the most recent pin.
111  const n = arg === '' ? now.length : Number(arg)
112  if (!Number.isInteger(n) || n < 1 || n > now.length) return `Usage: /unpin [1-${now.length} | all]`
113  await save($, now.filter((_, i) => i !== n - 1))
114  return `Unpinned #${n}: ${oneLine(now[n - 1]!.text).slice(0, 80)}`
115}
116
117export const register: Register = on => {
118  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
119    await $.command.register({
120      name: 'pin',
121      description: 'Pin a note to this session (shown above the prompt, kept in Claude\'s context); on its own pins your last message',
122      argumentHint: '[<text> | list | hide | show]',
123    })
124    await $.command.register({
125      name: 'unpin',
126      description: 'Unpin a note: /unpin 2, /unpin all; on its own unpins the latest',
127      argumentHint: '[<number> | all]',
128    })
129    // A new or resumed session reads its own pins; a hot reload reads back the same ones.
130    await load($).catch(() => {})
131    return next(e)
132  })
133
134  on('prompt.submit', async ($, e, next) => {
135    if (e.origin.kind === 'composer' && !e.text.trimStart().startsWith('/')) lastPrompt = e.text
136    return next(e)
137  })
138
139  on('prompt.compose', async ($, e, next) => {
140    const composed = await next(e)
141    const all = await read($, pins)
142    if (all.length === 0) return composed
143    return { ...composed, sections: [...composed.sections, { id: `${PLUGIN}:pins`, text: section(all), scope: 'session' as const }] }
144  })
145
146  on('command.run', { command: 'pin' }, async ($, e) => {
147    const arg = e.args.trim()
148    const word = arg.toLowerCase()
149    if (word === 'list') return { text: list(await read($, pins)) }
150    if (word === 'hide' || word === 'show') {
151      await update($, isHidden, () => word === 'hide')
152      return { text: word === 'hide' ? 'Pins hidden above the prompt (Claude still sees them). /pin show brings them back.' : 'Pins shown above the prompt.' }
153    }
154    if (arg) return { text: await add($, arg) }
155    if (!lastPrompt.trim()) return { text: 'Nothing to pin yet. Use /pin <text>, or send a message first and run /pin to pin it.' }
156    return { text: await add($, lastPrompt) }
157  })
158
159  on('command.run', { command: 'unpin' }, async ($, e) => ({ text: await remove($, e.args.trim().toLowerCase()) }))
160
161  // Pins sit on top of whatever else draws above the prompt (context-bar's band included).
162  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
163    const all = await read($, pins)
164    if (e.props.hasSurvey || all.length === 0 || (await read($, isHidden))) return next(e)
165    const beneath = await next(e)
166    const { Box, Text, Link, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
167    const open = await read($, expanded)
168    const toggle = (at: string | null) => () => void update($, expanded, () => at).catch(() => {})
169    const linked = (pieces: Piece[]) => pieces.map(piece => (piece.href ? <Link href={piece.href}>{piece.text}</Link> : piece.text))
170    const room = Math.max(1, Math.min(MAX_ROWS, Math.floor(e.props.maxRows / 3)))
171    // The last row left says how many more there are; with one row, it shares the first pin's line.
172    const shown = all.length > room ? all.slice(0, Math.max(1, room - 1)) : all
173    const more = all.length - shown.length
174    const isSqueezed = more > 0 && room === 1
175
176    return (
177      <Box flexDirection="column">
178        {shown.map((p, i) => {
179          const number = all.length > 1 ? `${i + 1}. ` : ''
180          const squeeze = isSqueezed ? `(+${more} more) ` : ''
181          // The pin glyph takes two columns and a space.
182          const width = e.props.bodyColumns - 3 - number.length - squeeze.length
183          const text = oneLine(p.text)
184          const head = (
185            <Text>
186              <Text color="yellow">📌 </Text>
187              <Text dimColor>{number}</Text>
188              {squeeze && <Text dimColor>{squeeze}</Text>}
189            </Text>
190          )
191          // Opened out: the whole pin, wrapped, links live, and a way to fold it back.
192          if (open === p.text)
193            return (
194              <Box flexDirection="column">
195                <Text wrap="wrap">
196                  {head}
197                  {linked(fit(text, Infinity))}
198                </Text>
199                <Button key={`less-${i + 1}`} plain dimColor label="   ▴ show less" onPress={toggle(null)} />
200              </Box>
201            )
202          if (text.length <= width)
203            return (
204              <Text wrap="truncate">
205                {head}
206                {linked(fit(text, width))}
207              </Text>
208            )
209          // Cut off: the text either side of a link opens it out, the link stays a link, and a ▾ at the end says there's more.
210          return (
211            <Box flexDirection="row">
212              {head}
213              {fit(text, width - 2).map((piece, j) =>
214                piece.href ? (
215                  <Text>
216                    <Link href={piece.href}>{piece.text}</Link>
217                  </Text>
218                ) : (
219                  <Button key={`more-${i + 1}-${j}`} plain label={piece.text} onPress={toggle(p.text)} />
220                ),
221              )}
222              <Button key={`more-${i + 1}`} plain dimColor label=" ▾" onPress={toggle(p.text)} />
223            </Box>
224          )
225        })}
226        {more > 0 && !isSqueezed && <Text dimColor>   +{more} more (/pin list)</Text>}
227        {beneath}
228      </Box>
229    )
230  })
231}
232
types/index.d.ts 14 lines
1export type Pin = { text: string; pinnedAt: number }
2
3declare module 'claude-code' {
4  interface PluginState {
5    'session-pins': {
6      pins: Pin[]
7      // Hides the band only; Claude still sees the pins.
8      isHidden: boolean
9      // The pin opened out to full length (its text, which no other pin shares), or null.
10      expanded: string | null
11    }
12  }
13}
14