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replay-theater

Replay Theater: step through the file edits Claude made in the last turn, one diff at a time.

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v0.1.2Apache-2.0updated 2026-10-12akaz01/claude-mods/plugins/replay-theater
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Preview · a replayed session in a sandbox
claude · ~/work/app · replay-theater
│ ┃ Replay Theater ✕ › fix the failing auth test and add an audit log call │ ┃ ╭──────────────────────────────────────────╮ │ ┃ │ ▶ Replay Theater step 1 of 3 │ ⏺ Read(src/auth.ts) │ ┃ │ 1 2 3 │ ⎿ Read 6 lines │ ┃ │ src/auth.ts │ ⏺ Update(src/auth.ts) │ ┃ │ Edit +2 -1 │ ⎿ Added 2 lines, removed 1 line │ ┃ │ │ ⏺ Bash(bun test) │ ┃ │ - if (!claims) throw new Error('invalid… │ ⎿ 3 pass, 1 fail │ ┃ │ + if (!claims || claims.exp < Date.now(… │ │ ┃ │ + await audit('refresh', claims.sub) │ ● Done. refresh now rejects expired claims and logs an audit event. │ ┃ │ │ │ ┃ │ [ ◀ Prev ] [ Next ▶ ] [ Close ] │ ✻ Worked for 42s · done 4:20 PM │ ┃ ╰──────────────────────────────────────────╯ │ › /replay │ ⎿ replay-theater: Replay Theater: 3 edits │ │ ▶ Replay: 3 edits (press r) [ Replay ] ⟨Claude Code's own drawing⟩ ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── › ? for shortcuts

Draws

Band
▶ Replay: 3 edits (press r) [ Replay ] ⟨Claude Code's own drawing⟩
Pane · Replay Theater
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ │ ▶ Replay Theater step 1 of 3 │ │ 1 2 3 │ │ src/auth.ts │ │ Edit +2 -1 │ │ │ │ - if (!claims) throw new Error('invalid token') │ │ + if (!claims || claims.exp < Date.now() / 1000) throw … │ │ + await audit('refresh', claims.sub) │ │ │ │ [ ◀ Prev ] [ Next ▶ ] [ Close ] │ ╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
README

Replay Theater

A Claude Code mod that lets you step through the file edits Claude made in the last turn, one diff at a time. We're sharing it as an example of a mod that records tool calls without changing them and gives you a pane with buttons to review them afterwards.

What this shows

While a turn runs, Replay Theater records each file edit Claude makes (the Edit, Write and MultiEdit tool calls): the file, and the text before and after. When the turn ends, a hint appears above the prompt:

▶ Replay: 5 edits (press r)  [ Replay ]

Open it, and a pane shows one edit at a time: the file, the tool, a count of added and removed lines, and a short diff in red and green. A strip of numbered cells shows every step, with the current one highlighted, and the header reads "step 2 of 5". Prev, Next and Close buttons move through the steps.

Replay Theater only watches. It never blocks, changes or delays an edit.

The patterns it demonstrates:

  • Recording from tool.call and always passing the call on with next(e).
  • Grouping work by turn with turn.start and turn.complete, and skipping subagent turns.
  • A slash command (/replay) registered from session.start and handled in command.run.
  • A Pane with Button elements and hotkeys, with a fallback to the AbovePrompt band.

Demo

After a rename, the hint above the prompt:

The Replay hint above the prompt after a turn with five edits

The pane, on step 1 of 5:

The Replay Theater pane showing step 1 of 5

A Write step for a new file, capped at 12 lines:

A Write step for a new file, with the diff capped at 12 lines

Inline above the prompt in an 80-column terminal:

The pane drawn inline in an 80-column terminal

How it was built

  • Model: built with Claude in Claude Code. The test runs and screenshots used Claude Sonnet 5. The mod itself doesn't call a model.
  • Prompt(s): the mod started as one of ten ideas Claude wrote for mods. This is the idea as written:

Replay Theater. Scrub through what Claude just did. After a turn, a pane opens with a timeline of every edit. Buttons step forward and back, and each step shows its diff. It uses ui.render on Pane, with Button elements, and it records each edit from tool.call. It builds on the built-in diff mod. A developer would install it to review a long run in a minute, and it makes a strong demo clip. A bigger project, because the timeline needs its own state.

The build prompt, which picked this idea and two others by number:

implement 1,2,7. give me zips for them. test them in claude code and get me screenshots of what they look like when used.

  • Transcript: not shared. The build ran in an internal workspace.
  • Iterations:
  • The idea had the pane open by itself after each turn. The built mod shows a one-line hint above the prompt instead, and opens the pane when you ask for it with /replay or the Replay button.
  • A pane only takes the keyboard while nothing else holds it. When the band's Replay button is pressed, the band holds the keys, so the mod hides the band and waits briefly before it opens the pane.
  • A Write can replace a whole file, so the diff keeps only one line of context around each change, and caps each step at 12 lines.
  • Tested in Claude Code: a rename across three files made 5 edits, and the pane stepped through all of them with Prev, Next and Close. A Write of a new file showed as one step.

Run it

Requirements:

  • Claude Code 2.1.287 or later, where mods load by default. The mod was built and tested on 2.1.280, and claude plugin validate passes on 2.1.285.
  • A terminal. The pane is placed inline above the prompt, or docked to the right in the fullscreen layout.

No environment variables or configuration.

Steps:

  1. Clone this repository and go to this folder's parent:
   git clone https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-playground.git
   cd claude-code-playground/claude-code/mods
  1. Check the plugin:
   claude plugin validate ./replay-theater
  1. Try it for one session:
   claude --plugin-dir ./replay-theater

Or install it, with the other mods here, from the local marketplace in this folder (see the mods README):

   claude plugin marketplace add ./
   claude plugin install replay-theater@claude-code-playground-mods --scope user
  1. Ask Claude for a change that edits files, for example "rename the function greet to welcome everywhere".
  2. When the turn ends, open the replay in one of two ways:
  3. Type /replay and press Enter.
  4. Press ctrl+x then Tab to focus the band above the prompt, then press r (or Enter on the Replay button).
  5. In the pane:
KeyDoes
nNext step
pPrevious step
c or EscapeClose the pane

Mouse clicks on the buttons work too. The replay stays available until the next turn that edits files. A turn with no edits keeps the previous replay.

Notes / limitations

  • The diff shows up to 12 lines per step, then "… N more lines". Unchanged lines are kept only next to a change, and a skipped run shows as "⋯".
  • For Edit, the diff is between old_string and new_string, not the whole file. The file's line numbers aren't shown.
  • For Write, the old text is read from disk just before the write. Files over 400 lines are shown as all removed, then all added, with no line matching.
  • Edits are recorded when the tool is called. An edit that you then deny, or that fails, still shows in the replay.
  • The replay is kept in memory for the current session only. It is lost when Claude Code restarts, or when the plugin reloads.
  • Edits made by subagents are included in the main turn's replay.
  • Claude Code 2.1.280 has no MultiEdit tool. The mod handles MultiEdit, one step per edit, for builds that have it. That path is untested.
  • If the terminal can't place a pane, the replay is drawn in the band above the prompt instead. That fallback is untested, because every width we tried (80 and 120 columns) placed the pane.
  • The band above the prompt is shared. If another mod also draws there, only one of them shows.

Dependencies

NameVersionLicense (SPDX)Source
None

Third-party notices

None.


Shared as-is as part of claude-code-playground. Not an official Anthropic product; no support or maintenance is implied. See the root README and LICENSE.

출처

anthropics/claude-code-playground의 claude-code/mods/replay-theater를 수정한 버전입니다. Copyright 2026 Anthropic PBC, Apache License 2.0. 변경 내역은 저장소 루트의 NOTICE를 참고하세요. Anthropic 공식 배포물이 아닙니다.

Source 1 files
hooks/replay-theater.mjs 260 lines
1// Copyright 2026 Anthropic PBC
2// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
3// Modified 2026 by suhoon (Windows port / display changes). Original: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-playground — see NOTICE.
4//
5// Replay Theater: records the file edits Claude makes in a turn, then lets you
6// step through them in a pane, one diff at a time.
7//
8// Claude Code 2.1.280 function hooks. Load with --plugin-dir.
9
10const PANE_ID = "replay-theater";
11const MAX_DIFF_LINES = 12;
12const MAX_LCS_LINES = 400;
13const EDIT_TOOLS = new Set(["Edit", "Write", "MultiEdit"]);
14
15// Module state. `pending` fills during a turn; `replay` is the last finished
16// turn's steps, the ones the pane shows.
17const state = { pending: [], replay: [], index: 0, isOpen: false, inBand: false, turns: 0 };
18
19function relPath(cwd, path) {
20  if (!path) return "(unknown file)";
21  const normalized = String(path).replaceAll("\\", "/");
22  const base = String(cwd || "").replaceAll("\\", "/").replace(/\/$/, "");
23  const isWindows = /^[a-z]:\//i.test(base);
24  const candidate = isWindows ? normalized.toLowerCase() : normalized;
25  const prefix = isWindows ? base.toLowerCase() : base;
26  if (base && candidate.startsWith(prefix + "/")) return normalized.slice(base.length + 1);
27  return normalized;
28}
29
30function splitLines(text) {
31  if (text === undefined || text === null || text === "") return [];
32  const lines = String(text).split(/\r?\n/);
33  if (lines.length > 1 && lines[lines.length - 1] === "") lines.pop();
34  return lines;
35}
36
37// A line diff. Small inputs get an LCS diff, so unchanged lines show as
38// context; large ones fall back to all-removed then all-added.
39function diffLines(oldText, newText) {
40  const a = splitLines(oldText);
41  const b = splitLines(newText);
42  if (a.length > MAX_LCS_LINES || b.length > MAX_LCS_LINES) {
43    return [...a.map((t) => ({ op: "-", t })), ...b.map((t) => ({ op: "+", t }))];
44  }
45  const n = a.length, m = b.length;
46  const dp = Array.from({ length: n + 1 }, () => new Array(m + 1).fill(0));
47  for (let i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--)
48    for (let j = m - 1; j >= 0; j--)
49      dp[i][j] = a[i] === b[j] ? dp[i + 1][j + 1] + 1 : Math.max(dp[i + 1][j], dp[i][j + 1]);
50  const out = [];
51  let i = 0, j = 0;
52  while (i < n && j < m) {
53    if (a[i] === b[j]) { out.push({ op: " ", t: a[i] }); i++; j++; }
54    else if (dp[i + 1][j] >= dp[i][j + 1]) out.push({ op: "-", t: a[i++] });
55    else out.push({ op: "+", t: b[j++] });
56  }
57  while (i < n) out.push({ op: "-", t: a[i++] });
58  while (j < m) out.push({ op: "+", t: b[j++] });
59  return trimContext(out);
60}
61
62// Keep one line of context around each change, so a long file's Write shows
63// the changed lines, not the whole file.
64function trimContext(lines) {
65  if (!lines.some((l) => l.op !== " ")) return lines.slice(0, MAX_DIFF_LINES);
66  const keep = lines.map((l, k) =>
67    l.op !== " " || lines[k - 1]?.op && lines[k - 1].op !== " " || lines[k + 1]?.op && lines[k + 1].op !== " ");
68  const out = [];
69  let skipped = false;
70  lines.forEach((l, k) => {
71    if (keep[k]) { if (skipped && out.length) out.push({ op: "~", t: "⋯" }); out.push(l); skipped = false; }
72    else skipped = true;
73  });
74  return out;
75}
76
77function countChanges(diff) {
78  let add = 0, del = 0;
79  for (const l of diff) { if (l.op === "+") add++; else if (l.op === "-") del++; }
80  return { add, del };
81}
82
83// Turns one tool call into one or more steps.
84async function stepsFor($, e) {
85  let cwd = "";
86  try { cwd = await $.session.cwd(); } catch { /* keep the full path */ }
87  const file = relPath(cwd, e.file_path);
88  if (e.tool === "Edit") {
89    return [{ tool: "Edit", file, diff: diffLines(e.old_string, e.new_string), note: e.replace_all ? "replace all" : "" }];
90  }
91  if (e.tool === "MultiEdit" && Array.isArray(e.edits)) {
92    return e.edits.map((ed, k) => ({
93      tool: "MultiEdit", file, diff: diffLines(ed.old_string, ed.new_string), note: `edit ${k + 1} of ${e.edits.length}`,
94    }));
95  }
96  if (e.tool === "Write") {
97    let before = "";
98    let isNew = true;
99    try {
100      if (e.file_path && (await $.fs.exists(e.file_path))) {
101        before = await $.fs.read(e.file_path);
102        isNew = false;
103      }
104    } catch { /* unreadable: show it as a new file */ }
105    return [{ tool: "Write", file, diff: diffLines(before, e.content), note: isNew ? "new file" : "rewrite" }];
106  }
107  return [];
108}
109
110function hintText() {
111  const n = state.replay.length;
112  return `▶ Replay: ${n} edit${n === 1 ? "" : "s"} (press r)`;
113}
114
115async function openReplay($) {
116  if (!state.replay.length) return false;
117  state.index = 0;
118  state.isOpen = true;
119  // The pane only takes the keyboard while nothing else holds it. Hide the
120  // band first (it held the keys if its button was pressed), then open.
121  $.ui.invalidate("ui.render");
122  await $.clock.sleep(200);
123  const rows = Math.min(MAX_DIFF_LINES + 8, 22);
124  const placed = await $.ui.open({ id: PANE_ID, title: "Replay Theater", focus: true, closeOnEscape: true, rows, columns: 58 });
125  // No room for a pane (a narrow terminal): draw the replay in the band.
126  state.inBand = placed?.isPlaced === false;
127  $.ui.invalidate("ui.render");
128  return true;
129}
130
131// The replay view: one step at a time. Drawn in the Pane, or in the band
132// above the prompt when the surface can't place a pane.
133function replayView($, e, inBand) {
134    const { Box, Text, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e);
135    const maxDiff = inBand ? Math.max(3, Math.min(MAX_DIFF_LINES, (e.maxRows || 20) - 7)) : MAX_DIFF_LINES;
136    const total = state.replay.length;
137    if (!total) return Text({ dimColor: true, children: "No edits to replay." });
138    const k = Math.max(0, Math.min(state.index, total - 1));
139    const step = state.replay[k];
140    const width = Math.max(40, (e.bodyColumns || 100) - 4);
141    const { add, del } = countChanges(step.diff);
142    const shown = step.diff.slice(0, maxDiff);
143
144    const diffRows = shown.map((l, n) => {
145      const color = l.op === "+" ? "green" : l.op === "-" ? "red" : undefined;
146      const line = `${l.op === "~" ? " " : l.op} ${l.t}`.slice(0, width);
147      return Text({ key: `d${n}`, color, dimColor: l.op === " " || l.op === "~", wrap: "truncate-end", children: line });
148    });
149    if (step.diff.length > maxDiff) diffRows.push(Text({ key: "more", dimColor: true, children: `  … ${step.diff.length - maxDiff} more lines` }));
150    if (!shown.length) diffRows.push(Text({ key: "empty", dimColor: true, children: "  (no line changes)" }));
151
152    // The step list: one cell per step, the current one highlighted.
153    const strip = state.replay.map((s, n) =>
154      Text({ key: `s${n}`, inverse: n === k, color: n === k ? "cyan" : undefined, dimColor: n !== k, children: ` ${n + 1} ` }));
155
156    const go = (to) => { state.index = Math.max(0, Math.min(to, total - 1)); $.ui.invalidate("ui.render"); };
157    const close = () => {
158      state.isOpen = false;
159      if (!state.inBand) $.ui.close({ id: PANE_ID });
160      state.inBand = false;
161      $.ui.invalidate("ui.render");
162    };
163
164    return Box({
165      flexDirection: "column", borderStyle: "round", borderColor: "magenta", paddingX: 1,
166      children: [
167        Box({ flexDirection: "row", justifyContent: "space-between", children: [
168          Text({ bold: true, color: "magenta", children: "▶ Replay Theater" }),
169          Text({ bold: true, children: `step ${k + 1} of ${total}` }),
170        ] }),
171        Box({ flexDirection: "row", children: strip }),
172        Text({ bold: true, color: "cyan", wrap: "truncate-start", children: step.file }),
173        Box({ flexDirection: "row", gap: 2, children: [
174          Text({ dimColor: true, children: `${step.tool}${step.note ? " · " + step.note : ""}` }),
175          Text({ color: "green", children: `+${add}` }),
176          Text({ color: "red", children: `-${del}` }),
177        ] }),
178        Box({ flexDirection: "column", marginTop: 1, children: diffRows }),
179        Box({ flexDirection: "row", gap: 2, marginTop: 1, children: [
180          Button({ key: "prev", label: "◀ Prev", hotkey: "p", onPress: () => go(k - 1) }),
181          Button({ key: "next", label: "Next ▶", hotkey: "n", autoFocus: true, onPress: () => go(k + 1) }),
182          Button({ key: "close", label: "Close", hotkey: "c", onPress: close }),
183        ] }),
184      ],
185    });
186}
187
188export function register(on, options) {
189  // Slash command: /replay opens the pane.
190  on("session.start", async ($, e, next) => {
191    const r = await next(e);
192    await $.command.register({ name: "replay", description: "Replay Theater: step through the last turn's file edits" });
193    return r;
194  });
195
196  on("command.run", { command: "replay" }, async ($, e) => {
197    const opened = await openReplay($);
198    return { text: opened ? `Replay Theater: ${state.replay.length} edits` : "Replay Theater: no edits in the last turn." };
199  });
200
201  // Record each edit, then let it run. Never blocks the call.
202  on("tool.call", async ($, e, next) => {
203    if (EDIT_TOOLS.has(e.tool)) {
204      try {
205        const steps = await stepsFor($, e);
206        state.pending.push(...steps);
207      } catch { /* recording must never stop the edit */ }
208    }
209    return next(e);
210  });
211
212  on("turn.start", ($, e, next) => {
213    if (!e.agentId) state.pending = [];
214    return next(e);
215  });
216
217  // At the end of a main-loop turn, the pending edits become the replay.
218  on("turn.complete", async ($, e, next) => {
219    const r = await next(e);
220    if (e.agentId || !state.pending.length) return r;
221    state.replay = state.pending;
222    state.pending = [];
223    state.index = 0;
224    state.turns++;
225    $.ui.invalidate("ui.render");
226    return r;
227  });
228
229  // The band above the prompt: the hint and a button that opens the pane,
230  // stacked over what the plugins beneath draw (token-weather's light) so the
231  // hint never hides another mod's row.
232  on("ui.render", { component: "AbovePrompt" }, async ($, e, next) => {
233    if (state.isOpen && state.inBand) return replayView($, e, true);
234    if (!state.replay.length || state.isOpen) return next(e);
235    const { Box, Text, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e);
236    const below = await next(e);
237    const hint = Box({
238      flexDirection: "row", gap: 2, paddingX: 1,
239      children: [
240        Text({ color: "magenta", bold: true, children: hintText() }),
241        Button({ key: "open-replay", label: "Replay", hotkey: "r", onPress: () => openReplay($) }),
242      ],
243    });
244    return below ? Box({ flexDirection: "column", children: [hint, below] }) : hint;
245  });
246
247  // The pane.
248  on("ui.render", { component: "Pane" }, ($, e, next) => {
249    if (e.requestId !== PANE_ID) return next(e);
250    return replayView($, e, false);
251  });
252
253  // The person closed the pane (Escape): keep our flag in step.
254  on("ui.close", ($, e, next) => {
255    if (e.id === PANE_ID || e.requestId === PANE_ID) state.isOpen = false;
256    $.ui.invalidate("ui.render");
257    return next(e);
258  });
259}
260