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prompt-stash

/stash: a git-stash-like stack of prompts, kept between sessions, popped back into the prompt box.

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v0.1.0no licenseupdated 2026-09-24gonzaloserrano/cc-prompt-stash
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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 › /stash ⎿ prompt-stash: usage: /stash <prompt> | /stash list | /stash pop [n] ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── › ? for shortcuts
README

cc-prompt-stash

A Claude Code mod (a plugin built on function hooks) that gives prompts a git-stash-like stack:

  • /stash <prompt> pushes a prompt. Entry 1 is the newest.
  • /stash list lists entries by number and first line.
  • /stash pop [n] puts entry n (default 1) back in the prompt box, editable, and removes it from the stash only once the box took it.

Every subcommand answers locally: no model turn, nothing in the model's context. The stash lives in the plugin's $.store, so it survives sessions.

Function hooks are early access (anthropics/claude-code#91870). The API can change between releases.

Compared with Ctrl+S

Claude Code has a built-in prompt stash on Ctrl+S (the chat:stash keybinding). With text in the input, Ctrl+S stashes it and clears the prompt. On an empty prompt, Ctrl+S restores the stashed text, cursor position and pasted content (interactive mode docs).

The main difference: Ctrl+S holds one prompt, /stash holds a stack.

Ctrl+S/stash
EntriesOneA stack, as many as the 4 MiB store holds
StashOne key, takes the current draftType /stash before the prompt
RestoreOne key, on an empty prompt/stash pop [n], any entry
See what is stashedNo/stash list
Restores cursor, pastesYesNo: text only, cursor at the end
Across sessionsNot documentedYes: a JSON file in the plugin's store
Needs function hooksNoYes (CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_FUNCTION_HOOKS=1)

Use Ctrl+S to park one draft for a moment. Use /stash to keep several prompts, or to keep them after you quit.

The two do not share state: /stash pop does not see what Ctrl+S stashed.

Install

This repository is its own plugin marketplace. In Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add gonzaloserrano/cc-prompt-stash /plugin install prompt-stash@cc-prompt-stash

Or from a shell:

claude plugin marketplace add gonzaloserrano/cc-prompt-stash claude plugin install prompt-stash@cc-prompt-stash

Mods load only where function hooks are enabled. Start Claude Code with the flag set, for example by exporting it in your shell profile:

export CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_FUNCTION_HOOKS=1

Run from a checkout

CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_FUNCTION_HOOKS=1 claude --plugin-dir .

Check

The type declarations are not in this repository. Generate them first: in a Claude Code session started in this folder with function hooks enabled, run /plugin-types. It writes them to .claude/types/, which git ignores.

npx -p typescript@5 tsc -p tsconfig.json CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_FUNCTION_HOOKS=1 claude plugin test .

Status

Built against Claude Code 2.1.280. Typecheck passes. 12 of 12 tests pass. Stash, list and pop work in a live session.

The engine skips a hook that throws and runs what is beneath it (fail open). So the /stash hook catches every error and shows it, with the arguments and the offending value, as its own output.

Open:

  • No test covers a failing $.store write: a test hook that throws is skipped too, so it cannot simulate one.
  • A prompt that is exactly list or pop runs that subcommand.
Source 1 files
hooks/register.ts 193 lines
1import type { EngineInterface, On } from 'claude-code'
2
3/**
4 * `/stash`: a stack of prompts, newest first, numbered from 1 as `/stash list`
5 * shows them. Every answer is a hook's own `{ text }` with no `context`, so
6 * no subcommand starts a model turn or puts anything in the model's context.
7 */
8
9export const COMMAND_NAME = 'stash'
10
11export const STORE_KEY = 'stack'
12
13export const PREVIEW_CHARS = 72
14
15export const USAGE_TEXT =
16  'usage: /stash <prompt> | /stash list | /stash pop [n]'
17
18export const EMPTY_TEXT = 'stash is empty'
19
20const COMMAND_SPEC = {
21  name: COMMAND_NAME,
22  description:
23    'Stash a prompt, list stashed prompts, or pop one into the prompt box',
24  argumentHint: '<prompt> | list | pop [n]',
25  immediate: true,
26} as const
27
28/**
29 * The stack as `$.store` holds it: the store is a JSON file on disk, so its
30 * value is checked here and a malformed one throws, naming what was found.
31 */
32export function stackOf(value: unknown): string[] {
33  if (value === undefined) {
34    return []
35  }
36
37  if (
38    !Array.isArray(value) ||
39    !value.every(entry => typeof entry === 'string')
40  ) {
41    throw new Error(
42      `prompt-stash: store key "${STORE_KEY}" is not an array of strings: ${JSON.stringify(value)}`,
43    )
44  }
45
46  return value
47}
48
49/**
50 * One `/stash list` row: the entry's number, right-aligned to `width`, and
51 * its first line, cut to PREVIEW_CHARS, with the count of lines left out.
52 */
53export function previewOf(prompt: string, n: number, width: number): string {
54  const [first = '', ...more] = prompt.split('\n')
55  const cut =
56    first.length > PREVIEW_CHARS
57      ? `${first.slice(0, PREVIEW_CHARS - 1)}…`
58      : first
59  const extra = more.length > 0 ? ` (+${more.length} lines)` : ''
60
61  return `  ${String(n).padStart(width)}  ${cut}${extra}`
62}
63
64/**
65 * `/stash list`'s output for a non-empty stack. The engine prints the plugin's
66 * name before the first line, so that line is a header and every entry starts
67 * a line of its own.
68 */
69export function listTextOf(stack: readonly string[]): string {
70  const width = String(stack.length).length
71  const noun = stack.length === 1 ? 'prompt' : 'prompts'
72  const rows = stack.map((prompt, i) => previewOf(prompt, i + 1, width))
73
74  return [`${stack.length} stashed ${noun}, newest first`, ...rows].join('\n')
75}
76
77/**
78 * The 0-based index `/stash pop [n]` names: `n` counts from 1, newest first,
79 * and defaults to 1. Returns an error text for anything else.
80 */
81export function indexOf(
82  arg: string | undefined,
83  size: number,
84): { index: number } | { error: string } {
85  if (size === 0) {
86    return { error: EMPTY_TEXT }
87  }
88
89  if (arg === undefined) {
90    return { index: 0 }
91  }
92
93  if (!/^[1-9][0-9]*$/.test(arg)) {
94    return {
95      error: `stash entry must be a number from 1 to ${size}, got "${arg}"`,
96    }
97  }
98
99  const n = Number(arg)
100
101  if (n > size) {
102    return { error: `no stash entry ${n}: the stash holds ${size}` }
103  }
104
105  return { index: n - 1 }
106}
107
108export function register(on: On) {
109  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
110    await $.command.register(COMMAND_SPEC)
111
112    return next(e)
113  })
114
115  // The engine skips a hook that throws and runs what is beneath it, so every
116  // failure is caught here and shown as /stash's own output instead.
117  on('command.run', { command: COMMAND_NAME }, async ($, e) => {
118    try {
119      return await answer($, e.args)
120    } catch (err) {
121      return { text: failureTextOf(e.args, err) }
122    }
123  })
124}
125
126/**
127 * The output /stash shows when a subcommand throws: the arguments as typed
128 * and the error's message.
129 */
130export function failureTextOf(args: string, err: unknown): string {
131  const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)
132
133  return `/stash ${args.trim()} failed: ${message}`
134}
135
136async function answer(
137  $: EngineInterface,
138  typed: string,
139): Promise<{ text: string }> {
140  const args = typed.trim()
141  const [sub, ...rest] = args.split(/\s+/)
142  const stack = stackOf(await $.store.get(STORE_KEY))
143
144  if (args === '') {
145    return { text: USAGE_TEXT }
146  }
147
148  if (sub === 'list' && rest.length === 0) {
149    if (stack.length === 0) {
150      return { text: EMPTY_TEXT }
151    }
152
153    return { text: listTextOf(stack) }
154  }
155
156  if (sub === 'pop' && rest.length <= 1) {
157    const picked = indexOf(rest[0], stack.length)
158
159    if ('error' in picked) {
160      return { text: picked.error }
161    }
162
163    const prompt = stack[picked.index]
164
165    if (prompt === undefined) {
166      throw new Error(
167        `prompt-stash: index ${picked.index} checked against ${stack.length} entries but missing`,
168      )
169    }
170
171    const { isFilled } = await $.prompt.fill({ text: prompt, mode: 'replace' })
172
173    if (!isFilled) {
174      return {
175        text: `the prompt box did not take stash entry ${picked.index + 1}; it stays in the stash`,
176      }
177    }
178
179    await $.store.set(
180      STORE_KEY,
181      stack.filter((_, i) => i !== picked.index),
182    )
183
184    return {
185      text: `popped stash entry ${picked.index + 1} into the prompt box`,
186    }
187  }
188
189  await $.store.set(STORE_KEY, [args, ...stack])
190
191  return { text: `stashed as entry 1 (${stack.length + 1} in the stash)` }
192}
193