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recent-files

Shows the 5 files most recently created or edited in this session in a side pane, each name a link to the file

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v0.1.0MITupdated 2026-10-06ryoupr/claude-code-recent-files
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Preview · a replayed session in a sandbox
claude · ~/work/app · recent-files
│ ┃ Recent files ✕ › fix the failing auth test and add an audit log call │ ┃ cache.ts file:///work/app/src/cache.ts │ ┃ src/ · created · write · 08:53 ⏺ Read(src/auth.ts) │ ┃ audit.ts file:///work/app/src/audit.ts ⎿ Read 6 lines │ ┃ src/ · created · write · 08:53 ⏺ Update(src/auth.ts) │ ┃ auth.ts file:///work/app/src/auth.ts ⎿ Added 2 lines, removed 1 line │ ┃ src/ · edited · edit · 08:53 ⏺ 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 │ │ › /recent-files │ ⎿ recent-files: Recent files pane opened. │ │ ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── › ? for shortcuts

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Pane · Recent files
cache.ts file:///work/app/src/cache.ts src/ · created · write · 08:53 audit.ts file:///work/app/src/audit.ts src/ · created · write · 08:53 auth.ts file:///work/app/src/auth.ts src/ · edited · edit · 08:53
README

recent-files

日本語

A Claude Code mod that keeps the five files the session most recently created, edited or deleted in a pane. Each file name is a link to the file, so a terminal that opens links (such as Orca) opens it on click.

 report.md
   docs/ · edited · edit · 15:58
 a.txt
   ./ · created · bash · subagent · 15:57

Install

At the prompt of a Claude Code session:

/plugin install recent-files --marketplace ryoupr/claude-code-recent-files

Answer y to add the marketplace, then pick a scope (user scope loads it in every session).

Requires a Claude Code release with mods (function-hook plugins). Mods are an early-access feature, and their API may change between releases. Built and tested on Claude Code 2.1.290 and 2.1.291.

Use

  • The pane opens when a session starts. In the fullscreen layout it sits to the right of the conversation; otherwise it sits above the prompt.
  • Fullscreen: start with CLAUDE_CODE_NO_FLICKER=1 claude, or set "tui": "fullscreen" in your settings.
  • The pane docks at the side only when the terminal is at least 110 columns wide.
  • /recent-files opens the pane again after you close it.
  • Line 1 is the file name, a link (OSC 8 hyperlink) to file:///<absolute path>. Line 2, dim: the folder relative to the session's working directory, what happened, which tool, whether a subagent did it, and the time. A deleted file is not a link.

What it records

ToolHow
Write, Edit, NotebookEditThe file path, when the call succeeds. A failed or denied call is not listed.
BashThe files that changed, found by running git status and stat before and after the command in the git repositories the session has touched (and any cd /absolute/path target). Writes outside a git repository are not seen.

A file appears once, at the top, however often it is touched.

Privacy and cost

  • Nothing leaves your machine. The mod makes no network requests.
  • It runs git --no-optional-locks -c core.fsmonitor=false status --porcelain=v1 -z -uall and a stat per changed file, before and after every Bash call, in up to 10 repositories. In a repository with many untracked files this slows Bash calls down.
  • The list lives in the session's mod state, with a copy of the last session's list in the mod's store (so the list survives a reload of the mod).
  • If the mod fails, the tool call still goes through: it only watches.

Known limits

  • Running Write and Bash in parallel can record the Write's file as bash.
  • The pane's file names are OSC 8 links, so they open only in a terminal that supports OSC 8 links. That is why the pane shows links rather than plain paths: a terminal that finds paths in plain text (such as Orca) misses a long path the narrow pane wraps onto several lines.

Develop

claude plugin validate .
claude plugin test .
claude --plugin-dir .   # a session with this folder's mod, reloaded on save

License

MIT

Source 3 files
hooks/register.tsx 239 lines
1import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
2import type { EngineInterface, Register } from 'claude-code'
3
4import type { RecentFile, RecentKind, RecentVia } from '../types'
5import {
6  cdTargets,
7  diffSnapshots,
8  parsePorcelainZ,
9  baseName,
10  fileUrl,
11  LIMIT,
12  pushRecent,
13  relativeTo,
14  shortPath,
15  type Snapshot,
16} from './lib'
17
18const PANE = 'recent-files'
19const TITLE = 'Recent files'
20const MAX_ROOTS = 10
21/** Width the docked pane asks for; a width the person drags to wins. */
22const COLUMNS = 48
23
24const files = atom({ plugin: 'recent-files', key: 'files' } as const, [])
25const roots = atom({ plugin: 'recent-files', key: 'roots' } as const, [])
26
27type $ = EngineInterface
28
29/** Mirror of the session's state in `$.store`, so a reload that loses it can restore. */
30const MIRROR = 'last-session'
31
32type Mirror = { sessionId: string; files: RecentFile[]; roots: string[] }
33
34const persist = async ($: $): Promise<void> => {
35  const mirror: Mirror = {
36    sessionId: await $.session.id(),
37    files: [...(await read($, files))],
38    roots: [...(await read($, roots))],
39  }
40  await $.store.set(MIRROR, mirror)
41}
42
43const isMirror = (value: unknown): value is Mirror =>
44  typeof value === 'object' &&
45  value !== null &&
46  typeof (value as Mirror).sessionId === 'string' &&
47  Array.isArray((value as Mirror).files) &&
48  Array.isArray((value as Mirror).roots)
49
50/** Puts back this session's list when the host's state came back empty. */
51const restore = async ($: $): Promise<void> => {
52  if ((await read($, files)).length > 0) return
53  const saved = await $.store.get(MIRROR)
54  if (!isMirror(saved) || saved.sessionId !== (await $.session.id())) return
55  await update($, files, () => saved.files.slice(0, LIMIT))
56  await update($, roots, list => (list.length > 0 ? list : saved.roots))
57}
58
59const record = async (
60  $: $,
61  path: string,
62  kind: RecentKind,
63  via: RecentVia,
64  agentId: string | undefined,
65): Promise<void> => {
66  const entry: RecentFile = { path, kind, via, at: await $.clock.now(), agentId }
67  await update($, files, list => pushRecent(list, entry))
68  await persist($).catch(() => undefined)
69}
70
71/** The git top level of `dir`, or undefined outside a repo. */
72const topLevel = async ($: $, dir: string): Promise<string | undefined> => {
73  const { exitCode, stdout } = await $.process.run(['git', '-C', dir, 'rev-parse', '--show-toplevel'])
74
75  return exitCode === 0 ? stdout.trim() : undefined
76}
77
78const learnRoot = async ($: $, dir: string): Promise<void> => {
79  const root = await topLevel($, dir)
80  if (root === undefined) return
81  await update($, roots, list => [root, ...list.filter(one => one !== root)].slice(0, MAX_ROOTS))
82  await persist($).catch(() => undefined)
83}
84
85const dirname = (path: string): string => path.replace(/\/[^/]*$/, '') || '/'
86
87/** Dirty and untracked files of every known repo, with their stat. */
88const snapshot = async ($: $, repoRoots: readonly string[]): Promise<Snapshot> => {
89  const snap: Snapshot = new Map()
90  for (const root of repoRoots) {
91    // --no-optional-locks: status must not take index.lock, or a git command the
92    // session runs at the same moment (a parallel Bash call) fails on the lock.
93    // core.fsmonitor=false: a repo's local config must not make status run a program.
94    const { exitCode, stdout } = await $.process.run([
95      'git', '--no-optional-locks', '-c', 'core.fsmonitor=false',
96      '-C', root, 'status', '--porcelain=v1', '-z', '-uall',
97    ])
98    if (exitCode !== 0) continue
99    for (const { path, code } of parsePorcelainZ(root, stdout)) {
100      const stat = await $.fs.stat(path).catch(() => undefined)
101      snap.set(path, { code, mtimeMs: stat?.mtimeMs ?? -1, size: stat?.size ?? -1 })
102    }
103  }
104
105  return snap
106}
107
108const isOk = (ran: { deny?: string; isError?: boolean }): boolean =>
109  ran.deny === undefined && ran.isError !== true
110
111export const register: Register = on => {
112  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
113    const started = await next(e)
114    await restore($).catch(() => undefined)
115    try {
116      await $.command.register({
117        name: 'recent-files',
118        description: 'Show the files most recently created or edited in this session',
119      })
120      await learnRoot($, e.cwd)
121    } catch {
122      // The pane still works without the command or the cwd's repo.
123    }
124    void $.ui.open({ id: PANE, title: TITLE, columns: COLUMNS })
125
126    return started
127  })
128
129  on('command.run', { command: 'recent-files' }, async $ => {
130    await $.ui.open({ id: PANE, title: TITLE, columns: COLUMNS })
131
132    return { text: 'Recent files pane opened.' }
133  })
134
135  on('tool.call', { tool: 'Write' }, async ($, e, next) => {
136    const existed = await $.fs.exists(e.file_path).catch(() => true)
137    const ran = await next(e)
138    if (isOk(ran)) {
139      try {
140        await record($, e.file_path, existed ? 'edited' : 'created', 'write', e.agentId)
141        await learnRoot($, dirname(e.file_path))
142      } catch {
143        // Recording never gets in the way of the write itself.
144      }
145    }
146
147    return ran
148  }).catch(($, e, next) => next(e))
149
150  on('tool.call', { tool: 'Edit' }, async ($, e, next) => {
151    const ran = await next(e)
152    if (isOk(ran)) {
153      try {
154        await record($, e.file_path, 'edited', 'edit', e.agentId)
155        await learnRoot($, dirname(e.file_path))
156      } catch {
157        // Recording never gets in the way of the edit itself.
158      }
159    }
160
161    return ran
162  }).catch(($, e, next) => next(e))
163
164  on('tool.call', { tool: 'NotebookEdit' }, async ($, e, next) => {
165    const ran = await next(e)
166    if (isOk(ran)) {
167      try {
168        await record($, e.notebook_path, 'edited', 'notebook', e.agentId)
169        await learnRoot($, dirname(e.notebook_path))
170      } catch {
171        // Recording never gets in the way of the edit itself.
172      }
173    }
174
175    return ran
176  }).catch(($, e, next) => next(e))
177
178  on('tool.call', { tool: 'Bash' }, async ($, e, next) => {
179    let watched: string[] = []
180    let before: Snapshot | undefined
181    try {
182      for (const dir of cdTargets(e.command)) await learnRoot($, dir)
183      watched = [...(await read($, roots))]
184      before = await snapshot($, watched)
185    } catch {
186      before = undefined
187    }
188
189    const ran = await next(e)
190
191    if (before !== undefined && watched.length > 0) {
192      try {
193        const after = await snapshot($, watched)
194        for (const { path, kind } of diffSnapshots(before, after)) {
195          await record($, path, kind, 'bash', e.agentId)
196        }
197      } catch {
198        // A failed snapshot only means this command's writes go unlisted.
199      }
200    }
201
202    return ran
203  }).catch(($, e, next) => next(e))
204
205  // A pane: docked at the right of a fullscreen transcript, inline above the
206  // prompt otherwise. Each file shows its name only; the name is an OSC 8 link
207  // to the file's absolute path, so a terminal that opens links (Orca) opens it,
208  // while the pane stays narrow. The folder, relative to the session's working
209  // directory, and what happened follow dim on the next line.
210  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: PANE }, async ($, e) => {
211    const { Box, Link, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
212    const list = await read($, files)
213    const cwd = await $.session.cwd()
214
215    return (
216      <Box flexDirection="column">
217        {list.length === 0 && <Text dimColor>No files created or edited yet.</Text>}
218        {list.map(file => (
219          <Box key={file.path} flexDirection="column" paddingX={1}>
220            {file.kind === 'deleted' ? (
221              <Text dimColor>{baseName(file.path)}</Text>
222            ) : (
223              <Link href={fileUrl(file.path)} label={baseName(file.path)} />
224            )}
225            <Text dimColor>
226              {'  '}
227              {shortPath(relativeTo(cwd, file.path.slice(0, file.path.length - baseName(file.path).length))) || './'}
228              {' · '}
229              {file.kind} · {file.via}
230              {file.agentId === undefined ? '' : ' · subagent'} ·{' '}
231              {new Date(file.at).toLocaleTimeString('ja-JP', { hour12: false, hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit' })}
232            </Text>
233          </Box>
234        ))}
235      </Box>
236    )
237  })
238}
239
hooks/lib.ts 102 lines
1import type { RecentFile, RecentKind } from '../types'
2
3/** How many files the pane lists. */
4export const LIMIT = 5
5
6/** Puts `entry` first, drops any older entry for the same path, keeps LIMIT. */
7export const pushRecent = (list: readonly RecentFile[], entry: RecentFile): RecentFile[] =>
8  [entry, ...list.filter(one => one.path !== entry.path)].slice(0, LIMIT)
9
10/** One path of `git status --porcelain=v1 -z -uall`, absolute, with its XY code. */
11export type StatusEntry = { path: string; code: string }
12
13/**
14 * Parses `git status --porcelain=v1 -z -uall` output into absolute paths.
15 * A rename or copy (`R`/`C`) carries the new path, then the old one as a
16 * separate NUL-terminated field, which is skipped.
17 */
18export const parsePorcelainZ = (root: string, out: string): StatusEntry[] => {
19  const fields = out.split('\0')
20  const entries: StatusEntry[] = []
21  for (let i = 0; i < fields.length; i += 1) {
22    const field = fields[i]
23    if (field === undefined || field.length < 4) continue
24    const code = field.slice(0, 2)
25    entries.push({ path: `${root}/${field.slice(3)}`, code })
26    if (code[0] === 'R' || code[0] === 'C') i += 1
27  }
28
29  return entries
30}
31
32/** A file's state in a snapshot: its status code and what stat said. */
33export type Signature = { code: string; mtimeMs: number; size: number }
34
35export type Snapshot = Map<string, Signature>
36
37/**
38 * Compares two snapshots of the dirty and untracked files of the same repos
39 * and says which files the command between them changed, and how.
40 */
41export const diffSnapshots = (
42  before: Snapshot,
43  after: Snapshot,
44): { path: string; kind: RecentKind }[] => {
45  const changed: { path: string; kind: RecentKind }[] = []
46  for (const [path, now] of after) {
47    const was = before.get(path)
48    const isSame =
49      was !== undefined &&
50      was.code === now.code &&
51      was.mtimeMs === now.mtimeMs &&
52      was.size === now.size
53    if (isSame) continue
54    if (now.code.includes('D')) changed.push({ path, kind: 'deleted' })
55    else if (was === undefined && (now.code === '??' || now.code.includes('A')))
56      changed.push({ path, kind: 'created' })
57    else changed.push({ path, kind: 'edited' })
58  }
59  for (const [path, was] of before) {
60    if (after.has(path)) continue
61    // Gone from the dirty set: an untracked file removed, or a change reverted.
62    changed.push({ path, kind: was.code === '??' ? 'deleted' : 'edited' })
63  }
64
65  return changed
66}
67
68/** Absolute directories a command `cd`s into, so their repos can be watched. */
69export const cdTargets = (command: string): string[] => {
70  const found: string[] = []
71  const pattern = /(?:^|[;&|(]\s*)cd\s+(["']?)(\/[^"'\s;&|)]+)\1/g
72  for (const match of command.matchAll(pattern)) {
73    if (match[2] !== undefined) found.push(match[2])
74  }
75
76  return found
77}
78
79/**
80 * `path` relative to `cwd` when it lies under it (`src/a.ts`), else as is.
81 * A terminal that links paths (Orca) resolves a relative one from the
82 * session's working directory, and a short path stays on one line.
83 */
84export const relativeTo = (cwd: string, path: string): string => {
85  const base = cwd.endsWith('/') ? cwd : `${cwd}/`
86
87  return cwd !== '/' && path.startsWith(base) ? path.slice(base.length) : path
88}
89
90/** The last segment of a path: `/a/b/c.ts` → `c.ts`. */
91export const baseName = (path: string): string => path.slice(path.lastIndexOf('/') + 1) || path
92
93/**
94 * A `file://` URL for an absolute path, each segment percent-encoded so
95 * spaces, `#`, `?` and non-ASCII names survive (`/a b/c#1` → `file:///a%20b/c%231`).
96 */
97export const fileUrl = (path: string): string =>
98  `file://${path.split('/').map(encodeURIComponent).join('/')}`
99
100/** `/Users/name/x` → `~/x`, for display. */
101export const shortPath = (path: string): string => path.replace(/^\/Users\/[^/]+(?=\/|$)/, '~')
102
types/index.d.ts 18 lines
1export type RecentKind = 'created' | 'edited' | 'deleted'
2
3export type RecentVia = 'write' | 'edit' | 'notebook' | 'bash'
4
5export type RecentFile = {
6  path: string
7  kind: RecentKind
8  via: RecentVia
9  at: number
10  agentId?: string
11}
12
13declare module 'claude-code' {
14  interface PluginState {
15    'recent-files': { files: RecentFile[]; roots: string[] }
16  }
17}
18