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/show redraws Claude's last reply as big cards in the transcript: done, open, next.

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v0.1.0MITupdated 2026-10-23whykothari/whystack/mods/show
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show

A Claude Code mod. /show redraws Claude's last reply as big cards in the transcript.

CardColourMeans
✓ DONEgreenfinished
○ OPENyellownot done
→ NEXTmagentawhat you must do or decide
! WARNreda risk or an error
• INFOcyana fact

A small model (Haiku by default) sorts the reply into 2 to 6 cards, with at most 3 short lines each. The cards stay in the transcript, and Claude reads them as plain lines.

Install

/plugin install show --marketplace whykothari/whystack

Settings

OptionDefaultWhat it does
modelhaikuThe model that sorts a reply into cards

License

MIT

Source 2 files
hooks/register.tsx 113 lines
1import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
2import type { Register } from 'claude-code'
3
4import type { Card, Tone } from '../types'
5
6// /show redraws Claude's last reply as big cards in the transcript. A small
7// model sorts the reply into cards. The command's row stores them as plain
8// lines, so the cards draw again after a reload, and the model reads them too.
9
10const COMMAND = 'show'
11
12const TONES: Record<Tone, string> = { done: 'green', open: 'yellow', next: 'magenta', warn: 'red', info: 'cyan' }
13const MARKS: Record<Tone, string> = { done: '✓', open: '○', next: '→', warn: '!', info: '•' }
14
15const lastAnswer = atom({ plugin: 'show', key: 'lastAnswer' } as const, '')
16
17const SYSTEM = `You turn an AI assistant's reply into big cards for a reader with ADHD.
18Return JSON only, no prose: {"cards":[{"tone":"done","title":"2 to 4 words","lines":["at most 8 words"]}]}
19- 2 to 6 cards. Each card has 0 to 3 lines.
20- tone is one of: done (finished), open (not done), next (what the reader must do or decide), warn (a risk or error), info (a fact).
21- Keep names, numbers, paths, and commands exact. Drop filler and reasons that change nothing.
22- Put a question or a step for the reader in one "next" card, last.`
23
24const FAILED = 'Could not draw the cards. Run /show again.'
25
26const CARD_LINE = /^\[(done|open|next|warn|info)\] (.+)$/
27
28export function toText(cards: Card[]): string {
29  return cards.map(card => [`[${card.tone}] ${card.title}`, ...card.lines.map(line => `  ${line}`)].join('\n')).join('\n')
30}
31
32export function fromText(text: string): Card[] | undefined {
33  const cards: Card[] = []
34  for (const row of text.split('\n')) {
35    const head = CARD_LINE.exec(row)
36    if (head) cards.push({ tone: head[1] as Tone, title: head[2], lines: [] })
37    else if (row.startsWith('  ') && cards.length) cards[cards.length - 1].lines.push(row.trim())
38    else if (row.trim()) return undefined
39  }
40  return cards.length ? cards : undefined
41}
42
43export function parseCards(reply: string): Card[] | undefined {
44  const start = reply.indexOf('{')
45  const end = reply.lastIndexOf('}')
46  if (start < 0 || end < start) return undefined
47  try {
48    const raw = JSON.parse(reply.slice(start, end + 1)).cards
49    if (!Array.isArray(raw)) return undefined
50    const cards = raw
51      .filter((c: any) => c && c.tone in TONES && typeof c.title === 'string' && c.title.trim())
52      .slice(0, 6)
53      .map((c: any): Card => ({
54        tone: c.tone,
55        title: c.title.trim().replace(/\s+/g, ' '),
56        lines: (Array.isArray(c.lines) ? c.lines : [])
57          .filter((l: unknown) => typeof l === 'string' && l.trim())
58          .slice(0, 3)
59          .map((l: string) => l.trim().replace(/\s+/g, ' ')),
60      }))
61    return cards.length ? cards : undefined
62  } catch {
63    return undefined
64  }
65}
66
67export const register: Register = (on, options) => {
68  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
69    const started = await next(e)
70    await $.command.register({ name: COMMAND, description: "Redraw Claude's last reply as big cards" })
71    return started
72  })
73
74  on('turn.complete', async ($, e, next) => {
75    const result = await next(e)
76    if (e.agentId === undefined && e.reason === 'answer' && e.answer.trim()) {
77      const answer = e.answer
78      await update($, lastAnswer, () => answer)
79    }
80    return result
81  })
82
83  on('command.run', { command: COMMAND }, async $ => {
84    const answer = await read($, lastAnswer)
85    if (!answer) return { text: 'Nothing to show yet. Run /show after a reply.' }
86    const reply = await $.model.complete({
87      model: String(options?.model || 'haiku'),
88      system: SYSTEM,
89      prompt: answer.slice(-8000),
90      maxTokens: 800,
91      timeoutMs: 30000,
92    })
93    const cards = reply.isAnswered ? parseCards(reply.text) : undefined
94    return { text: cards ? toText(cards) : FAILED }
95  }).catch(() => ({ text: FAILED }))
96
97  on('ui.render', { component: 'CommandOutput', props: { command: COMMAND } }, async ($, e, next) => {
98    const cards = fromText(e.props.text)
99    if (!cards) return next(e)
100    const { Box, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
101    return (
102      <Box flexDirection="column" gap={1}>
103        {cards.map((card, index) => (
104          <Box key={`card-${index}`} flexDirection="column" borderStyle="round" borderColor={TONES[card.tone]} paddingX={2} paddingY={1}>
105            <Text bold color={TONES[card.tone]}>{MARKS[card.tone]}  {card.title.toUpperCase()}</Text>
106            {card.lines.map(line => <Text>{line}</Text>)}
107          </Box>
108        ))}
109      </Box>
110    )
111  })
112}
113
types/index.d.ts 10 lines
1export type Tone = 'done' | 'open' | 'next' | 'warn' | 'info'
2
3export type Card = { tone: Tone; title: string; lines: string[] }
4
5declare module 'claude-code' {
6  interface PluginState {
7    show: { lastAnswer: string }
8  }
9}
10