Claude Image View
See pasted images as thumbnails above the prompt.
Illustration. Actual results depend on the mod, terminal and environment.
Install
/plugin marketplace add jarrodwatts/claude-image-view
/plugin install image-view@claude-image-view
/reload-pluginsRun these commands one at a time in a Claude Code session.
claude plugin marketplace add jarrodwatts/claude-image-view
claude plugin install image-view@claude-image-viewThen run /reload-plugins in your session, or start a new session.
Please install the Claude Code mod "Claude Image View" (https://github.com/jarrodwatts/claude-image-view). Before installing, read the Security and Requirements sections of its README and tell me what it reads and writes, which commands it runs, whether it uses the network, and which Claude Code version, OS and terminal it needs. If everything looks fine, run claude plugin marketplace add jarrodwatts/claude-image-view and claude plugin install image-view@claude-image-view, then remind me to run /reload-plugins in my session.Send this to Claude Code so it reads the author’s instructions before installing.
git clone https://github.com/jarrodwatts/claude-image-view
cd claude-image-view
claude --plugin-dir .Clone the repository and try it in a local session with --plugin-dir.
What it accesses
Based on the author’s documentation, checked when listed; use claude plugin validate to check for yourself.
Reads
YesReads the prompt, lists the session image cache, and reads pasted PNG headers.
Writes files
NoneRuns commands
YesRuns id -u once to find the default temp folder when CLAUDE_CODE_TMPDIR is unset.
Network
NoneIntroduction
Claude Image View is a Claude Code mod that draws numbered thumbnails above your prompt when you paste images. It preserves their aspect ratios, shrinks them to fit, and clears them when you send the prompt or delete the tags. Every 200 milliseconds it checks the prompt and reads PNG headers from the session image cache; the terminal renders the pictures. It requires Claude Code 2.1.287+, macOS or Linux, and a terminal with the kitty graphics protocol. Other terminals show image tags; Desktop already previews images, so the mod draws nothing there. It writes no files and makes no network requests. Without CLAUDE_CODE_TMPDIR it runs id -u once. The preview is illustrative.
Who it is for
- People who paste screenshots into Claude Code and need to identify each image
Requirements
- Claude Code ≥ 2.1.287
- Platforms · macOS / Linux
- Requires a terminal with the kitty graphics protocol, such as Ghostty or kitty.
- Other terminals show image tags; Desktop has its own preview, so this mod draws nothing there.