Timeline for Claude Code
A card per prompt beside the transcript: what you asked, what Claude did, what it touched.
Illustration. Actual results depend on the mod, terminal and environment.
Install
/plugin marketplace add yunjiaz7/claude-timeline-mod
/plugin install timeline@claude-timeline-mod
/reload-pluginsRun these commands one at a time in a Claude Code session.
claude plugin marketplace add yunjiaz7/claude-timeline-mod
claude plugin install timeline@claude-timeline-modThen run /reload-plugins in your session, or start a new session.
Please install the Claude Code mod "Timeline for Claude Code" (https://github.com/yunjiaz7/claude-timeline-mod). 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 yunjiaz7/claude-timeline-mod and claude plugin install timeline@claude-timeline-mod, 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/yunjiaz7/claude-timeline-mod
cd claude-timeline-mod
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 session messages (asks, replies, tool-call commands or paths) and context, 5h/7d usage.
Writes files
YesPlugin store keeps per-session summaries, token counts and jump keys (first 60 chars); commands change settings.
Runs commands
NoneNetwork
YesCalls Haiku through your session while the pane is open or on search, sending excerpts (≤6,000 chars a turn).
Introduction
Timeline is a Claude Code mod for long sessions: a pane beside the transcript with one card per prompt.
- Cards: your ask in one line,
→what Claude did, a grey line of files and commands it touched (counted, no model involved), and⚠errors word for word. - Jump and follow: click a card to jump to that turn; scroll the transcript and the card you are reading stays marked.
- Search by meaning: the box at the top or
/timeline find <words>. - Usage line: context window, 5-hour and 7-day limits.
- Commands:
/timelinetoggles the pane;langsets the summary language,replies offsaves tokens,costshows summary usage.
Summaries are written by Haiku on your own Claude account, only while the pane is open, once each; the author measured 118 prompts at 3.8k input and 1.9k output tokens. The author states it has no network, file or process access of its own; summaries live in the plugin store. Requires Claude Code 2.1.287+; with the fullscreen renderer (/tui fullscreen) the pane sits beside the transcript, otherwise below.
Who it is for
- People in long sessions who want to jump back to a turn
- People who want to see which files and commands each turn touched
Requirements
- Claude Code ≥ 2.1.287
- With the fullscreen renderer (/tui fullscreen) the pane sits beside the transcript; otherwise below.
- Summaries use Haiku on your account; /timeline replies off cuts that.