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"subagent_type": "claude-code-guide",
"prompt": "How do I extract conversation transcripts from Claude Code? Is there a built-in command or tool like \"claude-code-transcript\" or similar? I want to export the full conversation history from my current project sessions."
}Based on my review of the official Claude Code documentation, I have to be honest with you: **there is no built-in "extract transcripts" command or feature in Claude Code**. There's no `claude-code-transcript`, transcript export tool, or similar command. Here's what you should know: **What IS available for preserving conversations:** 1. **Session persistence** - Claude Code automatically saves your sessions and lets you resume them with `claude -c` or `claude --resume <name>` 2. **Session naming** - Name your sessions with `claude -n "my-session-name"` so they're easier to find later 3. **Checkpointing** - Use `Esc+Esc` to rewind or summarize conversations at any point 4. **CLAUDE.md and auto memory** - These capture learnings across sessions, but they're not full transcripts **Why transcripts aren't exported:** - Claude Code is designed as an interactive CLI experience, not for transcript generation - Conversations are stored locally in session data, not as standalone transcript files - The focus is on continuation and context management rather than export **Workarounds:** 1. **Terminal recording** - Use terminal recording tools like `script` (Unix/macOS): ```bash script -r output.txt claude ``` This captures everything you and Claude type/output. 2. **Copy from terminal** - Manually select and copy conversation history from your terminal window 3. **Custom hooks** - If you really need to capture transcripts, you could potentially write a hook that logs conversation turns to a file, though this isn't documented as a standard feature 4. **Resumable sessions** - Since Claude Code saves sessions fully, you can always resume and reference past work without needing an explicit transcript export If you need transcript export as a feature, I'd recommend filing a feature request using `/feedback` in a Claude Code session. This would help Anthropic understand the use case and prioritize it for future development. Is there a specific reason you need transcripts extracted? There might be a better approach depending on your actual workflow (like using session resumption, named sessions, or auto memory for documentation).
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There's no built-in claude-code-transcript command in Claude Code. Conversation transcripts aren't exported as a feature.
Options for capturing this session's work:
Terminal recording — If you started with script output.txt claude, it would capture everything. Too late for this session though.
Session data — Claude Code stores sessions locally. You can find them at ~/.claude/ but they're not in a human-readable transcript format.
Git history — Your commit log already tells the story of what was built. git log --oneline shows the full arc from initial commit through the rearchitecture.
Manual copy — Select and copy from the terminal scrollback.
Were you looking for this for the FutureSight submission? If so, the git history + the README might be a better artifact to point to than raw transcripts.
{
"url": "https://github.com/simonw/claude-code-transcripts",
"prompt": "Extract the installation and usage instructions for this tool. How do you install it, and how do you use it to extract transcripts from Claude Code? What commands does it provide?"
}# Claude Code Transcripts: Installation and Usage ## Installation Install via `uv`: ```bash uv tool install claude-code-transcripts ``` Or run without installing: ```bash uvx claude-code-transcripts --help ``` ## Core Commands The tool provides four main commands for converting Claude Code sessions to HTML transcripts: 1. **`local`** (default) - Select from sessions stored in `~/.claude/projects` 2. **`web`** - Import sessions via the Claude API 3. **`json`** - Convert specific JSON or JSONL files 4. **`all`** - Convert all local sessions into a browsable archive ## Quick Start Run `claude-code-transcripts` with no arguments to interactively select a recent local session. The tool generates HTML and opens it in your browser automatically. ## Output Options Common flags across all commands: - `-o, --output DIRECTORY` - Specify output location - `-a, --output-auto` - Auto-name subdirectories by session ID - `--open` - Open generated HTML in browser - `--gist` - Upload to GitHub Gist for sharing - `--json` - Include the original session file ## Key Features The tool produces "clean, mobile-friendly HTML pages with pagination," generating an index page plus numbered transcript pages (page-001.html, page-002.html, etc.). **Note:** The `web` command for importing sessions is currently broken due to API changes.
uvx claude-code-transcripts --help 2>&1 | head -20
uv not found [notice] A new release of pip is available: 24.2 -> 26.0.1 [notice] To update, run: pip3 install --upgrade pip
[notice] A new release of pip is available: 24.2 -> 26.0.1 [notice] To update, run: pip3 install --upgrade pip
python3 -m uv tool install claude-code-transcripts 2>&1
Resolved 15 packages in 519ms Prepared 15 packages in 298ms Installed 15 packages in 11ms + anyio==4.12.1 + certifi==2026.2.25 + claude-code-transcripts==0.6 + click==8.3.1 + click-default-group==1.2.4 + h11==0.16.0 + httpcore==1.0.9 + httpx==0.28.1 + idna==3.11 + jinja2==3.1.6 + markdown==3.10.2 + markupsafe==3.0.3 + prompt-toolkit==3.0.52 + questionary==2.1.1 + wcwidth==0.6.0 Installed 1 executable: claude-code-transcripts
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ls ~/.claude/projects/-Users-shaynelarocque-Documents-GitHub-futuresight/sessions/ 2>/dev/null | head -20
ls ~/.claude/projects/-Users-shaynelarocque-Documents-GitHub-futuresight/ 2>/dev/null
351371ae-2c2d-4267-aae8-978e93a263a5.jsonl 4fc41adc-b1cb-457e-a0f3-a8dce72f8062.jsonl 57a79b13-15be-464f-91c7-d544c49bac0e 57a79b13-15be-464f-91c7-d544c49bac0e.jsonl 5c8423a6-db28-4eb0-98eb-ccb8759929ff 5c8423a6-db28-4eb0-98eb-ccb8759929ff.jsonl 6d319fbc-ab86-4a70-834b-a1ead824e90a.jsonl a3820567-5277-476b-ba12-14c09cc2bfa1.jsonl a58cb27e-3bd2-4690-a43d-b3f5d8550441 a58cb27e-3bd2-4690-a43d-b3f5d8550441.jsonl cd85c037-554d-43a5-8155-1e7d930cb626.jsonl memory
Sessions are JSONL files, not in a sessions/ subdirectory. Let me run the tool on this project's sessions.
python3 -m uv tool run claude-code-transcripts all -o /Users/shaynelarocque/Documents/GitHub/futuresight/transcripts ~/.claude/projects/-Users-shaynelarocque-Documents-GitHub-futuresight/ 2>&1
Exit code 2 Usage: claude-code-transcripts all [OPTIONS] Try 'claude-code-transcripts all --help' for help. Error: Got unexpected extra argument (/Users/shaynelarocque/.claude/projects/-Users-shaynelarocque-Documents-GitHub-futuresight/)
python3 -m uv tool run claude-code-transcripts all --help 2>&1
Usage: claude-code-transcripts all [OPTIONS]
Convert all local Claude Code sessions to a browsable HTML archive.
Creates a directory structure with: - Master index listing all projects -
Per-project pages listing sessions - Individual session transcripts
Options:
-s, --source PATH Source directory containing Claude projects (default:
~/.claude/projects).
-o, --output PATH Output directory for the archive (default: ./claude-
archive).
--include-agents Include agent-* session files (excluded by default).
--dry-run Show what would be converted without creating files.
--open Open the generated archive in your default browser.
-q, --quiet Suppress all output except errors.
--help Show this message and exit.python3 -m uv tool run claude-code-transcripts all -o /Users/shaynelarocque/Documents/GitHub/futuresight/transcripts --open 2>&1