Allow renaming chat tabs in VS Code extension

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Feb 12, 2026 by TOR1000 Closed Feb 16, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing requests and this feature hasn't been requested yet
  • [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features)

Problem Statement

Currently, chat tabs in the VS Code extension are named based on the first message sent in the conversation (e.g., @browser:Y:\...). This can be confusing when working on multiple projects, as the tab titles are often not meaningful.

Feature request: Allow users to rename chat tabs to something descriptive (e.g., the project name), either via:

Right-click context menu on the tab ("Rename tab")
A slash command like /rename <title>
Auto-naming based on CLAUDE.md project name if present in the working directory
This would make it much easier to navigate between multiple concurrent or recent chat sessions.

Proposed Solution

Feature request: Allow users to rename chat tabs to something descriptive (e.g., the project name), either via:

  • Right-click context menu on the tab ("Rename tab")
  • A slash command like /rename <title>
  • Auto-naming based on CLAUDE.md project name if present in the working directory

This would make it much easier to navigate between multiple concurrent or recent chat sessions.

Alternative Solutions

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Priority

Critical - Blocking my work

Feature Category

CLI commands and flags

Use Case Example

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Additional Context

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