Better session names in /resume

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Activity 6 comments · opened Mar 27, 2026 · closed Aug 17, 2026

Problem

When using /resume to pick up a previous session, the session list is difficult to navigate because sessions lack descriptive names. It's hard to tell which session was about what without opening each one.

Proposed Solution

Automatically generate a short, descriptive name for each session based on the conversation content (e.g., a summary of the main task or topic). This would make it much easier to identify and resume the right session.

Example

Instead of showing generic/timestamp-based entries, the /resume list could show something like:

"Refactoring auth middleware"
"Fixing CI pipeline for deploy"
"Adding dark mode support"

This would greatly improve the UX of session management.

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5 Comments

yurukusa · 5 months ago

This is the same request as #35921 (2r). Until auto-naming is built in:

claude --resume auth-refactor
/rename auth-refactor

SID="${CLAUDE_SESSION_ID:-}"
[ -z "$SID" ] && exit 0
FILE=$(find ~/.claude/projects -name "${SID}.jsonl" 2>/dev/null | head -1)
[ -z "$FILE" ] && exit 0
FIRST=$(jq -rs '[.[] | select(.message.role=="user")] | .[0].message.content' "$FILE" 2>/dev/null | head -c 50)
echo "💡 Session topic: $FIRST" >&2
exit 0

stefmf · 4 months ago

+1 on this. The current experience when you've explicitly named sessions via /rename is particularly frustrating -- the name is stored and visible once you're inside the session, but the /resume picker doesn't surface it. So you end up guessing which session is which from truncated auto-summaries, opening them one by one until you find the right one, only to confirm it had the correct name all along.

At minimum, /resume should display and search by user-set session names. That alone would save a lot of friction for anyone who bothers to name their sessions.

tylerlaprade · 4 months ago

TerminalTabTitle already exists. I would expect the session to be automatically named the same (converted to kebab case) if no other name has been given

praxman · 4 months ago

+1 - Also the naming could be simple option while starting claude. Like claude -name FeatureABC

kilsbo · 4 months ago

Yes, this would be a very helpful feature. +1

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