claude-threads: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

claude-threads CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from nibzard/claude-threads. It costs 974 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Project instructions for Claude Threads, a lightweight web viewer for browsing Claude Code conversations stored as files. It describes the server, browser interface, styling, setup commands, and keyboard navigation.

In plain words
What is it for?
Installing dependencies, starting the development server, and working on conversation browsing, search, panels, message rendering, or styling.
Why use it?
They give the coding agent the project structure and commands needed to change or run the viewer correctly.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions Claude Code.

This is nibzard/claude-threads's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on claude-threads itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything claude-threads configures →

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Grade A, and why

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CLAUDE.md · 117 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 117 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Project Overview

This is a lightweight web viewer for Claude Code conversation files with a terminal-inspired ASCII aesthetic. It provides a file-system-based interface to browse projects from ~/.claude/projects and view JSONL conversation files in a compact, expandable format.

Development Commands

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start development server (port 3000)
npm start
npm run dev

# No build process - uses vanilla HTML/CSS/JS

Architecture

Three-Tier Structure

  1. Backend (server.js): Express server that scans ~/.claude/projects and serves JSONL files
  2. Frontend (public/app.js): Single-page vanilla JavaScript application with vim-style keyboard navigation
  3. Styling (public/style.css): GitHub Dark theme with terminal ASCII aesthetics

Key Components

ClaudeViewer Class (main frontend controller):

  • Project/conversation navigation with keyboard shortcuts (j/k/h/l)
  • Panel toggle system (sidebar/conversations can be hidden)
  • Message rendering with expandable tool calls and thinking blocks
  • Full-text search across all conversations

Server API Structure:

  • /api/projects - Returns projects with stats (total/assistant/user message counts)
  • /api/projects/:project/conversations - Lists conversations with metadata
  • /api/projects/:project/conversations/:file - Returns parsed JSONL messages
  • /api/search?q=term - Full-text search with result limiting

Data Flow

  1. Server scans encoded project directories (-Users-path-project format)
  2. Projects decoded to readable paths, URLs simplified to project names only
  3. JSONL files parsed line-by-line for message objects
  4. Frontend renders with expandable sections and syntax highlighting

Code Architecture

Message Rendering Pipeline

  • Content Types: text, thinking blocks, tool_use, tool_result
  • Rendering: Markdown-like processing with code block detection
  • Interactivity: Click-to-expand sections with yellow keyboard selection highlighting
  • Syntax Highlighting: Local implementation (replaced external CDN dependency)

Read the full file on GitHub · 117 lines

Changes

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claude-threads CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository nibzard/claude-threads (10 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 974 tokens to every session, about $0.0049 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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