unabridged

Export your AI coding agent chats.

Claude Code and Codex. Just the conversation by default, or every tool call, file read and subagent with --full. Markdown, HTML or JSON.

Install · Use · What's exported · Any agent · Thinking · FAQ

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/saieeshb/unabridged/main/install.sh | bash

How it works

Claude Code keeps every chat in ~/.claude/projects/, and Codex keeps its chats in ~/.codex/sessions/. unabridged:

1. Finds the session: the one you're in, the previous one, or any past one by id or title.

2. Reads the whole transcript, including what the agents' own exports leave out: tool calls and their results, subagent threads, large outputs saved to disk, injected context.

3. Rebuilds the conversation: merges streamed message parts, attaches each tool result to its call, and nests subagents where they ran.

4. Writes just the conversation, or everything with --full, as Markdown, HTML or JSON. It can mask secrets on the way out.

Related MCP server: mcp-session-insight

Install

One line (macOS and Linux) installs the unabridged command and offers to add it to every agent it finds. It shows the changes first.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/saieeshb/unabridged/main/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell):

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/saieeshb/unabridged/main/install.ps1 | iex

Or install it the way each agent expects:

Everything needs Node.js 18+.

GitHub redirects the old repository, and cc-exporter still works as a command. To move the Claude Code plugin to its new name:

claude plugin uninstall cc-exporter@cc-exporter

claude plugin marketplace remove cc-exporter

claude plugin marketplace add saieeshb/unabridged && claude plugin install unabridged@unabridged

With Homebrew: brew uninstall cc-exporter && brew install unabridged.

To uninstall, run unabridged setup --remove, then delete that folder and the unabridged command.

Use

In Claude Code, use the slash command, or just ask:

/export-chat                          this chat, just the conversation → ./chat-exports/<date>_<title>_<id>.md
/export-chat --full                   everything: thinking, tool calls, file reads, diffs, subagents, hooks
/export-chat -f html --open           the searchable HTML page, opened when done
/export-chat --redact                 mask keys, tokens, passwords, emails and your home folder
/export-chat --list                   sessions for this folder
/export-chat previous                 the session before this one
/export-chat "login bug"              the session whose title or first prompt matches

In Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor or any other agent with it installed, ask: "export this chat", "export everything from this session as HTML", or "list my recent Codex sessions".

From a terminal:

unabridged --list --from all

unabridged latest --from codex -f html --open

Options

What's exported

By default an export is just the conversation: what you typed and what the agent replied, the way you read it in the chat. Add --full for everything else.

The HTML page needs no network connection. It has search (press /), a prompt index, filters, light and dark themes, and a print layout for saving as PDF. The Markdown file uses <details> for collapsible parts, and its images go in a _files folder beside it. The JSON holds the merged, nested session model.

Use it from any agent

unabridged setup finds the coding agents on your computer, shows what it will change, and asks before doing it.

• Agents with their own plugin system (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI) get the plugin or extension through their CLI.

• The others get the MCP server in their config file and the export skill in their skills folder. Each file is backed up first, and unabridged setup --remove undoes everything.

unabridged setup

unabridged setup --list

unabridged setup --agent cursor,windsurf --yes

The connector has three tools: list_sessions, read_session (returns a transcript as Markdown, page by page, so the agent can summarize or search it) and export_session. Other agents can read and export your Claude Code and Codex sessions, but not their own chats.

Claude Code (without the plugin):

claude mcp add unabridged -- npx -y https://github.com/saieeshb/unabridged/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.0.tar.gz mcp

Codex (without the plugin):

codex mcp add unabridged -- npx -y https://github.com/saieeshb/unabridged/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.0.tar.gz mcp

Any client with an mcpServers config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, …):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unabridged": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "https://github.com/saieeshb/unabridged/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.0.tar.gz", "mcp"]
    }
  }
}

If unabridged is installed, use "command": "unabridged", "args": ["mcp"] instead.

Getting the thinking text

Both agents keep most thinking encrypted, so no tool can show it. unabridged marks those blocks as "not stored". To keep readable summaries in new sessions:

• Claude Code: add "showThinkingSummaries": true to ~/.claude/settings.json.

• Codex: add model_reasoning_summary = "detailed" to ~/.codex/config.toml.

This applies to sessions started afterwards; older thinking stays encrypted. The exporter reminds you when it finds thinking without text.

FAQ

Claude Code's /export copies the visible conversation as plain text, and Codex has no export at all. unabridged gives you that same clean conversation as Markdown or HTML by default. With --full it adds thinking, every tool call with its complete input and output, Edit diffs, subagent threads, images, saved large outputs, injected context, compactions, errors, tokens and cost. It also works for past sessions.

No. It only reads the agents' local transcripts and writes files where you tell it. The HTML export makes no network requests.

A conversation export has only what was said. A --full export also contains file contents the agent read, command output, and any secret that appeared in either. Use --redact, then still skim the result, since redaction only knows common formats.

The transcripts are append-only, so messages from a rewound or edited branch stay in the file. The export shows the full history in the order it happened.

• Claude Code keeps them in ~/.claude/projects/ (or under CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR) and deletes them after 30 days unless you raise cleanupPeriodDays.

• Codex keeps them in ~/.codex/sessions/ and moves older ones to archived_sessions/ (or under CODEX_HOME). Reading archived sessions needs Node 22.15+.

Export what you want to keep.

Yes. CI runs the tests and both installers on Windows, macOS and Linux. The slash command works under Git Bash and PowerShell.

Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md for the layout and how to run the tests. Report security problems as described in SECURITY.md.

Support

If unabridged saved you some time, you can buy me a coffee ☕. Thank you!

License

MIT © Saieesh Bairam. Not affiliated with Anthropic or OpenAI. Claude and Claude Code are trademarks of Anthropic; Codex is a trademark of OpenAI.