cacli

coding agent CLI

Recovering Changes From Transcripts

cacli apply-transcript <transcript.jsonl> can recover reconstructable file edits from Claude Code or Codex JSON/JSONL transcripts.

Examples:

# Produce a reviewable patch without touching the working tree
cacli apply-transcript session.jsonl --mode generate-patch

# Apply the auto-applicable prefix directly to the current tree
cacli apply-transcript session.jsonl --mode auto-apply

# Approve each recoverable edit interactively
cacli apply-transcript session.jsonl --mode interactive

Behavior:

• The command scans the full transcript before doing anything else.
• It reconstructs Write, Edit, MultiEdit, and apply_patch style changes.
• It flags mutating shell commands that cannot be reconstructed, such as sed -i.
• Automatic replay stops at the first unreconstructable mutating shell command or edit that no longer applies cleanly.
• generate-patch writes a patch for the auto-applicable prefix without modifying the working tree.