ccexport

Export Claude Code (cc) chat history to markdown format. A minimal CLI tool that extracts conversation history from Claude Code's local storage.

Features

• Exports the most recent Claude Code session for any project
• Outputs clean markdown with only user/assistant messages
• Filters out tool calls, thinking blocks, and interrupted messages
• Handles special characters in directory names (underscores → dashes)
• No configuration needed - uses Claude's standard storage location (~/.claude)

Installation

uv tool install ccexport

Development

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/odysseus0/ccexport.git
cd ccexport

Run directly without installing:

# Using uv run
uv run ccexport

# Format and lint
uv run --with ruff ruff check .
uv run --with ruff ruff format .

Usage

Export Claude Code chat sessions:

# Export latest session from current directory
ccexport

# Export from a specific directory
ccexport /path/to/project

# Export to custom filename
ccexport -o my_session.md

# Export from specific directory to custom filename
ccexport /path/to/project -o my_session.md

The tool will:

1. Find your Claude Code sessions for the specified directory
2. Select the most recently modified session
3. Extract user and assistant messages (text only, skipping interrupted messages)
4. Export to a markdown file with timestamp-based filename

Output Format

Messages are exported as simple markdown:

## User
Your question here

## Assistant
Claude's response here

## User
Follow-up question

## Assistant
Follow-up response