{"slug": "show-hn-cctap-see-and-reach-the-claude-code-session-that-needs-you", "title": "Show HN: cctap – see and reach the Claude Code session that needs you", "summary": "Chipmates released cctap, an open-source tool that adds a status line to Claude Code sessions, turning red when a session waits for user input and enabling a system key to jump to the waiting session. The tool installs with two commands, uses zero dependencies, and makes no network calls.", "body_md": "When I worked with 3 or 4 Claude Code sessions in parallel terminals on my laptop, sometimes ordered in little windows, sometimes full screen, it did not feel optimal. Often a session stopped and waited for a permission prompt, especially when in full screen to follow the process in more detail. When I talked to other devs I got the feedback, that a little status indicator would be nice.\n\ncctap puts in every terminal a one line statusline. It looks the same over the different terminals and every session gets a number and a name. When one session waits on you it turns red. I also added the option to add a system key to jump instantly in the session which needs attention.\n\ncctap can be installed with 2 lines, one for the visual status, one for the key setup.\n\n```\n     npx @chipmates/cctap install-hooks\n     npx @chipmates/cctap keys setup\n```\n\ncctap registers hooks that report to a small local daemon via unix socket.The code is published under MIT, zero dependencies, no network calls.\n\nThe statusline, animated: [https://github.com/chipmates/cctap/raw/main/docs/demo.gif](https://github.com/chipmates/cctap/raw/main/docs/demo.gif)\n\nHope you like it.\n\nComments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49166844](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49166844)\n\nPoints: 1\n\n# Comments: 0", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-cctap-see-and-reach-the-claude-code-session-that-needs-you", "canonical_source": "https://github.com/chipmates/cctap", "published_at": "2026-08-04 10:56:09+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-04 11:23:22.604746+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Chipmates", "cctap", "Claude Code"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-cctap-see-and-reach-the-claude-code-session-that-needs-you", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-cctap-see-and-reach-the-claude-code-session-that-needs-you.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-cctap-see-and-reach-the-claude-code-session-that-needs-you.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-cctap-see-and-reach-the-claude-code-session-that-needs-you.jsonld"}}