message-timestamps

A Claude Code plugin that prefixes each Claude reply block in the transcript with the local time it arrived. No model calls, no tokens: the time is read from the clock when the block is appended and formatted with Intl in your locale and time zone.

⏺ `11:04 AM` I'll add the band hook to register.tsx.

  ⏺ Update(hooks/register.tsx)
    ...

⏺ `11:06 AM` Done. Tests pass.

A block that opens with block markdown (heading, list, code fence, quote, table) gets the time on its own line above it, so the markdown still renders.

Requirements

Function hooks must be on: CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_FUNCTION_HOOKS=1 (see the root README).

Install

claude plugin marketplace add benjaminmodayil/live-recap
claude plugin install message-timestamps@live-recap

Behavior

• Display only: the stored message and what the model reads are unchanged (ctrl+o shows the original).
• Deterministic: a block's time is fixed when it is appended; redraws, scrolls and resizes never change it.
• Every text block of a reply is stamped, so long turns show progression.
• Blocks loaded by --resume / --continue were not appended in this session and draw without a time.

Develop

.claude-plugin/types/ is written by Claude Code when it loads the plugin from a folder you own; it is gitignored.

tsc -p .                               # typecheck
claude plugin validate --strict .      # manifest + hooks check
claude plugin test .                   # tests/*.test.ts

The test kit in Claude Code 2.1.285 has no stand-in for session.append or plugin state, so tests cover the formatting (hooks/stamp.ts) and the unstamped render path; the append-to-render wiring was verified by loading the plugin in a live session (2.1.285).