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claude-desktop-chat-export

vicnaumby vicnaum3 months ago52

Export a claude.ai (Claude Desktop / web) conversation and convert it to a Claude Code CLI JSONL session so it becomes resumable via `claude -r <sessionId>`. Use when the user wants to: (1) continue a claude.ai/Claude Desktop chat in Claude Code CLI, (2) import a web conversation into CC, (3) archive a claude.ai conversation locally with images and attachments, (4) unfreeze a claude.ai chat that hit its context limit, or (5) convert conversation.json from the claude.ai API to CC's JSONL envelope format. Triggers on mentions of exporting/importing Claude Desktop chats, resuming a web chat in CLI, conversation.json → JSONL, or claude.ai chat archival.

Install

npx skills add https://github.com/vicnaum/vics-agent-skills --skill claude-desktop-chat-export
Show step-by-step
  1. 1

    Open your terminal

    • Mac: Press ⌘ Space, type "Terminal", press Enter
    • Windows: Press Win R, type "cmd", press Enter
  2. 2

    Paste the command above and press Enter

    Use the Copy command button, then paste in your terminal (Mac: ⌘V, Windows: Ctrl V).

  3. 3

    Restart Claude Code

    Close and reopen Claude Code, or start a new session, so it picks up the new skill.

Where it lives
~/.claude/skills/vicnaum--vics-agent-skills--skills--claude-desktop-chat-export/
├── SKILL.md
└── ... (skill resource files)
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Comments

X@vicnaum

"Here is how you can export your chats from Claude Desktop/Cloud into Claude Code CLI, preserving all the images, attachments, etc: Introducing new skill:..."

Always review skill code before installing. Third-party skills may contain scripts that run on your machine.

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