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{
  \"sessionTitlePrefix\": {
    \"enabled\": true,
    \"format\": \"[{alias}] {title}\",
    \"aliasMap\": {
      \"/path/to/project-a\": \"ProjectA\",
      \"/path/to/project-b\": \"ProjectB\",
      \"/path/to/personal-blog\": \"Blog\"
    },
    \"fallback\": \"basename\"
  }
}
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Problem

When working across multiple projects, the desktop sidebar's date-sorted view loses project context. A title like Review monthly costs is ambiguous — which project is it about? Currently the only way to disambiguate is to switch the sidebar into project-grouped mode (which loses chronological context) or manually /rename every session with a prefix.

Use case

Solo operators, consultants, and anyone juggling 5–10 active projects need to scan recent activity across projects in date order. A sidebar entry like [ProjectA] Review monthly costs immediately tells you which project it belongs to without losing the date sort.

Proposed UX

A setting (settings.json or UI) along these lines:

{
  \"sessionTitlePrefix\": {
    \"enabled\": true,
    \"format\": \"[{alias}] {title}\",
    \"aliasMap\": {
      \"/path/to/project-a\": \"ProjectA\",
      \"/path/to/project-b\": \"ProjectB\",
      \"/path/to/personal-blog\": \"Blog\"
    },
    \"fallback\": \"basename\"
  }
}

Behaviour:

  • When auto-generating a session title, prefix it with [alias] derived from the cwd.
  • Lookup is path-prefix-match against aliasMap; if no match, fall back to basename(cwd) (or skip the prefix if fallback: null).
  • Works in both auto-titles and manual /rename-d titles (or only auto, configurable).
  • Match nested paths too: /path/to/project-a/.claude/worktrees/foo → [ProjectA].

Why this should be a native feature, not just a hook

Even with the UserPromptSubmit sessionTitle hook (see related issue), users still need to:

  1. Write a shell script.
  2. Maintain the alias map themselves.
  3. Re-implement title generation (LLM call or heuristic).

That's a lot of plumbing for what's fundamentally one product setting. Native support would let everyone with a multi-project workflow benefit without scripting.

Optional v2

A {project} template variable that resolves to the project name from ~/.claude/projects/ rather than cwd basename, and a per-project override in the project's CLAUDE.md.

Related

Companion issue tracking the underlying hook bug that surfaces this need.

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TL;DR

Implement a native session title prefix feature with a configurable alias map to disambiguate project context in the desktop sidebar's date-sorted view.

Guidance

  • Introduce a sessionTitlePrefix setting in settings.json with options for enabling, formatting, and alias mapping to provide project context.
  • Develop a path-prefix-match lookup mechanism to derive the alias from the current working directory (cwd) and apply it to auto-generated session titles.
  • Consider implementing a fallback to basename(cwd) or skipping the prefix if no match is found in the alias map.
  • Evaluate the feasibility of supporting nested paths and per-project overrides in the project's CLAUDE.md file.

Example

{
  "sessionTitlePrefix": {
    "enabled": true,
    "format": "[{alias}] {title}",
    "aliasMap": {
      "/path/to/project-a": "ProjectA",
      "/path/to/project-b": "ProjectB"
    },
    "fallback": "basename"
  }
}

Notes

The proposed solution relies on the existence of a settings.json file and the ability to modify it. The implementation details, such as the exact syntax and behavior, may vary depending on the underlying system.

Recommendation

Apply workaround by implementing the proposed sessionTitlePrefix setting and alias map, as it provides a flexible and configurable solution to disambiguate project context in the desktop sidebar.

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