Claudine — A kanban board for Claude Code

The Board

Your conversations,
organized

Claudine reads Claude Code and Codex session files and renders them as a kanban board. Cards move through columns automatically as conversations evolve.

Auto-status detectionCategory classificationDrag and dropFull-text searchReal-time syncInline promptsQuick ideasNeeds Input alertsActive agent indicatorsSidechain activity dotsConversation focus trackingGit branch displayAgent integrationAI-generated iconsAI summariesExport & importPanel or sidebarSmart Board overviewRate limit detectionQuestion detectionCard layout settingsLocalization (4 languages)Multi-provider support

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Watch

Claudine watches your Claude Code conversations for changes. Every new message is automatically synchronised with the kanban board.

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Auto-categorize

Claudine extracts title, description, status, category, agents, git branch, and error state. It automatically infers the status of each task.

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Render

The board updates in real time. Manual overrides (like dragging a card to Done) are preserved until new conversation activity resets them.

Toolbar

Everything at your fingertips

The sidebar toolbar and title bar actions give you instant control over the board. Every button has a keyboard shortcut.

Search

Cmd+Shift+F

Full-text search across card titles, descriptions, and the raw JSONL conversation content. Toggle between fade and hide modes.

Filter

Compact View

Toggle

Switch between full and compact card layouts. Compact mode shows only the title and status, great for boards with many conversations.

Expand All

Toggle

Expand or collapse every card on the board simultaneously. Useful for getting a quick overview or diving into details.

Summarize

AI-powered summaries for card titles and descriptions using the Claude CLI. Toggle between original and summarized text on the fly.

Refresh

Cmd+Shift+R

Force a full re-scan of all conversation files. The board normally updates in real time via file watchers, but refresh is there when you need it.

New Conversation

Cmd+Shift+N

Start a new Claude Code session directly from the board. Enter your prompt and it opens as a new conversation card automatically.

Settings

Panel

Configure API keys for icon generation (DALL-E / Stability AI), summarization, view placement (panel or sidebar), and toolbar location.

Zoom Controls

Scale the board from 50% to 150%. Use Ctrl+= / Ctrl+- or the sidebar buttons. Ctrl+0 resets.

Close Empty Tabs

After VS Code restarts, it may re-open empty Claude tabs. One click cleans them all up. Available from the toolbar overflow menu.

Features

Built for real workflows

From cross-project oversight to rate-limit awareness — every feature is designed to keep you in flow while your agents work.

Smart Board

A cross-project overview at the top of the board. Three lanes — Running, Needs Input, and In Review — show you the most important tasks across all your projects at a glance.

Collapsible Dismiss cards Project labels

Multi-Provider

Not just Claude Code. Claudine auto-detects OpenAI Codex sessions and displays them alongside Claude conversations on the same board. One view, all your agents.

Claude Code OpenAI Codex Extensible

Rate Limit Awareness

Claudine detects when Claude Code hits its API limit and shows a banner with the reset time. Enable auto-restart to have paused tasks resume automatically once the limit lifts.

Reset countdown Auto-restart Pause badge

Sidechain Activity

Colored dots on each card visualize the last three subagent (sidechain) steps. At a glance you can see which tasks have agents actively working, completed, or failed.

● completed ● running ● failed

Question Detection

Cards show a "?" badge and move to "Needs Input" when the agent asks you something — whether via the AskUserQuestion tool or a plain text question at the end of its response.

Tool-based Text-based Auto-move

Localization

Claudine speaks your language. Full UI translations for German, Spanish, French, and Italian — both runtime strings and extension metadata.

DE ES FR IT

Card Customization

Choose what to display on each card: icon, description, latest message, and git branch. Multiline quick-idea input with auto-grow. Resizable columns with drag handles.

Toggle fields Resize columns Quick ideas

Agent Status Bar

A status bar button appears when CLAUDINE.AGENTS.md is missing. Click to scaffold it. The button hides itself once integration is wired up.

Auto-detect One-click setup Live updates

Flexible Layout

Drag handles to resize columns or project panes. Double-click to reset. Zoom from 50% to 150%. Placement auto-detects panel vs. sidebar and adapts column orientation.

Zoom 50–150% Drag resize Auto-orient

Standalone Mode

Beyond VS Code

Run Claudine without VS Code. A local HTTP + WebSocket server launches in your browser, giving you the full kanban board experience — for every project on your machine.

terminal

# Start standalone

$ npm run standalone

Server running at http://localhost:5147

# Or with options

$ npm run standalone -- --port 8080 --no-open

Multi-project view

✓ Monitors all Claude Code instances across every project on your machine (scans all ~/.claude/projects/ directories)
✓ Conversations grouped by project with a sidebar navigator and collapsible project panes
✓ Activity indicators: blue dot = in-progress, amber dot = needs attention
✓ Click any project to zoom into a full-screen board
✓ Stale projects auto-collapse after 24h of inactivity
✓ Progressive loading — projects discovered instantly, conversations load incrementally with a progress bar
✓ Resizable panes — drag handles between project panes; double-click to reset; heights persist across reloads

Browser experience

✓ WebSocket transport with automatic reconnection (exponential backoff)
✓ Theme toggle — cycle between auto, dark, and light themes; auto-detects system preference
✓ Desktop notifications — browser alerts when a conversation needs your input
✓ Open in Terminal or VS Code — click a task title to choose where to open the conversation
✓ CLI flags: --port, --host, --no-open, --help
✓ Settings persistence — config saved to ~/.claudine/config.json

Get started in
two minutes

Install the extension, open VS Code, press Cmd+Shift+K. That's it.

Install

Search for "Claudine" in the VS Code Extensions view and install it from there.

Open the board

Press Cmd+Shift+K or find the elephant icon in the panel tab. Your conversations appear automatically.

Work

Start conversations with Claude Code. Claudine detects them in real time, auto-classifies status and category, and keeps everything organized.

Install for VS Code Read Quick Start → GitHub

A kanban board for Claude Code

Your conversations,organized