Pahest

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Read a session

What a session page shows, and how to show less, print it or copy from it.

Each session has its own page. The page shows the full conversation: your messages, the answers, the tool calls and the pictures.

A session page with a message, a link to a picture, and small pictures below the text

The top of the page

Under the title, the page shows facts about the session: the app, the folder, the Git branch, the times, the model and the version of the app. In this backup is a link to the raw transcript. The raw transcript is the session file of the app, without a change.

The conversation

The page shows each part of the conversation as a block:

  • Your messages have the label You.
  • Each answer of the AI is one block.
  • The thinking of the AI is folded. Click it to open it.
  • Each tool call is a card with its result. A tool call is a command, a file edit or a search that the AI made.
  • Text that the app added is folded under Added by Claude Code or Added by Codex.

Long messages, results and code blocks are folded. Click Expand to see one in full. To open all blocks, click Expand all in the top bar or press e.

Click a picture to see it large. Press Esc to close it.

Show only some parts

The Show menu in the top bar chooses what the page shows:

  • Your messages
  • AI answers
  • Thinking
  • Tool calls and results
  • Added by the app
  • Pictures

The menu also has three quick choices: Only my messages, Conversation only and Everything. The page keeps your choice for the next sessions. Print and copy use your choice too.

Copy, print and Markdown

To do this Do this
Copy a message or a code block Point at it and click its copy button.
Print the session, or save it as a PDF Click Print / PDF in the top bar, or press Cmd+P.
Open the session as a Markdown file Click Markdown in the top bar.

Move between sessions

← Previous and Next → open the previous and the next session of the list that you came from. ↑ List goes back to the list, with your filters.

Key Result
Left and right arrows, or k and j Open the previous or the next session.
e Open or close every folded block.
Esc Go back to the list.
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