Worktree Tabs for Claude

One keypress opens a Claude terminal tab for every git worktree of the repository you have open, each already sitting in the right directory. If you run a worktree per issue, this is the difference between starting your day with one chord and starting it with eight cd commands.

What it does

Press ctrl+alt+w. The extension asks git for the worktrees of the repository in the current window, and opens one editor-area terminal tab per worktree, named claude:<branch>, with the configured command already running in it. Then it reveals the tab for the worktree you are actually in, without taking focus away from what you were typing.

Press it again later, after adding a worktree, and it reconciles instead of duplicating: tabs that are already open are left alone, only the missing ones appear, and you land back on your own tab.

Worktrees that cannot be opened are skipped rather than opened into nothing: bare repositories, worktrees git has marked prunable, and worktrees whose directory is already gone.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.64 or newer.
• git on PATH.
• A local folder open. Virtual and remote filesystems have no path to hand to git.
• Whatever you set as the command, installed and on PATH. By default that is the claude CLI.

Usage

The worktree set is read at the moment you press the key. Adding or removing a worktree afterwards changes nothing until the next press.

Settings

Known limitations

• Nothing is watched. Worktrees appearing or disappearing while you work go unnoticed until you press the key again.
• Tabs are never closed or renamed. Removing a worktree leaves its tab open for you to close.
• A tab is matched to a worktree by name alone. Renaming a Claude tab by hand makes the next press open a fresh one beside it.

License

MIT.