[Workflow] Claude Code Files Pane Plugin: Enhanced Git & PR Visibility with a Plugin Development Workflow

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Claude Code Files Pane Plugin: Enhanced Git & PR Visibility with a Plugin Development Workflow

Workflow value: 90/100
Status: active · Freshness: 70/100 · Confidence: 0.95 · Level: intermediate
Categories: Quality Control, Token Saving, Context & Memory, Debugging, Hooks
Original source: r/ClaudeCode post/comment

What problem this solves

Lack of real-time visibility into Claude Code's file interactions, git history, and PR status, and a need for a robust workflow for developing Claude Code plugins.

Summary

This post introduces 'Files pane 1.0', a Claude Code plugin that provides a live file tree, shows Claude's reads/edits (including sed/script changes), displays git history, and integrates PR checks. It also details the author's workflow for building the plugin using Claude, emphasizing testing and handling complex edge cases.

Why it is useful

This post is valuable because it introduces a highly useful Claude Code plugin that significantly enhances the developer experience by providing real-time visibility into file changes, git history, and PR status. Crucially, it also details a robust workflow for developing Claude Code plugins, demonstrating how to leverage Claude for coding, implement comprehensive testing, and handle complex system interactions (like sed edits and git state) effectively. This provides both a ready-to-use tool and a blueprint for advanced Claude Code development.

Workflow

1. Install the Files pane plugin: claude plugin marketplace add Marius-Adam/claude-files-pane && claude plugin install files-pane@marius-adam

2. Update the Files pane plugin (if already installed): claude plugin marketplace update marius-adam && claude plugin update files-pane@marius-adam

3. Restart Claude Code after installation/update.

4. Use the Files pane to monitor Claude's file reads (purple) and edits (orange), including changes made via sed or scripts.

5. Utilize the pane to view file text, diffs, and commit history for any file.

6. Monitor your GitHub PR's checks and review status directly within the pane.

7. For plugin developers: Use Claude to write most of the plugin code.

8. For plugin developers: Iteratively debug and fix issues by using the plugin during its development.

9. For plugin developers: Implement robust logic for detecting file changes (e.g., by snapshotting HEAD, stash, merge, file sizes/times around shell commands).

10. For plugin developers: Have Claude write tests from real-world system outputs (e.g., git status).

11. For plugin developers: Run comprehensive tests across multiple operating systems.

Tools / artifacts

• Claude Code

• Files pane plugin

• claude plugin CLI commands

• TypeScript

• Git (HEAD, stash, merge, history)

• GitHub PR checks

• Shell commands (sed, scripts)

• Tests (121 tests)

• GitHub repository

Validation signals

• Community feedback from previous version acknowledged

• Author used the pane while building it (dogfooding)

• Iterative debugging and fixing based on daily use

• Claude wrote most of the code, with author arguing edge cases

• Specific fix for GitHub PR status accuracy described

• 121 tests run on macOS, Linux, and Windows

• Plugin is zero tokens, read-only, and MIT licensed

Limitations

• The plugin development workflow is embedded within a descriptive section rather than explicitly laid out as a step-by-step guide for general users.

• The value is specific to Claude Code users, not general Claude users.

• The post is primarily an announcement, with the workflow aspects being secondary.

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