snaka Open in Pane
Overview
Display a file in a tmux pane to the right of Claude Code so the user can read and scroll it themselves. The viewer pane is reused across invocations; pressing q in the viewer closes the pane and returns focus to Claude Code.
Usage
Run the bundled script:
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/open-in-pane/scripts/open-in-pane.sh <file> [line]
<file>: path to the file (relative or absolute)[line]: optional line number — jumps there and highlights it
Viewer is auto-selected: bat > less > cat.
When invoked as a slash command
Run the script with the given argument. If the argument is a bare filename that matches multiple files in the project, open the most likely match and say which one you opened.
Proactive use
When the user asks to see a file and you are in tmux, open it in the pane instead of dumping its contents into the conversation. When you reference a specific location (file:line), pass the line number so the pane opens right there. If the user wants the content analyzed or explained, Read it yourself as usual — the pane is for the user's eyes, not yours.
Failure modes
- Not inside tmux → script exits 1 with "not inside a tmux session"; fall back to Read and show the relevant part inline.
- File missing or not a regular file → script exits 1 with an error; check the path before retrying.