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meganemura/*

buffer-pane

buffer-panev0.2.0MIT

A pane beside the transcript that holds the next things to tell the agent: write blocks of text while a turn runs, then press [+] to put one block into the prompt box.

Install

claude plugin marketplace add meganemura/buffer-pane
claude plugin install buffer-pane@buffer-pane

An idea for the next request often comes while the agent runs a long turn. Text in the prompt box is one Enter away from the agent, and Enter interrupts the turn or puts the text in the queue. buffer-pane is a Claude Code plugin, a Claude Mod, that opens a pane beside the transcript where you collect that text until you are ready. It works only in Claude Code, in a terminal session or in the Code tab of Claude Code Desktop. Print mode (-p) has no pane.

Features

Section titled “Features”
  • Blocks while a turn runs. Type in the last field and press Enter to add a block. Blank lines split the buffer into blocks, and in this version one block is one line.
  • [+] fills the prompt box. The block replaces all the text in the prompt box and stays in the pane with a ✓. The plugin cannot read the prompt box, so press [+] when the box is empty.
  • [>] sends the block. The block goes to the agent as your next prompt and leaves the pane. During a turn, it waits in the queue until the turn ends.
  • Order and removal. [^] and [v] move a block, and [x] deletes it.
  • A buffer per directory. Claude Code’s plugin store holds the buffer under buffer:<working directory>, so it survives sessions and each directory has its own.

How an agent uses it

Section titled “How an agent uses it”

The agent sees a block only when you send it. [>] sends it as your next prompt, and [+] puts it in the prompt box for you to read and send with Enter. Until then, the text stays in the pane and does not interrupt the turn.

Getting started

Section titled “Getting started”

buffer-pane needs Claude Code 2.1.273 or later, with CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_FUNCTION_HOOKS=1.

Terminal window
claude plugin marketplace add meganemura/buffer-pane
claude plugin install buffer-pane@buffer-pane

In the Code tab of Claude Code Desktop, a plugin installed at the user scope with these commands loads too. /plugin does not run in the desktop app, so to install from the app, click + beside the prompt box, then Plugins, then Add marketplace with meganemura/buffer-pane, then Add plugin.

Type /buffer-pane to show the pane, and type it again to hide it. The README marks the plugin as early access, because the function-hooks API can change between Claude Code releases.