I Built a Checkpoint System for Claude Code CLI — Never Lose Your Work Again

Source: Dev.to

Introduction

If you use Claude Code CLI, you know the pain of long coding sessions, multiple file changes, and no easy way to see what happened or roll back if something goes wrong.

ccheckpoints brings Cursor‑IDE‑style checkpoints to Claude Code CLI. It automatically tracks your coding sessions and lets you navigate through your conversation history with a beautiful dashboard.

Features

• Automatic session tracking – zero configuration needed.
• Visual diff viewer – see exactly what changed in each step.
• Conversation history navigation – scroll through everything Claude did.
• Restore any checkpoint – go back to any point instantly.
• Clean, modern dashboard UI – not just a CLI dump.

Installation

npm install -g ccheckpoints

Once installed, the next time you run Claude Code CLI it starts tracking automatically.

How It Works

Running ccheckpoints launches a web dashboard that shows:

• Every session with timestamps.
• Full diff view of each change.
• One‑click restore to any checkpoint.

It functions like a Git history, but specifically for your AI coding sessions.

Repository

⭐ GitHub repository – stars appreciated, issues welcome!

If you use Claude Code CLI and don’t have this yet, you’re flying blind. Give it a try!