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peon-ping-rename

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Rename the current Claude session for peon-ping notifications and terminal tab title. Use when user wants to give this session a custom name like "/peon-ping-rename Auth Refactor". Call with no argument to reset to auto-detect.

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peon-ping-rename

Give the current session a custom name shown in desktop notification titles and the terminal tab title.

How it works

When the user types /peon-ping-rename <name>, a UserPromptSubmit hook intercepts the command before it reaches the model:

  1. Extracts the session ID and name
  2. Writes session_names[session_id] = name to .state.json
  3. Immediately updates the terminal tab title via ANSI escape sequence
  4. Returns confirmation (zero tokens used)

On every subsequent hook event, peon.sh reads session_names[session_id] as the highest-priority project name. Multiple tabs in the same repo each get independent names.

Usage

/peon-ping-rename Auth Refactor
/peon-ping-rename API: payments
/peon-ping-rename          ← reset to auto-detect

Names are capped at 50 characters. Allowed: letters, numbers, spaces, dots, hyphens, underscores.

Manual fallback (if hook fails)

1. Get the session ID

echo "$CLAUDE_SESSION_ID"

2. Write name to state

python3 -c "
import json, os, time
state_path = os.path.expanduser('~/.claude/hooks/peon-ping/.state.json')
try:
    state = json.load(open(state_path))
except:
    state = {}
state.setdefault('session_names', {})['SESSION_ID_HERE'] = 'My Session Name'
json.dump(state, open(state_path, 'w'), indent=2)
"

3. Trigger a hook event to refresh the tab title

Submit any prompt — peon.sh will pick up the new name on the next UserPromptSubmit or Stop event.

Reset

/peon-ping-rename

Or remove the session ID from session_names in .state.json directly.

Priority

/peon-ping-rename > CLAUDE_SESSION_NAME env var > .peon-label file > notification_title_script > project_name_map > notification_title_override > git repo name > folder name