Time stamps arrive in Claude Code

A plugin called ticktock has been released that automatically attaches prompt/response timestamps, idle delta, response took, turn number, and session elapsed to the Claude Code transcript.

• Default output: displays time and elapsed time on prompt and response lines
• turn counter: attaches a per-session turn number, making it easy to track long sessions
• subagent timing: also logs subagent execution time as a separate line
• session recap: at session end, summarizes total time, number of turns, and average/longest response time
• history log: optionally leaves a JSONL-format event log for external analysis

To install, run /plugin marketplace add k33bs/ticktock followed by /plugin install ticktock@ticktock, then open /hooks to register the hook once. There's a known issue where the input fields in the plugin settings UI currently appear empty, so you can just press Enter/Tab to move past them and the defaults will be applied.

Settings are managed on two layers—the plugin menu and CLAUDE_TICKTOCK_* environment variables—with environment variables taking top priority. You can adjust options such as show_deltas, show_session, show_turn, log_history, recap_min_turns, sanity_cap, and cleanup_days, and a cleanup policy is also provided for the session state file and history log.