Read long AI chats sideways so each answer is its own page
Sidelong lays a chat out sideways: each question and answer is a page, older pages collapse into colored strips, and color encodes topic so follow-ups share a thread color. It runs on the Claude Code CLI you are already logged into, with topic embeddings from a local Ollama model.
Source
prince_nez on Hacker News · 2026-10-15 · Project link
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-17.
What they did
Sidelong lays a chat out sideways: each question and answer is a page, older pages collapse into colored strips, and color encodes topic so follow-ups share a thread color. It runs on the Claude Code CLI you are already logged into, with topic embeddings from a local Ollama model.
Result (as claimed)
Open source; no API keys needed.
Tools they used
Cost: Claude Code: free plan, paid from $17/mo. Checked 2026-10-14.
Set it up
Gather your sources
Collect the papers, notes, links or files you want to work from in one place.
Load them into the tool
Open Claude Code, Ollama and add your sources. Keep the original files so you can check claims later.
Ask focused questions
Ask for summaries, comparisons or connections with citations to the source passages.
Verify and save
Spot check claims against the sources, then save the output as notes you can reuse.
Copy the full setup prompt
Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Read long AI chats sideways so each answer is its own page What the original author did: Sidelong lays a chat out sideways: each question and answer is a page, older pages collapse into colored strips, and color encodes topic so follow-ups share a thread color. It runs on the Claude Code CLI you are already logged into, with topic embeddings from a local Ollama model. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Open source; no API keys needed. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50098989 Tools they used: Claude Code, Ollama Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Read long AI chats sideways so each answer is its own page What the original author did: Sidelong lays a chat out sideways: each question and answer is a page, older pages collapse into colored strips, and color encodes topic so follow-ups share a thread color. It runs on the Claude Code CLI you are already logged into, with topic embeddings from a local Ollama model. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Open source; no API keys needed. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50098989 Tools they used: Claude Code, Ollama Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Read long AI chats sideways so each answer is its own page What the original author did: Sidelong lays a chat out sideways: each question and answer is a page, older pages collapse into colored strips, and color encodes topic so follow-ups share a thread color. It runs on the Claude Code CLI you are already logged into, with topic embeddings from a local Ollama model. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Open source; no API keys needed. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50098989 Tools they used: Claude Code, Ollama Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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