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Commands

Command What it does
swipe run [args…] Starts claude with the profile for the current directory, passing args through
swipe which [dir] Prints the profile and config directory for dir (default: the current directory)
swipe sync Builds every profile's config directory from the source tree
swipe import <profile> Copies a profile's existing files into the source tree, then syncs them back
swipe init <shell> Prints the shell hook: bash, zsh or powershell
swipe help Prints usage
swipe --version Prints the version

Every command exits with status 0 on success, 1 on an error or conflict, and 2 for a usage error. swipe run exits with claude's own status.

swipe run

swipe run --resume

The shell hook makes claude an alias for swipe run, so you normally never type it. It resolves the profile, prints swipe: <profile> (<config dir>) to the terminal, and starts the first claude on your PATH (on Windows, also claude.cmd and other PATHEXT extensions). If the profile can't be resolved, claude isn't started.

swipe which

$ swipe which ~/code/acme/api
work    /Users/you/.claude-work

Prints the profile name and config directory, separated by a tab. Useful in scripts:

CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR=$(swipe which | cut -f2)

Warning

For a profile whose config_dir is ~/.claude, leave CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR unset instead. On macOS, setting it explicitly points Claude Code at a different login.

swipe sync

Links every file in shared/ and profiles/<name>/ into each profile's config directory, merges settings.json, and removes what it placed that's no longer in the source. It reports conflicts instead of overwriting anything it didn't create. See Sharing files between accounts.

swipe import <profile>

Copies CLAUDE.md, settings.json, keybindings.json, agents/, commands/, hooks/, output-styles/ and skills/ from the profile's config directory into profiles/<profile>/, then syncs that profile. Nothing is deleted. Links to folders, git repos, skills/synced/, skills/.trash/ and .venv, node_modules and __pycache__ folders are left in place. See Moving an existing setup.

swipe init <shell>

Prints the hook to add to your shell's startup file:

unalias claude 2>/dev/null || true
function claude { command swipe run "$@"; }

Remove-Item Alias:claude -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
function claude { swipe run @args }