Changing default directory

[kholbekj]

I may have missed it, but I find no way to change the directory that claude launches from by default. For me, project root is not always a sane default.

[stevemolitor]

Hi, you can use claude-code-start-in-directory / C-c cd. It will prompt you for the directory.

[kholbekj]

Yes that's clear, but I have projects where I always want to do it in a particular directory (ie. Monorepo where I work in a subset), and it's kind of annoying to have to re-specify

[stevemolitor]

Oh I see. Would exposing a hook you could customize logic for the Claude start directory work?