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Explain: improve record's error when the recording already exists #102

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16 changes: 13 additions & 3 deletions explain/claude_code_plugin/controller.py
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Expand Up @@ -336,9 +336,19 @@ def record(target_command: list[str], recording: Path, force: bool = False) -> i
"""
if recording.exists() and not force:
raise RuntimeError(
f"Recording file {recording} already exists. "
f"Ask the user if they want to overwrite it. "
f"If yes, call this tool again with force=true."
textwrap.dedent(
f"""\
Recording file {recording} already exists. Give the user the option to:
- Overwrite the existing recording (to do so, call this tool again with
`force=true`)
- Use the existing recording
- Record to a different file

Just because you found a pre-existing recording, do NOT assume that it captured the
problem the user is trying to debug now unless the user says so. It may be from a
previous unrelated run.
"""
)
)

try:
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