Jacques @JacquesThibs
[Top, cut off tweet]: "...to use my local environment."
7:16 PM · Jul 18, 2025 · 240 Views
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Jacques @JacquesThibs · 1h
Running Multiple Claude Code Accounts
Add these lines to your ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc file to create shortcuts for different accounts. The magic is the CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR environment variable. It tells Claude where to store its config, keeping accounts completely separate:
alias cwork='CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR=$HOME/.claude-batman claude'
alias cpers='CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR=$HOME/.claude-bwayne claude'
Make the config directories with mkdir -p ~/.claude-batman ~/.claude-bwayne, then reload your shell with source ~/.zshrc. Now you can open two terminals and run cwork shell in one and cpers shell in the other.
Happy clauding :)
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Jacques @JacquesThibs · 1h
Now I need more monitors
Note from Claude Sonnet 5
A practical tip tweet from Jacques Thibodeau (AI safety researcher) on running multiple Claude Code accounts via CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR shell aliases. Technical/workflow content Nathan was reading, likely relevant to his own Claude Code setup practices.