@@ -957,7 +957,11 @@ export class Recap {
     return dir ?? DEFAULT_TRACES_DIR
   }
 
-  static async listTraces(dir?: string): Promise<Array<{ sessionId: string; file: string; trace: TraceFile }>> {
+  // altimate_change start — recap: pagination support for listTraces
+  static async listTraces(
+    dir?: string,
+    options?: { offset?: number; limit?: number },
+  ): Promise<{ items: Array<{ sessionId: string; file: string; trace: TraceFile }>; total: number }> {
     const tracesDir = dir ?? DEFAULT_TRACES_DIR
     try {
       await fs.mkdir(tracesDir, { recursive: true })
@@ -976,11 +980,21 @@ export class Recap {
       }
 
       traces.sort((a, b) => new Date(b.trace.startedAt).getTime() - new Date(a.trace.startedAt).getTime())
-      return traces
+
+      const total = traces.length
+      // Sanitize offset/limit: clamp to non-negative integers
+      const rawOffset = options?.offset ?? 0
+      const offset = Number.isFinite(rawOffset) ? Math.max(0, Math.floor(rawOffset)) : 0
+      const rawLimit = options?.limit
+      const limit = rawLimit != null && Number.isFinite(rawLimit) ? Math.max(0, Math.floor(rawLimit)) : undefined
+      const sliced = limit != null ? traces.slice(offset, offset + limit) : traces.slice(offset)
+
+      return { items: sliced, total }
     } catch {
-      return []
+      return { items: [], total: 0 }
     }
   }
+  // altimate_change end
 
   static async loadTrace(sessionId: string, dir?: string): Promise<TraceFile | null> {
     const tracesDir = dir ?? DEFAULT_TRACES_DIR
 
@@ -48,13 +48,23 @@ function truncate(str: string, len: number): string {
   return str.slice(0, len - 1) + "…"
 }
 
-// altimate_change start — recap: rename listTraces → listRecaps
-function listRecaps(traces: Array<{ sessionId: string; trace: TraceFile }>, tracesDir?: string) {
+// altimate_change start — recap: rename listTraces → listRecaps, add pagination info
+function listRecaps(
+  traces: Array<{ sessionId: string; trace: TraceFile }>,
+  tracesDir?: string,
+  pagination?: { offset: number; limit: number; total: number },
+) {
+  // altimate_change start — recap: distinguish empty page from no recaps at all
   if (traces.length === 0) {
-    UI.println("No recaps found. Run a command with tracing enabled:")
-    UI.println("  altimate-code run \"your prompt here\"")
+    if (pagination && pagination.total > 0) {
+      UI.println(`No recaps on this page (offset ${pagination.offset}). Total: ${pagination.total} in ${Recap.getTracesDir(tracesDir)}`)
+    } else {
+      UI.println("No recaps found. Run a command with tracing enabled:")
+      UI.println("  altimate-code run \"your prompt here\"")
+    }
     return
   }
+  // altimate_change end
 
   // Header
   const header = [
@@ -97,8 +107,19 @@ function listRecaps(traces: Array<{ sessionId: string; trace: TraceFile }>, trac
   }
 
   UI.empty()
-  // altimate_change start — recap: renamed messages and Recap.getTracesDir
-  UI.println(UI.Style.TEXT_DIM + `${traces.length} recap(s) in ${Recap.getTracesDir(tracesDir)}` + UI.Style.TEXT_NORMAL)
+  // altimate_change start — recap: pagination-aware footer
+  if (pagination && pagination.total > 0) {
+    const start = pagination.offset + 1
+    const end = pagination.offset + traces.length
+    UI.println(UI.Style.TEXT_DIM + `Showing ${start}-${end} of ${pagination.total} recap(s) in ${Recap.getTracesDir(tracesDir)}` + UI.Style.TEXT_NORMAL)
+    if (pagination.offset + pagination.limit < pagination.total) {
+      const nextOffset = pagination.offset + pagination.limit
+      const limitFlag = pagination.limit !== 20 ? ` --limit ${pagination.limit}` : ""
+      UI.println(UI.Style.TEXT_DIM + `Next page: altimate-code recap list --offset ${nextOffset}${limitFlag}` + UI.Style.TEXT_NORMAL)
+    }
+  } else {
+    UI.println(UI.Style.TEXT_DIM + `${traces.length} recap(s) in ${Recap.getTracesDir(tracesDir)}` + UI.Style.TEXT_NORMAL)
+  }
   UI.println(UI.Style.TEXT_DIM + "View a recap: altimate-code recap view <session-id>" + UI.Style.TEXT_NORMAL)
   // altimate_change end
 }
@@ -134,6 +155,13 @@ export const RecapCommand = cmd({
         describe: "number of recaps to show",
         default: 20,
       })
+      // altimate_change start — recap: add offset option for pagination
+      .option("offset", {
+        type: "number",
+        describe: "number of recaps to skip (for pagination)",
+        default: 0,
+      })
+      // altimate_change end
       .option("live", {
         type: "boolean",
         describe: "auto-refresh the viewer as the recap updates (for in-progress sessions)",
@@ -147,28 +175,34 @@ export const RecapCommand = cmd({
     const cfg = await Config.get().catch(() => ({} as Record<string, any>))
     const tracesDir = (cfg as any).tracing?.dir as string | undefined
 
+    // altimate_change start — recap: use paginated listTraces
     if (action === "list") {
-      const traces = await Recap.listTraces(tracesDir)
-      listRecaps(traces.slice(0, args.limit || 20), tracesDir)
+      const limit = args.limit || 20
+      const offset = args.offset || 0
+      const { items, total } = await Recap.listTraces(tracesDir, { offset, limit })
+      listRecaps(items, tracesDir, { offset, limit, total })
       return
     }
+    // altimate_change end
 
     if (action === "view") {
       if (!args.id) {
         UI.error("Usage: altimate-code recap view <session-id>")
         process.exit(1)
       }
 
+      // altimate_change start — recap: use paginated listTraces return type
       // Support partial session ID matching
-      const traces = await Recap.listTraces(tracesDir)
-      const match = traces.find(
+      const { items: allTraces } = await Recap.listTraces(tracesDir)
+      const match = allTraces.find(
         (t) => t.sessionId === args.id || t.sessionId.startsWith(args.id!) || t.file.startsWith(args.id!),
       )
 
       if (!match) {
         UI.error(`Recap not found: ${args.id}`)
         UI.println("Available recaps:")
-        listRecaps(traces.slice(0, 10), tracesDir)
+        listRecaps(allTraces.slice(0, 10), tracesDir)
+        // altimate_change end
         process.exit(1)
       }
 
 
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ export function DialogRecapList(props: {
 }) {
   const dialog = useDialog()
 
-  // altimate_change start — recap: use Recap.listTraces
+  // altimate_change start — recap: use Recap.listTraces with pagination (cap at 200 for UI perf)
   const [traces] = createResource(async () => {
-    return Recap.listTraces(props.tracesDir)
+    const { items } = await Recap.listTraces(props.tracesDir, { limit: 200 })
+    return items
   })
   // altimate_change end
 
@@ -61,7 +62,9 @@ export function DialogRecapList(props: {
       })
     }
 
-    result.push(...items.slice(0, 50).map((item) => {
+    // altimate_change start — recap: removed hardcoded slice(0,50) to show all recaps
+    result.push(...items.map((item) => {
+    // altimate_change end
         const rawStartedAt = item.trace.startedAt
         const parsedDate = typeof rawStartedAt === "string" || typeof rawStartedAt === "number"
           ? new Date(rawStartedAt)