diff --git a/.prettierrc b/.prettierrc
index 222861c341..d3be6d22ea 100644
--- a/.prettierrc
+++ b/.prettierrc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   "tabWidth": 2,
-  "useTabs": false
+  "useTabs": false,
+  "trailingComma": "all"
 }
diff --git a/core/commands/slash/share.ts b/core/commands/slash/share.ts
index 64754960a3..c78b2ae4c0 100644
--- a/core/commands/slash/share.ts
+++ b/core/commands/slash/share.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,98 @@
+import path from "path";
+import * as fs from "fs";
+import { homedir } from "os";
 import { SlashCommand } from "../..";
+import { languageForFilepath } from "../../autocomplete/constructPrompt";
 import { stripImages } from "../../llm/countTokens";
 
+// If useful elsewhere, helper funcs should move to core/util/index.ts or similar
+function getOffsetDatetime(date: Date): Date {
+  const offset = date.getTimezoneOffset();
+  const offsetHours = Math.floor(offset / 60);
+  const offsetMinutes = offset % 60;
+  date.setHours(date.getHours() - offsetHours);
+  date.setMinutes(date.getMinutes() - offsetMinutes);
+
+  return date;
+}
+
+function asBasicISOString(date: Date): string {
+  const isoString = date.toISOString();
+
+  return isoString.replace(/[-:]|(\.\d+Z)/g, "");
+}
+
+function reformatCodeBlocks(msgText: string): string {
+  const codeBlockFenceRegex = /```((.*?\.(\w+))\s*.*)\n/g;
+  msgText = msgText.replace(codeBlockFenceRegex,
+    (match, metadata, filename, extension) => {
+      const lang = languageForFilepath(filename);
+      return `\`\`\`${extension}\n${lang.comment} ${metadata}\n`;
+    },
+  );
+  // Appease the markdown linter
+  return msgText.replace(/```\n```/g, '```\n\n```');
+}
+
 const ShareSlashCommand: SlashCommand = {
   name: "share",
-  description: "Download and share this session",
-  run: async function* ({ ide, history }) {
-    let content = `This is a session transcript from [Continue](https://continue.dev) on ${new Date().toLocaleString()}.`;
-
-    for (const msg of history) {
-      content += `\n\n## ${
-        msg.role === "user" ? "User" : "Continue"
-      }\n\n${stripImages(msg.content)}`;
+  description: "Export the current chat session to markdown",
+  run: async function* ({ ide, history, params }) {
+    const now = new Date();
+
+    let content = `### [Continue](https://continue.dev) session transcript\n Exported: ${now.toLocaleString()}`;
+
+    // As currently implemented, the /share command is by definition the last
+    // message in the chat history, this will omit it
+    for (const msg of history.slice(0, history.length - 1)) {
+      let msgText = msg.content;
+      msgText = stripImages(msg.content);
+
+      if (msg.role === "user" && msgText.search("```") > -1) {
+        msgText = reformatCodeBlocks(msgText);
+      }
+
+      // format messages as blockquotes
+      msgText = msgText.replace(/^/gm, "> ");
+
+      content += `\n\n#### ${
+        msg.role === "user" ? "_User_" : "_Assistant_"
+      }\n\n${msgText}`;
+    }
+
+    let outputDir: string = params?.outputDir;
+    if (!outputDir) {
+      outputDir = await ide.getContinueDir();
+    }
+
+    if (outputDir.startsWith("~")) {
+      outputDir = outputDir.replace(/^~/, homedir);
+    } else if (
+      outputDir.startsWith("./") ||
+      outputDir.startsWith(`.\\`) ||
+      outputDir === "."
+    ) {
+      const workspaceDirs = await ide.getWorkspaceDirs();
+      // Although the most common situation is to have one directory open in a
+      // workspace it's also possible to have just a file open without an
+      // associated directory or to use multi-root workspaces in which multiple
+      // folders are included. We default to using the first item in the list, if
+      // it exists.
+      const workspaceDirectory = workspaceDirs?.[0] || "";
+      outputDir = outputDir.replace(/^./, workspaceDirectory);
+    }
+
+    if (!fs.existsSync(outputDir)) {
+      fs.mkdirSync(outputDir, { recursive: true });
     }
 
-    const continueDir = await ide.getContinueDir();
-    const path = `${continueDir}/session.md`;
-    await ide.writeFile(path, content);
-    await ide.openFile(path);
+    const dtString = asBasicISOString(getOffsetDatetime(now));
+    const outPath = path.join(outputDir, `${dtString}_session.md`); //TODO: more flexible naming?
+
+    await ide.writeFile(outPath, content);
+    await ide.openFile(outPath);
 
-    yield `The session transcript has been saved to a markdown file at \`${path}\`.`;
+    yield `The session transcript has been saved to a markdown file at \`${outPath}\`.`;
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/core/config/default.ts b/core/config/default.ts
index adae7fe60a..c0d980ead8 100644
--- a/core/config/default.ts
+++ b/core/config/default.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ export const defaultConfig: SerializedContinueConfig = {
     },
     {
       name: "share",
-      description: "Export this session as markdown",
+      description: "Export the current chat session to markdown",
+      params: { ouputDir: "Directory in which to export this session" },
     },
     {
       name: "cmd",
@@ -110,7 +111,8 @@ export const defaultConfigJetBrains: SerializedContinueConfig = {
     },
     {
       name: "share",
-      description: "Export this session as markdown",
+      description: "Export the current chat session to markdown",
+      params: { ouputDir: "Directory in which to export this session" },
     },
   ],
   customCommands: [
diff --git a/core/config/load.ts b/core/config/load.ts
index cdd91aacfc..03bd5b4161 100644
--- a/core/config/load.ts
+++ b/core/config/load.ts
@@ -334,10 +334,10 @@ function finalToBrowserConfig(
     })),
     systemMessage: final.systemMessage,
     completionOptions: final.completionOptions,
-    slashCommands: final.slashCommands?.map((m) => ({
-      name: m.name,
-      description: m.description,
-      options: m.params,
+    slashCommands: final.slashCommands?.map((s) => ({
+      name: s.name,
+      description: s.description,
+      params: s.params, //PZTODO: is this why params aren't referenced properly by slash commands?
     })),
     contextProviders: final.contextProviders?.map((c) => c.description),
     disableIndexing: final.disableIndexing,
diff --git a/docs/docs/config-file-migration.md b/docs/docs/config-file-migration.md
index eda986d3a4..e894c71a89 100644
--- a/docs/docs/config-file-migration.md
+++ b/docs/docs/config-file-migration.md
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ After the "Full example" these examples will only show the relevant portion of t
     },
     {
       "name": "share",
-      "description": "Download and share this session",
+      "description": "Export the current chat session to markdown",
+      "params": { "ouputDir": "Directory in which to export this session" },
       "step": "ShareSessionStep"
     },
     {
diff --git a/docs/docs/customization/slash-commands.md b/docs/docs/customization/slash-commands.md
index da8ac0d433..d521b09ebc 100644
--- a/docs/docs/customization/slash-commands.md
+++ b/docs/docs/customization/slash-commands.md
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ Type "/share" to generate a shareable markdown transcript of your current chat h
 ```json
 {
   "name": "share",
-  "description": "Download and share this session"
+  "description": "Export the current chat session to markdown",
+  "params": { "ouputDir": "Directory in which to export this session" }
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/docs/walkthroughs/config-file-migration.md b/docs/docs/walkthroughs/config-file-migration.md
index 8abb962bb3..9b2df3650c 100644
--- a/docs/docs/walkthroughs/config-file-migration.md
+++ b/docs/docs/walkthroughs/config-file-migration.md
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ After the "Full example" these examples will only show the relevant portion of t
     },
     {
       "name": "share",
-      "description": "Download and share this session",
+      "description": "Export the current chat session to markdown",
+      "params": { "ouputDir": "Directory in which to save this session" },
       "step": "ShareSessionStep"
     },
     {
diff --git a/extensions/intellij/src/main/kotlin/com/github/continuedev/continueintellijextension/constants/ServerConstants.kt b/extensions/intellij/src/main/kotlin/com/github/continuedev/continueintellijextension/constants/ServerConstants.kt
index f275143407..8bea73fc79 100644
--- a/extensions/intellij/src/main/kotlin/com/github/continuedev/continueintellijextension/constants/ServerConstants.kt
+++ b/extensions/intellij/src/main/kotlin/com/github/continuedev/continueintellijextension/constants/ServerConstants.kt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const val DEFAULT_CONFIG = """
     },
     {
       "name": "share",
-      "description": "Download and share this session",
+      "description": "Export the current chat session to markdown",
       "step": "ShareSessionStep"
     },
     {
diff --git a/extensions/vscode/config_schema.json b/extensions/vscode/config_schema.json
index 47f1df2130..f842d625dd 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode/config_schema.json
+++ b/extensions/vscode/config_schema.json
@@ -1102,6 +1102,29 @@
               }
             }
           }
+        },
+        {
+          "if": {
+            "properties": {
+              "name": {
+                "enum": [
+                  "share"
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "then": {
+            "properties": {
+              "params": {
+                "properties": {
+                  "outputDir": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "markdownDescription": "If outputDir is set to `.` or begins with `./` or `.\\`, file will be saved to the current workspace or a subdirectory thereof, respectively. `~` can similarly be used to specify the user's home directory."
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
         }
       ],
       "required": ["name", "description"]
diff --git a/gui/src/redux/slices/stateSlice.ts b/gui/src/redux/slices/stateSlice.ts
index b25edd7a54..ff16fc49c2 100644
--- a/gui/src/redux/slices/stateSlice.ts
+++ b/gui/src/redux/slices/stateSlice.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ const initialState: State = {
       },
       {
         name: "share",
-        description: "Download and share this session",
+        description: "Export the current chat session to markdown",
+        params: { ouputDir: "Directory in which to save this session" },
       },
       {
         name: "cmd",