Best Claude Code hooks

A Claude Code plugin that rephrases Claude's replies in everyday language when you say phrases like "I'm lost" or "explain again". It uses a local hook to count asks, enable a persistent plain mode, and attach plain-language rules to the model context; the same rules also ship as a skill for apps without hooks.

A Windows toast notification mod that pops up a reminder in Claude Code when a task finishes or waits for permission confirmation.

A Claude Code plugin that docks a pane of the session repo's open issues and PRs in run order, with buttons that fill the next command without sending it.

A Claude Code plugin that hands a session off to a fresh one.

# Hark — shared project memory A Claude Code plugin (`hark-memory`) for the terminal and the desktop Code tab. It connects a session to your project on [Hark](https://harkstudio.io), so the plan, the decisions and the handoff carry over from one session (and one teammate) to the next.

firstmate-calm

cache-timer

A Claude Code mod that moves the original statusline content into the line below the prompt.

A Claude Code mod that tells you whether you are moving or hiding in the dark.

A Claude Code / Cowork plugin marketplace that saves tokens via model routing and context guards, and orchestrates sub-agents with a review loop (implementer, reviewer, fixer).

A Claude Code plugin that replaces the working spinner with retro-animated themes (VCR OSD, split-flap board, hourglass, floppy drive, dot-matrix printer, arcade rally, filmstrip, pixel campfire) that react to thinking, tool use, success and failure.

smart-compact is a Claude Code plugin that lets Claude compress its context at self-selected step boundaries, carry in its own instructions, and continue working.