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Best Claude Code mods by category

A live shortlist by purpose

The lists below come from published entries in the directory. They refresh from the database rather than copying a fixed list of repository names. Within each category, votes and GitHub stars help order the shortlist. They measure community interest, not an independent test or endorsement.

Choose by the problem you have

Start with the category closest to your workflow: costs, safety, notifications or debugging. Read the installation instructions and the original source before trying a candidate. Consider maintenance and version compatibility alongside popularity. A less popular but focused mod can be a better fit than a broad dashboard.

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Inspect permission findings, verify supported CLI versions and test in a disposable project. If a category is empty, use its browse link later rather than interpreting the absence as a recommendation. Resource entries may explain a technique instead of providing installable software.

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Dashboards & HUD

agent-flow — Show a live tree of subagents and teammates beside the conversation.
cctop — A live dashboard for context usage, tokens, costs, cache hits, quotas and tool latency.
CodeCraft: Minecraft-style Claude Code HUD — CodeCraft is a Minecraft-style Claude Code HUD plugin: hearts represent remaining context, armor represents safety nets like tests/commits/pushes, the XP bar only rewards verified work, conversations look like game chat, and there are 60 achievements saved across sessions.
hud: Claude Code status, usage alerts and daily budgets — A mod adaptation of claude-hud 0.10.0 that brings model, Git, context, tools, agents and todos beside the prompt, with usage alerts, daily budgets, a detail panel and 12 themes.
claude-pets: Pixel pets living in your Claude Code panel — A pixel pet that lives in the Claude Code panel, walks around, reacts to sessions, and grows across sessions—eight choices including cat, dog, slime.
context-view — Show context percentage, used tokens and remaining room before auto-compaction above the input.

Usage & costs

budget-guard — Set a session budget, receive warnings near the limit and restrict further spending.
quota-meter — A fixed status line showing usage in the five-hour and seven-day plan windows.
token-ledger — Record session spending, tokens in the latest turn and cache-hit rates, with a usage table.
token-weather-usage — token-weather-usage：One line above the prompt: context weather, tokens, a bar per recent prompt, then your 5-hour and 7-day limits
wavy-usage — Use a desktop ring and terminal status bar to show usage, reasoning effort and recent-turn costs.
money-band — Display spending information above the input box.

Security & privacy

honmoon-redact — Hide API keys and sensitive identifiers before tool results reach the model.
merge-gate — Check permission conditions when merge or push commands are detected.
scope-guard — Track the scope of file edits using configurable thresholds, with model judgment and user overrides.
launch-codes — Require a one-time confirmation code for dangerous commands to prevent accidental execution.
kb-settings-guard — Prevent delegated agents from changing the repository's Claude settings files.
Jev Permission Gate: A Native Extension Replacing the Auto Mode Classifier — The author released the Jev Permission Gate extension, replacing Claude Code's auto mode classifier with Jev. In testing, permission checks were about 2x faster, with median latency dropping from 329ms to 164ms.

Memory & context

context-lens — Track context-window usage and growth per turn to decide when to tidy up context.
working-memory — 把 context window 畫成一顆腦：工具呼叫點亮對應腦區，用量越滿越擁擠，compact 時睡眠整理。
meanwhile: Learn a new concept every day while Claude works — A Claude Code mod that, while Claude is thinking, shows a small card above your input box, picking a concept each day from Hacker News and trending GitHub repositories to ask you about.
CodeCraft: Turn the Claude Code interface into a Minecraft-style HUD — CodeCraft is a free, open-source Claude Code mod that redraws the interface as a Minecraft-style HUD. Hearts represent the context window, hunger represents usage limits, armor represents work safety, and it adds a hotbar of items, villager subagents, and 60 achievements.
handoff-compact: A Claude Code Mod for Automatic Handoff and /clear — A mod that automatically generates a handoff document and replaces context when autocompact triggers, eliminating manual handoff + /clear workflows.
handoff-compact: Automatically perform handoff and cleanup during autocompact — A Claude Code mod that automatically generates a handoff document and replaces the context when autocompact triggers, equivalent to automating the handoff + /clear process.

Workflows & CI

CodeCraft: Minecraft-style Claude Code HUD — CodeCraft is a Minecraft-style Claude Code HUD plugin: hearts represent remaining context, armor represents safety nets like tests/commits/pushes, the XP bar only rewards verified work, conversations look like game chat, and there are 60 achievements saved across sessions.
deploy-verify — Recognize deployment commands, check the configured live URL and record verification results.
receipt — Summarize edits, runs and checks as a receipt for each turn, flagging unverified claims.
agent-quick-menu: Unified Quick Menu for Claude Code — Provides a unified quick menu for Claude Code: displays commands and settings from various plugins, as well as Claude Code's own /config settings, in the session panel and prompt bar. It is collapsible, favorite-able, filterable, and editable in place.
time — Show timestamps beside messages to help review the pace of your work.
next-steps: suggestions for what to do next — After each turn, suggests what to do next — including skills and commands you can pick with one keystroke.

Git & code review

terminal-browser — terminal-browser：A browser running directly inside claude code. Preview websites, view HTML documents, and let your agent contr
cc-pr-tracker — Track pull-request merges, reviews and checks, with change notifications.
CodeCraft: Minecraft-style Claude Code HUD — CodeCraft is a Minecraft-style Claude Code HUD plugin: hearts represent remaining context, armor represents safety nets like tests/commits/pushes, the XP bar only rewards verified work, conversations look like game chat, and there are 60 achievements saved across sessions.
handoff-runner — 讓 bg session 在 git worktree 裡做完的分支，由你在面板按一顆按鈕快轉進 main：交接單只帶參數，步驟由 mod 推導，執行前檢查、執行後驗證
diff-review — Help inspect and review code diffs inside the session.
next-steps — next-steps：After each Claude Code reply, suggests up to 3 next steps as one-click buttons above the prompt. A Claude Code

Multi-agent orchestration

CodeCraft: Minecraft-style Claude Code HUD — CodeCraft is a Minecraft-style Claude Code HUD plugin: hearts represent remaining context, armor represents safety nets like tests/commits/pushes, the XP bar only rewards verified work, conversations look like game chat, and there are 60 achievements saved across sessions.
dispatch-board — 同時開好幾個 Claude Code session 分工時用的派工看板。你寫一份 mission 檔，列出有哪些節點、各由哪個 session 負責、怎樣算做完；看板在終端機顯示誰完成、誰在跑、誰在等你，狀態一轉換就跳 toast。
mini-offload — Delegate suitable small tasks to help manage the main session's workload.
agent-narrator — Add readable status narration to agent activity so you can follow the work.
agent-race — Put sessions on a shared racetrack to compare tool use, edits, tests and cost.
inner-monologue — Add an inner-monologue-style status display to the session.

Prompts & input

CodeCraft: Minecraft-style Claude Code HUD — CodeCraft is a Minecraft-style Claude Code HUD plugin: hearts represent remaining context, armor represents safety nets like tests/commits/pushes, the XP bar only rewards verified work, conversations look like game chat, and there are 60 achievements saved across sessions.
copy-band — A helper strip above the input box for copying session content.
wod-band — Show short vocabulary hints in the session interface.
agent-quick-menu: Unified Quick Menu for Claude Code — Provides a unified quick menu for Claude Code: displays commands and settings from various plugins, as well as Claude Code's own /config settings, in the session panel and prompt bar. It is collapsible, favorite-able, filterable, and editable in place.
Herdr shortcut cheat sheet — Shows a list of Herdr keyboard shortcuts right inside Claude Code so you can learn as you go.
Minefield: A Minesweeper Mini-Game in the Claude Code Panel — A Claude Code plugin mod that runs Minesweeper in the session side panel: play with mouse or keyboard while waiting for Claude to work, with a timer, best times, and an expressive face that watches the board and peeks at the conversation.

Notifications & reminders

done-blink — A visible blinking alert when a task finishes.
claude-pets: Pixel pets living in your Claude Code panel — A pixel pet that lives in the Claude Code panel, walks around, reacts to sessions, and grows across sessions—eight choices including cat, dog, slime.
inbox-alerts — Bring incoming alerts into the session interface to reduce window switching.
Minefield: A Minesweeper Mini-Game in the Claude Code Panel — A Claude Code plugin mod that runs Minesweeper in the session side panel: play with mouse or keyboard while waiting for Claude to work, with a timer, best times, and an expressive face that watches the board and peeks at the conversation.
meanwhile: Learn a new concept every day while Claude works — A Claude Code mod that, while Claude is thinking, shows a small card above your input box, picking a concept each day from Hacker News and trending GitHub repositories to ask you about.
CodeCraft: Turn the Claude Code interface into a Minecraft-style HUD — CodeCraft is a free, open-source Claude Code mod that redraws the interface as a Minecraft-style HUD. Hearts represent the context window, hunger represents usage limits, armor represents work safety, and it adds a hotbar of items, villager subagents, and 60 achievements.

Games & entertainment

mindful-claude — Show a breathing rhythm while waiting for generation, encouraging a brief break.
intermission — Play Doom matches in a terminal panel while waiting. Requires downloading game components and connecting to a server.
cc-arcade — Play small games above the input box; they pause automatically when Claude finishes.
claude-games — Dodge, brick-breaking and side-scrolling games respond to actual edits and commits.
cc-pokedex — Display collectible little creatures above the input, based on the conversation's direction.
claude-pets: Pixel pets living in your Claude Code panel — A pixel pet that lives in the Claude Code panel, walks around, reacts to sessions, and grows across sessions—eight choices including cat, dog, slime.

Themes & appearance

claude-pets: Pixel pets living in your Claude Code panel — A pixel pet that lives in the Claude Code panel, walks around, reacts to sessions, and grows across sessions—eight choices including cat, dog, slime.
Minefield: A Minesweeper Mini-Game in the Claude Code Panel — A Claude Code plugin mod that runs Minesweeper in the session side panel: play with mouse or keyboard while waiting for Claude to work, with a timer, best times, and an expressive face that watches the board and peeks at the conversation.
Plushie: A Plush Claude Code Mascot in Your Terminal — Plushie is a 3D plush mascot mod that reacts to Claude Code's behavior in the terminal: it collapses when tool calls fail, spawns mini dolls for subagents, gets fatter as context fills up, holds a magnifying glass when reading files, hugs a keyboard when running bash, and can be petted and picked up.
Claude Fables: Turn Claude's work process into an animated mini-theater above the prompt bar — A mod for Claude Code desktop that monitors every tool call and Claude's output, and every few seconds uses short animations to depict the latest progress above the prompt bar, featuring 20 actions, 7 scenes, and 11 visual styles.
Pixelband: Animated pixel art displayed above the prompt bar — Pixelband is a Claude Code mod that displays animated pixel art scenes above the prompt bar. The scenes change with Claude's work status, such as heavier rain, faster stars, flashing on completion, and glitching on errors.
Claude Code Pixel Pet Plugin: Raise a Little Creature That Codes With You — A pixel pet living in a Claude Code pane that gains XP from tool calls, turn completions, and petting, and evolves into different personalities and forms based on your usage habits.

Audio & multimedia

sportscaster — Present current session activity in a sports-commentary style.
Plushie: A Plush Claude Code Mascot in Your Terminal — Plushie is a 3D plush mascot mod that reacts to Claude Code's behavior in the terminal: it collapses when tool calls fail, spawns mini dolls for subagents, gets fatter as context fills up, holds a magnifying glass when reading files, hugs a keyboard when running bash, and can be petted and picked up.
universal-modder: Making Mods for Single-Player Games with Claude Code — universal-modder is an MIT-licensed Claude Code plugin that can identify game engines, read real code, build mods, generate assets with fal, test in-game, and produce showcase videos.

Tools & integrations

CodeCraft: Minecraft-style Claude Code HUD — CodeCraft is a Minecraft-style Claude Code HUD plugin: hearts represent remaining context, armor represents safety nets like tests/commits/pushes, the XP bar only rewards verified work, conversations look like game chat, and there are 60 achievements saved across sessions.
chrome-switch — Provide interface assistance for switching Chrome within your workflow.
wod-timer — Visible cues for timing and pacing during a session.
agent-quick-menu: Unified Quick Menu for Claude Code — Provides a unified quick menu for Claude Code: displays commands and settings from various plugins, as well as Claude Code's own /config settings, in the session panel and prompt bar. It is collapsible, favorite-able, filterable, and editable in place.
claude-pets: Pixel pets living in your Claude Code panel — A pixel pet that lives in the Claude Code panel, walks around, reacts to sessions, and grows across sessions—eight choices including cat, dog, slime.
session-wrapped — Create an animated session recap and shareable PNG card, summarizing usage from local history.

Development & debugging

install-doctor — Check plugin installation health at session start and flag configuration problems.
install-doctor — Check plugin installation health at session start and flag configuration problems.
plugin-health — Check whether plugins declared in settings are installed or disabled.
Claude Code long task progress display mod — The author leveraged Anthropic's newly introduced mods mechanism to create a mod that allows an agent to report the progress of another agent or long script by periodically outputting a specific parseable string.
toolbox plugin marketplace: six Mods that run directly inside Claude Code — The author shares the toolbox plugin marketplace, which includes six tools such as orbit, atlas, channel, and browse that run directly inside Claude Code. Inspired by the new mods feature, they work without configuration after installation.
Claude Code Launches Mods: Customize Behavior and Interface with TypeScript Plugins — Anthropic introduces Mods for Claude Code: packaged as TypeScript modules within plugins, they can hook into events such as tool calls, prompts, turns, slash commands, and UI rendering to rewrite or intercept them; installed via /plugin, requires version 2.1.287+. Official examples include

Other

overalls — Status band above the prompt: context weather, usage limits, and the Ponytail and Caveman levels
Reporails Arcade: Minesweeper Plugin Minefield — The author made a minesweeper plugin while waiting for build tests; install it via /plugin marketplace and play in Claude Code, requires version 2.1.287+.
Claude Code Custom Theme and Toolbar Mod — An open-source Claude Code Mod that allows customizing color schemes and fonts, and adds a usage meter, cache countdown, sports scores, stock ticker, and prompt tools like Tidy, Prune, and Gaslighting.
agent-quick-menu: Claude Code plugin quick menu — A clickable quick menu for Claude Code built on the mods API introduced in version 2.1.287, consolidating each installed plugin's commands and settings into one collapsible panel, with pinnable buttons and input argument prompts.
Usage Limit Display Improvement Request — A user finds Claude's usage limit small circle useless because its meaning changes with the highest item, requiring repeated clicks to check, and also encountered an issue where Fable's limit cannot be displayed.
r/ClaudeCodeMods: A Community for Claude Code Customization — The author created the r/ClaudeCodeMods community, focused on sharing and discussing Claude Code's Mods feature and various customization extensions.

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