answer-buttons

A Claude Code mod that draws three small buttons under Claude's last answer. Part of claude-plugins.

What it does

| Button | What it sends | |---|---| | ✎ Plain English | Asks for the answer again in plain words: what the thing is, one labelled analogy and where it stops being true, where it is, and what breaks if it is wrong | | ✂ Shorter | Asks for the same answer cut to its point in 2 or 3 sentences, keeping any yes/no question and any copyable draft word for word | | ✎✂ Plain & short | Plain words, held to 2 or 3 sentences |

The buttons show only under the last answer, never while Claude is working. From the keyboard: /answer-buttons:shorter and /answer-buttons:plain-short.

Settings

| Setting | Default | What it does | |---|---|---| | plain_skill | empty | A skill the two Plain buttons run instead of the built in prompt, such as my-plugin:plain-english |

What it reads and does

• Reads: whether Claude is answering and which answer is the latest, to draw the buttons under it.
• Does: on a press, sends a fixed prompt as your message (Plain English, Shorter, Plain & short), or runs the skill named in plain_skill.
• Hooks: turn.start and turn.complete only track whether a turn is running. ui.render on the answer adds the button row under the last answer and leaves the answer itself unchanged.
• Privacy: see PRIVACY.md.
• Never: sends anything anywhere (no network calls, no telemetry).

Install

Needs Claude Code 2.1.287 or later (mods). Tested on 2.1.289.

/plugin marketplace add mutlumehmet/claude-plugins
/plugin install answer-buttons@mehmetmutlu

A mod runs inside Claude Code with your permissions. Read the code before you install any mod. Settings are asked for at install, or later with /plugin configure answer-buttons@mehmetmutlu.

Known gaps

• Nothing is drawn in the VS Code chat panel; use the commands there.
• A reply that ends with a hidden block may get no buttons.

About

Made by Mehmet Mutlu, part of claude-plugins. More of his work at mehmetmutlu.dev.

License

MIT