claude-mods

Why it exists

Once I had a few Claude Code sessions open, I'd lose the thread. How much of my usage window was left? Which session had stopped to ask me something? I wanted both answers on screen without going looking.

What it does

• You see what's left before you run out. A band above the prompt shows five-hour and weekly usage and context, plus the session's cost, running agents, changed files and how far the branch has drifted from main.
• No more opening every session to find the one that's waiting. A sidebar lists each session and the repo's worktrees, turns each question into answer chips, and sends your replies from one tray.
• House rules run as hooks. Try a force push or skip a check, and the hook says no before anything happens.

Under the hood

Everything rides inside the Claude Code desktop app as one TypeScript plugin. The fussy part was the type. A small Python tool traces the app's own typeface into SVG, so the band's numbers look like they shipped with the app.

What I learned

Once, the sidebar grew so big that the app quietly stopped showing it. I added a test that caps how big it can get, so the next time it breaks in testing instead of on my screen.