Claude Code mod

cache-bar

One colored line above the prompt: the prompt cache countdown, context fill, and the plan's 5-hour and weekly usage.

Context & usage modsValidates on Claude Code 2.1.316 Source

Install

From source
git clone https://github.com/simplybychris/claude-code-mods.git
claude --plugin-dir ./claude-code-mods/cache-bar

The repo has no marketplace file, so load the plugin folder directly with --plugin-dir.

What it can access

Reach
L2Writes or runs: drives Claude, reads env vars, reads settings, draws
Sees
compaction
Draws in
AbovePrompt
Hooks
session.startsession.measureturn.stepsession.endsession.compactui.render

From a static scan of the mod's code by awesome-claude-code-mods. It shows what the code asks for, not a security review.

How Claude Code mods work

  • A mod is a plugin with a JavaScript or TypeScript module that runs inside Claude Code (version 2.1.287 or later). It can draw panes beside the transcript, a band above the prompt, buttons and toasts, restyle the spinner and tool rows, and watch or rewrite tool calls and prompts.
  • It installs like any plugin: add its marketplace with /plugin marketplace add owner/repo, then /plugin install name@marketplace.
  • Check what a mod can reach before installing: it runs with your permissions. Reach goes from drawing only, to reading files, to writing files or running processes, to the network. Run claude plugin validate on a clone to list its hooks and calls without running it.
  • Turn one off from the Installed tab in /plugin, or start Claude Code with --safe-mode to skip every customization for a session.
Claude Code docs

Details

Repository
simplybychris/claude-code-mods
Folder
cache-bar
Type
Context & usage mods
Last updated
10 October 2026
Listed in
awesome-claude-code-mods

FAQ

What is cache-bar?

One colored line above the prompt: the prompt cache countdown, context fill, and the plan's 5-hour and weekly usage. It is a mod for Claude Code, from simplybychris/claude-code-mods on GitHub.

What can the cache-bar mod access?

Its widest reach is "writes or runs" (drives Claude, reads env vars, reads settings, draws). It sees compaction. It draws in AbovePrompt. Like any mod, it runs with your permissions.

How do I install cache-bar?

Clone simplybychris/claude-code-mods and start Claude Code with --plugin-dir pointing at the mod's folder (cache-bar).

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