Claude Code mod
cache-guard
Keeps the prompt cache warm while you are away, asks before a prompt that would re-cache a large conversation, and with Jev (TypeSafe) keeps the context lean: trims large tool output and compacts in about a second.
Install
git clone https://github.com/justmytwospence/claude-cache-guard.git
claude --plugin-dir ./claude-cache-guard/.The repo has no marketplace file, so load the plugin folder directly with --plugin-dir.
What it can access
- Reach
- L3Network: network, runs processes, writes files, drives Claude, writes the prompt box, reads files, reads env vars, reads the transcript, draws
- Sees
- classic hooks, every tool call, compaction, every prompt
- Hooks
session.startsession.endclassic.SessionStartturn.startturn.completeturn.steptool.callsession.appendsession.compactprompt.submitcommand.run
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.
Details
- Repository
- justmytwospence/claude-cache-guard
- Folder
.- Author
- Spencer Boucher
- License
- MIT
- Last updated
- 14 October 2026
- Listed in
- awesome-claude-code-mods
FAQ
What is cache-guard?
Keeps the prompt cache warm while you are away, asks before a prompt that would re-cache a large conversation, and with Jev (TypeSafe) keeps the context lean: trims large tool output and compacts in about a second. It is a mod for Claude Code, from justmytwospence/claude-cache-guard on GitHub.
What can the cache-guard mod access?
Its widest reach is "network" (network, runs processes, writes files, drives Claude, writes the prompt box, reads files, reads env vars, reads the transcript, draws). It sees classic hooks, every tool call, compaction, every prompt. Like any mod, it runs with your permissions.
How do I install cache-guard?
Clone justmytwospence/claude-cache-guard and start Claude Code with --plugin-dir pointing at the mod's folder (.).
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