Claude Code mod
cache-handoff
Writes a session handoff when about 5 minutes of the 1h prompt cache remain on an idle session, then, once that cache has gone cold, opens a new conversation from the handoff or pins a notice.
Install
/plugin marketplace add pnam16/claude-mods
/plugin install cache-handoff@ame-modsMods install like plugins. Run /reload-plugins or start a new session to load it.
What it can access
- Reach
- L2Writes or runs: runs processes, drives Claude, reads files, reads env vars, persists state, draws
- Sees
- every prompt, classic hooks
- Hooks
session.startcommand.runprompt.submitturn.startturn.completeclassic.Stop
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
- pnam16/claude-mods
- Folder
mods/cache-handoff- Marketplace
ame-mods- Author
- ame
- Last updated
- 6 November 2026
- Listed in
- awesome-claude-code-mods
FAQ
What is cache-handoff?
Writes a session handoff when about 5 minutes of the 1h prompt cache remain on an idle session, then, once that cache has gone cold, opens a new conversation from the handoff or pins a notice. It is a mod for Claude Code, from pnam16/claude-mods on GitHub.
What can the cache-handoff mod access?
Its widest reach is "writes or runs" (runs processes, drives Claude, reads files, reads env vars, persists state, draws). It sees every prompt, classic hooks. Like any mod, it runs with your permissions.
How do I install cache-handoff?
Inside Claude Code (v2.1.287 or later), run /plugin marketplace add pnam16/claude-mods and then /plugin install cache-handoff@ame-mods.
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