Claude Code mod
cache-tax
Keeps the one-hour prompt cache warm during breaks and stops a cold send once with its estimated rewrite cost; its status line sits in the modkit band. Adapted from cache-tax by Karan Bansal (MIT).
Install
/plugin marketplace add Orfila-antoine/claude-mods
/plugin install cache-tax@claude-modsMods install like plugins. Run /reload-plugins or start a new session to load it.
What it can access
- Reach
- L2Writes or runs: drives Claude, writes the prompt box, reads env vars, reads settings, reads the prompt box, reads mod state, persists state, draws
- Sees
- classic hooks, every prompt, compaction
- Draws in
AbovePrompt- Hooks
config.setui.rendersession.startsession.endclassic.SessionStartcommand.runprompt.submitturn.stepturn.completesession.compact
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
- Orfila-antoine/claude-mods
- Folder
cache-tax- Marketplace
claude-mods- Author
- Antoine Orfila
- License
- MIT
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
- Listed in
- awesome-claude-code-mods
FAQ
What is cache-tax?
Keeps the one-hour prompt cache warm during breaks and stops a cold send once with its estimated rewrite cost; its status line sits in the modkit band. Adapted from cache-tax by Karan Bansal (MIT). It is a mod for Claude Code, from Orfila-antoine/claude-mods on GitHub.
What can the cache-tax mod access?
Its widest reach is "writes or runs" (drives Claude, writes the prompt box, reads env vars, reads settings, reads the prompt box, reads mod state, persists state, draws). It sees classic hooks, every prompt, compaction. It draws in AbovePrompt. Like any mod, it runs with your permissions.
How do I install cache-tax?
Inside Claude Code (v2.1.287 or later), run /plugin marketplace add Orfila-antoine/claude-mods and then /plugin install cache-tax@claude-mods.
Is cache-tax popular?
Orfila-antoine/claude-mods has 1 GitHub stars and 0 forks, and is included in 1 curated Claude Code list. It was last updated on 27 October 2026.
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