Claude Code mod
context-bar
Your context window as a meter above the prompt: the conversation, the overhead every request carries, and the room left before compaction, with a drill-down into the overhead. Toggle it with /context-bar.
Install
/plugin marketplace add davidlambl/claude-extensions
/plugin install context-bar@davidlamblMods install like plugins. Run /reload-plugins or start a new session to load it.
What it can access
- Reach
- L1Reads: reads mod state, persists state, draws
- Sees
- compaction
- Draws in
AbovePromptPane- Hooks
session.startcommand.runsession.measuresession.compactsession.endsession.attachui.closeui.render
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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
- davidlambl/claude-extensions
- Folder
mods/context-bar- Marketplace
davidlambl- Author
- David Lambl
- License
- MIT
- Last updated
- 20 October 2026
- Listed in
- awesome-claude-code-mods
FAQ
What is context-bar?
Your context window as a meter above the prompt: the conversation, the overhead every request carries, and the room left before compaction, with a drill-down into the overhead. Toggle it with /context-bar. It is a mod for Claude Code, from davidlambl/claude-extensions on GitHub.
What can the context-bar mod access?
Its widest reach is "reads" (reads mod state, persists state, draws). It sees compaction. It draws in AbovePrompt, Pane. Like any mod, it runs with your permissions.
How do I install context-bar?
Inside Claude Code (v2.1.287 or later), run /plugin marketplace add davidlambl/claude-extensions and then /plugin install context-bar@davidlambl.
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