Claude Code mod
critters
Pixel critters above the prompt for each background agent, a different sprite per model (Opus, Sonnet, Haiku, Fable). Expand for a task list, click one for its transcript, or hide them in the footer.
Install
/plugin marketplace add ErnestTramp/claude-critters
/plugin install critters@claude-crittersMods install like plugins. Run /reload-plugins or start a new session to load it.
What it can access
- Reach
- L1Reads: reads the transcript, reads mod state, persists state, draws
- Sees
- subagent spawns, every tool call
- Draws in
SessionModeAbovePromptPane- Hooks
session.startagent.spawntool.callturn.completeui.rendercommand.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
- ErnestTramp/claude-critters
- Folder
.- Marketplace
claude-critters- Author
- Ernest Brenchley
- License
- MIT
- Last updated
- 11 October 2026
- Listed in
- awesome-claude-code-mods
FAQ
What is critters?
Pixel critters above the prompt for each background agent, a different sprite per model (Opus, Sonnet, Haiku, Fable). Expand for a task list, click one for its transcript, or hide them in the footer. It is a mod for Claude Code, from ErnestTramp/claude-critters on GitHub.
What can the critters mod access?
Its widest reach is "reads" (reads the transcript, reads mod state, persists state, draws). It sees subagent spawns, every tool call. It draws in SessionMode, AbovePrompt, Pane. Like any mod, it runs with your permissions.
How do I install critters?
Inside Claude Code (v2.1.287 or later), run /plugin marketplace add ErnestTramp/claude-critters and then /plugin install critters@claude-critters.
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