Claude Code mod

ctx-bar

Claude's context window as a stacked bar above the prompt, a color per category, with token counts and the compaction point. /context-bar shows or hides it.

Context & usage modsValidates on Claude Code 2.1.319 Source

Install

From source
git clone https://github.com/Shaurya-Sethi/ctx-bar.git
claude --plugin-dir ./ctx-bar/.

The repo has no marketplace file, so load the plugin folder directly with --plugin-dir.

What it can access

Reach
L1Reads: reads mod state, persists state, draws
Sees
compaction
Draws in
AbovePrompt
Hooks
session.startsession.appendturn.completecommand.runsession.compactui.render

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.
Claude Code docs

Details

Repository
Shaurya-Sethi/ctx-bar
Folder
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Author
Shaurya Sethi
Type
Context & usage mods
Last updated
15 October 2026
Listed in
awesome-claude-code-mods

FAQ

What is ctx-bar?

Claude's context window as a stacked bar above the prompt, a color per category, with token counts and the compaction point. /context-bar shows or hides it. It is a mod for Claude Code, from Shaurya-Sethi/ctx-bar on GitHub.

What can the ctx-bar mod access?

Its widest reach is "reads" (reads mod state, persists state, draws). It sees compaction. It draws in AbovePrompt. Like any mod, it runs with your permissions.

How do I install ctx-bar?

Clone Shaurya-Sethi/ctx-bar and start Claude Code with --plugin-dir pointing at the mod's folder (.).

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