Claude Code mod
guard-essentials
Asks only before harsh or disaster commands: destructive infra, git and SQL, piping downloads into a shell, sudo, leaking or committing secrets. Reads git. The quiet choice for daily work.
Install
/plugin marketplace add baselane-sh/mods
/plugin install guard-essentials@baselane-mods-devMods install like plugins. Run /reload-plugins or start a new session to load it.
What it can access
- Reach
- L2Writes or runs: runs processes
- Sees
- classic hooks, every tool call, every prompt
- Hooks
classic.PreToolUsetool.callprompt.submit
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
- baselane-sh/mods
- Folder
plugins/guard-essentials- Marketplace
baselane-mods-dev- Author
- Baselane
- License
- MIT
- Last updated
- 6 October 2026
- Listed in
- awesome-claude-code-mods
FAQ
What is guard-essentials?
Asks only before harsh or disaster commands: destructive infra, git and SQL, piping downloads into a shell, sudo, leaking or committing secrets. Reads git. The quiet choice for daily work. It is a mod for Claude Code, from baselane-sh/mods on GitHub.
What can the guard-essentials mod access?
Its widest reach is "writes or runs" (runs processes). It sees classic hooks, every tool call, every prompt. Like any mod, it runs with your permissions.
How do I install guard-essentials?
Inside Claude Code (v2.1.287 or later), run /plugin marketplace add baselane-sh/mods and then /plugin install guard-essentials@baselane-mods-dev.
Is guard-essentials popular?
baselane-sh/mods has 3 GitHub stars and 0 forks, and is included in 1 curated Claude Code list. It was last updated on 6 October 2026.
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