Claude Code mod

sidepad

A read-only side pane beside the transcript: it opens the file Claude last edited at the end of the turn, lists directories one page at a time, draws code highlighted and Markdown rendered, and sends a selected passage back to Claude with a command or the next prompt.

Pane & dashboard mods Plugin marketplace Source

Install

Inside Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add duqaXxX/sidepad
/plugin install sidepad@sidepad

Mods install like plugins. Run /reload-plugins or start a new session to load it.

What it can access

Reach
L2Writes or runs: runs processes, drives Claude, reads files, reads settings, persists state, draws
Sees
every prompt, ?|? calls
Draws in
PromptHintPane
Hooks
session.startcommand.runsession.endui.renderui.scrollui.messageui.pressprompt.submittool.callturn.completeui.close

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
duqaXxX/sidepad
Folder
plugins/sidepad
Marketplace
sidepad
Author
duqaXxX
Type
Pane & dashboard mods
License
MIT
Last updated
24 September 2026
Listed in
awesome-claude-code-mods

FAQ

What is sidepad?

A read-only side pane beside the transcript: it opens the file Claude last edited at the end of the turn, lists directories one page at a time, draws code highlighted and Markdown rendered, and sends a selected passage back to Claude with a command or the next prompt. It is a mod for Claude Code, from duqaXxX/sidepad on GitHub.

What can the sidepad mod access?

Its widest reach is "writes or runs" (runs processes, drives Claude, reads files, reads settings, persists state, draws). It sees every prompt, ?|? calls. It draws in PromptHint, Pane. Like any mod, it runs with your permissions.

How do I install sidepad?

Inside Claude Code (v2.1.287 or later), run /plugin marketplace add duqaXxX/sidepad and then /plugin install sidepad@sidepad.

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