Claude Code mod

spend-guard

Spend Guard: live session cost band, a warning toast, and a hard stop that holds your next prompt once the session hits a dollar cap.

Context & usage modsValidates on Claude Code 2.1.316 Source

Install

From source
git clone https://github.com/Rategor/claude-code-spend-guard.git
claude --plugin-dir ./claude-code-spend-guard/spend-guard

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

What it can access

Reach
L0Draws and remembers: draws
Sees
every prompt
Draws in
AbovePrompt
Hooks
session.startprompt.submitsession.measureui.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
Rategor/claude-code-spend-guard
Folder
spend-guard
Author
Build & Bloom
Type
Context & usage mods
Last updated
8 October 2026
Listed in
awesome-claude-code-mods

FAQ

What is spend-guard?

Spend Guard: live session cost band, a warning toast, and a hard stop that holds your next prompt once the session hits a dollar cap. It is a mod for Claude Code, from Rategor/claude-code-spend-guard on GitHub.

What can the spend-guard mod access?

Its widest reach is "draws and remembers" (draws). It sees every prompt. It draws in AbovePrompt. Like any mod, it runs with your permissions.

How do I install spend-guard?

Clone Rategor/claude-code-spend-guard and start Claude Code with --plugin-dir pointing at the mod's folder (spend-guard).

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