Claude Code mod

whats-agent-doing

A small box above the prompt that always says what the agent is doing right now (reading, thinking, writing, running a tool, waiting for you) and expands to show what it has done.

8 starsPane & dashboard mods Plugin marketplaceIn Anthropic's plugin directoryValidates on Claude Code 2.1.316 Source

Install

Inside Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add tzafrir/whats-agent-doing
/plugin install whats-agent-doing@tzafrir

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

What it can access

Reach
L1Reads: reads mod state, draws
Sees
every tool call, classic hooks, subagent spawns
Draws in
ToolProgressAbovePrompt
Hooks
session.startturn.startturn.steptool.callclassic.PermissionRequestui.renderagent.spawnclassic.SubagentStopclassic.PreCompactclassic.PostCompactturn.complete

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.
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Details

Repository
tzafrir/whats-agent-doing
Folder
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Marketplace
tzafrir
Author
Tzafrir Rehan
Type
Pane & dashboard mods
License
MIT
Last updated
4 October 2026
Listed in
awesome-claude-code-mods

FAQ

What is whats-agent-doing?

A small box above the prompt that always says what the agent is doing right now (reading, thinking, writing, running a tool, waiting for you) and expands to show what it has done. It is a mod for Claude Code, from tzafrir/whats-agent-doing on GitHub.

What can the whats-agent-doing mod access?

Its widest reach is "reads" (reads mod state, draws). It sees every tool call, classic hooks, subagent spawns. It draws in ToolProgress, AbovePrompt. Like any mod, it runs with your permissions.

How do I install whats-agent-doing?

Inside Claude Code (v2.1.287 or later), run /plugin marketplace add tzafrir/whats-agent-doing and then /plugin install whats-agent-doing@tzafrir.

Is whats-agent-doing popular?

tzafrir/whats-agent-doing has 8 GitHub stars and 0 forks, and is included in 1 curated Claude Code list. It was last updated on 4 October 2026.

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