Claude Code mod
workbench
A set of mods that put live session data around the prompt box: statusbar (model, effort, mode, directory, branch, usage) and workflow (a dynamic workflow's steps under the prompt).
Install
/plugin marketplace add Pigula1984/workbench
/plugin install workbench@workbenchMods install like plugins. Run /reload-plugins or start a new session to load it.
What it can access
- Reach
- L2Writes or runs: runs processes, reads files, reads env vars, reads settings, reads mod state, draws
- Sees
- Workflow calls, subagent spawns, every prompt, classic hooks
- Draws in
UserMessageAbovePromptPromptHint- Hooks
tool.callagent.spawnturn.completeui.renderprompt.submitsession.startclassic.PostModelSwitchturn.stepcommand.runclassic.CwdChangedclassic.SessionStartclassic.UserPromptSubmitclassic.PermissionRequestclassic.PostToolUseclassic.Stopclassic.PostCompacttelemetry.log
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
- Pigula1984/workbench
- Folder
.- Marketplace
workbench- Author
- Marcin Pigłowski
- Last updated
- 10 October 2026
- Listed in
- awesome-claude-code-mods
FAQ
What is workbench?
A set of mods that put live session data around the prompt box: statusbar (model, effort, mode, directory, branch, usage) and workflow (a dynamic workflow's steps under the prompt). It is a mod for Claude Code, from Pigula1984/workbench on GitHub.
What can the workbench mod access?
Its widest reach is "writes or runs" (runs processes, reads files, reads env vars, reads settings, reads mod state, draws). It sees Workflow calls, subagent spawns, every prompt, classic hooks. It draws in UserMessage, AbovePrompt, PromptHint. Like any mod, it runs with your permissions.
How do I install workbench?
Inside Claude Code (v2.1.287 or later), run /plugin marketplace add Pigula1984/workbench and then /plugin install workbench@workbench.
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