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8 Claude Code mods worth installing.

Mods are plugins that change what Claude Code draws and does: a progress bar above your prompt, a file tree that lights up, a guard on rm -rf. These are the eight from my carousel, with the repo for each one and the exact commands to install it.

All eight need Claude Code 2.1.287 or later, where mods are on by default. Check with claude --version.

Savvy Progress: a live progress bar and agents panel in Claude Code

The eight

Savvy Progress a live progress bar. johnnyvizz/claude-kit.
Claude Skins reskin claude code. hellosverre/claude-skins.
You Should Know flags what you'd miss. built into Claude Code.
Filetree see every file touched. data-goblin/claude-code-filetree.
Cache Tax know the cost first. karanb192/claude-code-mods.
Blast Radius stops risky deletes. anthropics/claude-code-playground.
Reflect turn fixes into rules. BayramAnnakov/claude-reflect.
Replay Theater replay every edit. anthropics/claude-code-playground.

Install commands and the one-shot prompt

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Open Claude Code anywhere and paste this. It checks your version, reads each README before installing and reports back in a table. Prefer to do it by hand? Each mod's commands are below.

Install these Claude Code mods for me, at user scope, so they work in every project. First run `claude --version` and stop if it's older than 2.1.287. Skip any mod that's already installed.

1. Savvy Progress: marketplace johnnyvizz/claude-kit, plugin savvy-progress@claude-kit
2. Claude Skins: marketplace hellosverre/claude-skins, plugin skins@hellosverre-mods
3. You Should Know: built in, run `claude plugin enable cc-plugin-you-should-know@builtin`
4. Filetree: marketplace data-goblin/claude-code-filetree, plugin filetree@claude-code-filetree
5. Cache Tax: marketplace karanb192/claude-code-mods, plugin cache-tax@claude-code-mods
6. Blast Radius and 7. Replay Theater: clone https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-playground into ~/.claude/mods/, add its claude-code/mods folder as a local marketplace, then install blast-radius and replay-theater from claude-code-playground-mods
8. Reflect: marketplace bayramannakov/claude-reflect, plugin reflect-mod@claude-reflect-marketplace

Rules:
- Before installing each one, open its README and tell me in one line what it can do on my machine (run commands, read files, call the network).
- Don't use sudo or change any setting I didn't ask for.
- If an install fails, show me the error and stop on that mod; carry on with the rest.

When you're done, give me a table: mod, installed yes/no, the command or button to try it first. Then tell me to restart Claude Code.

The mods, one by one

Run each block in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Savvy Progress: a live progress bar

A bar above your prompt shows the plan and how many tasks are done. Type /agents-info for a panel of every subagent: its model, effort, progress, context, estimated cost and time. The cost is a rough estimate from token counts, not a bill. Source: johnnyvizz/claude-kit. Savvy Progress: A live progress bar

claude plugin marketplace add johnnyvizz/claude-kit
claude plugin install savvy-progress@claude-kit

Claude Skins: reskin claude code

Redraws the transcript: tool calls get icons and timings, edits become diff cards, shell output sits in a terminal card. Seven skins, light and dark. Switch with /skin noir, /skin dracula and so on. The easiest first mod to try. Source: hellosverre/claude-skins. Claude Skins: Reskin Claude Code

claude plugin marketplace add hellosverre/claude-skins
claude plugin install skins@hellosverre-mods

You Should Know: flags what you'd miss

Built into Claude Code by Anthropic, so there's no repo to add. A second agent reads Claude's reply and pulls out what matters, such as "this overwrites 3 files you edited". You get Tell me more, I knew this and Dismiss. You Should Know: Flags what you'd miss

claude plugin enable cc-plugin-you-should-know@builtin

Filetree: see every file touched

An IDE-style file tree beside the chat, with Git status. Files light up while Claude reads or edits them, and it costs zero tokens. It lives in the right sidebar, so it needs the fullscreen layout (/tui fullscreen) and a terminal at least 110 columns wide. Source: data-goblin/claude-code-filetree. Filetree: See every file touched

claude plugin marketplace add data-goblin/claude-code-filetree
claude plugin install filetree@claude-code-filetree

Cache Tax: know the cost first

After a break the prompt cache goes cold, and your next message pays to rebuild it. Cache Tax holds that message and shows the estimated cost first, so you can pay and send or start fresh with a short recap. /keepwarm 90m keeps the cache warm while you step away. Those pings cost tokens too. Source: karanb192/claude-code-mods. Cache Tax: Know the cost first

claude plugin marketplace add karanb192/claude-code-mods
claude plugin install cache-tax@claude-code-mods

Blast Radius: stops risky deletes

Holds a risky shell command (rm -rf, git reset --hard, a force push, a migration) and lists every file it would change. You press Proceed, not Claude. Needs bash. On Windows, use Git Bash. Source: anthropics/claude-code-playground. Blast Radius: Stops risky deletes

git clone https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-playground.git
cd claude-code-playground/claude-code/mods
claude plugin marketplace add ./
claude plugin install blast-radius@claude-code-playground-mods --scope user

Reflect: turn fixes into rules

Say "no, in this repo we always use pnpm" and Reflect spots the correction, writes it up as a rule and asks where to save it: this project's CLAUDE.md or the one for all your projects. One click and Claude stops repeating the mistake. Source: BayramAnnakov/claude-reflect. Reflect: Turn fixes into rules

claude plugin marketplace add bayramannakov/claude-reflect
claude plugin install reflect-mod@claude-reflect-marketplace

Replay Theater: replay every edit

Type /replay and step through every edit Claude made in the last turn, one diff at a time, in order. Handy for reviewing a change before you commit it. Source: anthropics/claude-code-playground. Replay Theater: Replay every edit

# already cloned for Blast Radius? Skip the first two lines.
git clone https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-playground.git
cd claude-code-playground/claude-code/mods
claude plugin marketplace add ./
claude plugin install replay-theater@claude-code-playground-mods --scope user

Before you install

Mods run code a mod runs inside Claude Code with your permissions. Read the README before you install one, as the prompt above makes Claude do.
Start with two Skins and Blast Radius are the safest first pair: one changes how things look, the other only adds a stop button.
Turn one off claude plugin disable <name> switches a mod off without uninstalling it.
They move fast mods are new. If a command fails, check the mod's README for the latest. Find more in the awesome-claude-code-mods list and the Claude Code plugin docs.