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Claude Code launches mods: TypeScript extensions that change behavior, customize UI, and ship inside plugins
Anthropic announced mods for Claude Code, an extension mechanism letting users change behavior, customize the UI, and swap in their own features. Mods are written in a few lines of TypeScript (or built by Claude) and ship inside plugins, installed via /plugin in the CLI or desktop app. Anthropic built features like /diff and AGENTS.md support using mods and published sample mods plus a getting-started guide.
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- Mods let users change Claude Code's behavior, customize its UI, and swap in their own features, Anthropic's Claude Devs account announced
- Mods are written in a few lines of TypeScript or built by Claude itself, per Anthropic's getting-started guide
- Mods ship inside plugins, can be submitted to the Claude directory, and Anthropic published a getting-started guide at claude.dev/blog
- Users install mods with /plugin in the Claude Code CLI or desktop app
- Anthropic warns mods run with the same machine access as Claude Code itself, telling users to only install mods from trusted sources
- Anthropic added pre-built sample mods to the Claude Code Playground repo as starting points, per its Claude Devs account
- Anthropic's Claude Devs account said it used mods to build /diff and AGENTS.md support in Claude Code
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