Releases·Tool Release
Dev builds Overalls, a Claude Code status band mod showing context, limits, MCP errors, and subagent levels
Claude Code now supports mods — plugin hooks that draw UI inside the terminal and desktop app — and a developer used them to build Overalls, a status band above the prompt showing context 'weather' with sparkline, 5h/weekly limit reset countdowns, MCP errors with a Reconnect button, running subagents, and Ponytail/Caveman levels as dropdowns. The writeup documents the mods UI API (flexbox layout of Box/Text/Button/Select/Link/Svg elements) and its limitations, plus distribution via the claude plugin marketplace.
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AI Overview
- Claude Code mods are plugins written as function hooks that draw UI in terminal and desktop apps via ui.render with Box, Text, Button, Select, Link, and Svg elements
- The Overalls mod shows context weather, 5h and weekly limits with reset countdowns, MCP errors with a Reconnect button, and Ponytail and Caveman levels
- Desktop app gotchas: no flexDirection default stacks elements vertically, flex shrink wraps text, and /config doesn't exist so config lives in a bordered box inside the band
- The mod infers MCP server status from tool-call errors like 401s since no status API exists, and tracks Ponytail levels per session because the tool shares one file
- Overalls is MIT-licensed, runs locally, and installs via claude plugin marketplace add Troepster/overalls
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Anthropic previews Function Hooks, an unshipped feature to extend and customize Claude Code, seeking feedback on GitHub
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Pixelband — Claude Code mod showing animated pixel art reacting to Claude in the prompt strip
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I got fed up with the Claude desktop app's layout, so I fixed it myself (two-column sidebar, project colours, tags, free)
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