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telltale

See what your skills and MCP servers put in front of Claude, which tools it called, what it read back, and what it did next. Observe-only; writes local logs only.

Code you can checkTerminal + desktopPaneBandStatus lineToastBoxButtonCodeText
writes files, drives Claude, draws

What it does

  • Draws a band above the prompt, a pane, toasts
  • Adds /telltale
  • Watches tool calls and can refuse them
  • Hooks prompt.context, session.compact, session.end, session.start and 4 more
  • Keeps its own state between turns

Good points

  • No network calls
  • Starts no processes
  • Written in TypeScript
  • Handles errors

Code to start from

A starter ModsCode writes from the drawing it read, and the mod's own lines that draw, where there are any.

Starter (register.tsx)

register.tsx
import type { Register } from 'claude-code'

// Drawn like telltale by j0hanz (pane, band, status, toast), as ModsCode read it from the mod's code:
// https://modscode.com/claude-mods/mods/j0hanz-telltale/
// Written by ModsCode from that reading, not copied from the mod: use it as you like.
// Each value below stands for one the mod works out at run time; put in your own.
export const register: Register = on => {
  // the band above the prompt; what else goes there is drawn under it
  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
    const { Box, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const row = '…'
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        <Text>
          {row}
        </Text>
        {await next(e)}
      </Box>
    )
  })

  // the pane: open it with $.ui.open({ id: 'my-pane', title: "telltale" })
  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: 'my-pane' }, async ($, e) => {
    const { Box, Button, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const formatTokens = '…'
    const share = '…'
    const line = '…'
    const name = '…'
    const state = '…'
    const note = '…'
    const line2 = '…'
    const line3 = '…'
    const line4 = '…'
    const line5 = '…'
    const line6 = '…'
    const line7 = '…'
    const line8 = '…'
    const line9 = '…'
    const status = '…'
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        <Box flexDirection="row" columnGap={2}>
          <Button hotkey="1" plain>
            Calls
          </Button>
          <Button hotkey="2" plain>
            Inventory
          </Button>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Text bold>
            {`MCP tools  ${formatTokens} tok${share}`}
          </Text>
          <Box flexDirection="column">
            <Text>
              {line}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="column">
            <Text>
              {line2}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="column">
            <Text>
              {line3}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Text bold>
            {`Skills  ${formatTokens} tok${share}`}
          </Text>
          <Box flexDirection="column">
            <Text>
              {line4}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="column">
            <Text>
              {line5}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="column">
            <Text>
              {line6}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Text bold>
            {`Memory files  ${formatTokens} tok${share}`}
          </Text>
          <Box flexDirection="column">
            <Text>
              {line7}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="column">
            <Text>
              {line8}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="column">
            <Text>
              {line9}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`  ${name}  ${formatTokens} tok  measured  ${state}${note}`}
            </Text>
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Button hotkey="m" plain>
          Measure
        </Button>
        <Text dimColor>
          measuring…
        </Text>
        <Text>
          {status}
        </Text>
        <Text dimColor>
          m measure · esc close
        </Text>
      </Box>
    )
  })

  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
    const name = '…'
    await $.ui.toast(`${name} failed · /telltale`)
    return next(e)
  })
}

The mod's own code

Shown under the mod's licence (MIT); its text is below. Keep the notice if you copy these lines.

plugins/telltale/hooks/register.tsx lines 1263–1293 · Band
  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
    let row: string | null = null;
    try {
      const inFlight = Object.values(await read($, running));
      await read($, tick);
      if (!e.props.hasSurvey && inFlight.length > 0) {
        const first = inFlight.reduce((a, b) => (b.startedAt < a.startedAt ? b : a));
        const now = await $.clock.now();
        const turn = turnNo + 1;
        const done = (await read($, calls)).filter(
          (call) => call.turn === turn && call.server !== null,
        );
        row = bandRow(
          {
            tool: serverTool(first.tool),
            elapsedMs: now - first.startedAt,
            more: inFlight.length - 1,
            turnCalls: done.length,
            turnTokens: done.reduce((sum, call) => sum + estTokens(call.textChars), 0),
            turnErrors: done.filter((call) => call.isError).length,
          },
          e.props.bodyColumns,
        );
      }
    } catch {
      row = null;
    }
    if (row === null) return next(e);
    const { Text } = $.ui.resolve(e);
    return <Text>{row}</Text>;
  }).catch(($, e, next) => next(e));
plugins/telltale/hooks/register.tsx lines 1409–1464 · Pane
  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: PANE }, async ($, e) => {
    await settled;
    const { Box, Text, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e);
    const width = e.props.bodyColumns;
    const current = await read($, view);
    // R23: the detail counts as Calls; the tab of the view not shown is dim.
    const onCalls = current !== 'inventory';
    const tabs = (
      <Box flexDirection="row" columnGap={2}>
        <Button
          key="view:calls"
          hotkey="1"
          plain
          dimColor={!onCalls}
          onPress={() => openView($, 'calls')}
        >
          Calls
        </Button>
        <Button
          key="view:inventory"
          hotkey="2"
          plain
          dimColor={onCalls}
          onPress={() => openView($, 'inventory')}
        >
          Inventory
        </Button>
      </Box>
    );
    // R35, R48: each view ends with one dim row naming its keys, cut to the width.
    const keyRow = (keys: string) => (
      <Text key="keys" dimColor>
        {clip(keys, width)}
      </Text>
    );
    const keysOf = (shown: View) =>
      shown === 'detail' ? KEYS_DETAIL : shown === 'inventory' ? KEYS_INVENTORY : KEYS_CALLS;
    try {
      const list = await read($, calls);
      const chosen = await read($, selected);
      const call = list.find((one) => one.id === chosen);
      const frame = { e, width, tabs, keyRow };
      if (current === 'detail' && call) return await drawDetail($, frame, list, call);
      if (current === 'inventory') return await drawInventory($, frame);
      return await drawCalls($, frame, list, chosen);
    } catch {
      // R46: a view that fails keeps the pane, its view row and its keys.
      return (
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          {tabs}
          <Text>this view could not be drawn</Text>
          {keyRow(keysOf(current))}
        </Box>
      );
    }
  });
plugins/telltale/hooks/register.tsx lines 553–646 · Pane
async function drawDetail($: EngineInterface, frame: Frame, list: Call[], call: Call) {
  const { e, width, tabs, keyRow } = frame;
  const { Box, Text, Button, Code } = $.ui.resolve(e);
  const detail = details.get(call.id);
  const note = await read($, message);
  const names = await read($, agentNames);
  // R37: JSON is drawn as json code; a cut or non-JSON field as plain text (R11, R20).
  const field = (key: string, label: string, raw: string, full: number) => {
    const shown = show(pretty(raw), raw, full);
    return [
      <Text key={key} dimColor>
        {label}
      </Text>,
      ...(isJson(shown)
        ? [<Code key={`${key}:code`} language="json" source={shown} />]
        : chunks(shown).map((part, i) => <Text key={`${key}:${i}`}>{part}</Text>)),
    ];
  };
  // R38: n is the next older call, p the next newer; the ends change nothing.
  const step = (by: number) => async () => {
    await update($, message, () => null);
    const to = list[list.findIndex((one) => one.id === call.id) + by];
    if (to) await update($, selected, () => to.id);
  };
  // R39, R40: the text the pane keeps, never indented; a refusal names its reason.
  const copy = (which: 'args' | 'text') => async (press: { surface: RenderSurface }) => {
    if (!detail) {
      await update($, message, () => 'copy failed: text not kept after a reload');
      return;
    }
    const text = which === 'args' ? detail.args : detail.text;
    const total = which === 'args' ? call.argsChars : call.textChars;
    const result = await $.ui.copy({ text, surface: press.surface });
    await update($, message, () =>
      result.isCopied
        ? text.length < total
          ? `copied ${text.length} of ${total} chars`
          : `copied ${text.length} chars`
        : `copy failed: ${result.reason}`,
    );
  };
  const presses: Record<
    (typeof DETAIL_BUTTONS)[number]['key'],
    (press: { surface: RenderSurface }) => Promise<void>
  > = {
    back: async () => {
      await openView($, 'calls'); // clears the message too
      await focusRow($, call.id);
    },
    older: step(-1),
    newer: step(1),
    copyArgs: copy('args'),
    copyText: copy('text'),
  };
  const header = detailHeader({
    tool: toolName(call.tool),
    server: call.server,
    agentId: call.agentId,
    agentName: call.agentId ? names[call.agentId] : undefined,
    ms: call.ms,
    chars: call.textChars,
    tokens: estTokens(call.textChars),
    next: call.next,
  });
  const used = detail && detail.used.length > 0 ? detail.used.join(', ') : 'none';
  return (
    <Box flexDirection="column">
      {tabs}
      <Box flexDirection={width < DETAIL_BUTTONS_WIDTH ? 'column' : 'row'} columnGap={2}>
        {DETAIL_BUTTONS.map((b) => (
          <Button key={b.key} hotkey={b.hotkey} plain onPress={presses[b.key]}>
            {b.label}
          </Button>
        ))}
      </Box>
      <Box flexDirection="row">
        <Text bold>{clip(header, width - (call.isError ? 8 : 0))}</Text>
        {call.isError && <Text color="error"> · error</Text>}
      </Box>
      {detail ? (
        [
          ...field('args', 'arguments', detail.args, call.argsChars),
          ...field('text', 'what Claude read', detail.text, call.textChars),
        ]
      ) : (
        <Text dimColor>{clip('text not kept after a reload; see the logs', width)}</Text>
      )}
      <Text dimColor>{clip(permissionNote(call.permission), width)}</Text>
      <Text>{clip(`used in answer: ${used}`, width)}</Text>
      {note !== null && <Text>{clip(note, width)}</Text>}
      {keyRow(KEYS_DETAIL)}
    </Box>
  );
}
plugins/telltale/hooks/register.tsx lines 649–757 · Pane
async function drawInventory($: EngineInterface, frame: Frame) {
  const { e, width, tabs, keyRow } = frame;
  const { Box, Text, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e);
  const inv = await read($, inventory);
  // delta R21: `m` stays bound while usage is unavailable, and a press there changes nothing.
  const measure = (
    <Button key="measure" hotkey="m" plain onPress={() => measureInventory($)}>
      Measure
    </Button>
  );
  if (inv.status === 'unavailable') {
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        {tabs}
        <Text>Context usage unavailable</Text>
        {measure}
        {keyRow(KEYS_INVENTORY)}
      </Box>
    );
  }
  const used = await read($, totals);
  const window = inv.window;
  // R42: a server's share of the session totals is the sum of its tool rows' matches.
  const usageOf = (rows: InventoryRow[]) => {
    const sum = { calls: 0, errors: 0, tokens: 0 };
    for (const row of rows) {
      const tool = used.tools[row.name];
      if (!tool) continue;
      sum.calls += tool.calls;
      sum.errors += tool.errors;
      sum.tokens += tool.tokens;
    }
    return sum.calls > 0 ? sum : undefined;
  };
  type Sub = { name: string; rows: InventoryRow[]; tokens: number };
  // R41: each group's total and share of the window; `heading` draws a sub-group's title row.
  const group = (
    prefix: string,
    title: string,
    empty: string,
    heading: (one: Sub, pad: number, max: number) => string | null,
    note: (row: InventoryRow) => string,
  ) => {
    const rows = inv.rows.filter((row) => row.group.startsWith(prefix));
    const total = rows.reduce((sum, row) => sum + row.tokens, 0);
    const share = window ? ` · ${pct(total, window)}% of ${formatTokens(window)}` : '';
    const groups = [...new Set(rows.map((row) => row.group))].map((name) => {
      const members = rows.filter((row) => row.group === name).sort((a, b) => b.tokens - a.tokens);
      const tokens = members.reduce((sum, row) => sum + row.tokens, 0);
      return { name: name.slice(prefix.length), rows: members, tokens };
    });
    const pad = Math.max(0, ...groups.map((one) => one.name.length));
    const max = Math.max(0, ...groups.map((one) => one.tokens));
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        <Text bold>
          {clip(rows.length > 0 ? `${title}  ${formatTokens(total)} tok${share}` : title, width)}
        </Text>
        {rows.length === 0 ? (
          <Text dimColor>{empty}</Text>
        ) : (
          groups.map((one) => {
            const line = heading(one, pad, max);
            return (
              <Box key={one.name} flexDirection="column">
                {line !== null && <Text>{clip(line, width)}</Text>}
                {one.rows.map((row) => (
                  <Text key={row.name}>
                    {clip(
                      `  ${row.name}  ${formatTokens(row.tokens)} tok  ${row.measured ? 'measured' : 'est'}${row.state ? `  ${row.state}` : ''}${note(row)}`,
                      width,
                    )}
                  </Text>
                ))}
              </Box>
            );
          })
        )}
      </Box>
    );
  };
  const server = (one: Sub, pad: number, max: number) =>
    serverHeading({ ...one, pad, max, window, usage: usageText(usageOf(one.rows)) });
  const unused = (row: InventoryRow) => (used.tools[row.name] ? '' : '  never called');
  return (
    <Box flexDirection="column">
      {tabs}
      {group('mcp:', 'MCP tools', 'No MCP servers connected', server, unused)}
      {group(
        'skill:',
        'Skills',
        'No skills listed',
        (one) => one.name,
        () => '',
      )}
      {group(
        'memory',
        'Memory files',
        'No memory files loaded',
        () => null,
        () => '',
      )}
      {measure}
      {inv.status === 'measuring' && <Text dimColor>measuring…</Text>}
      {inv.status.startsWith('measure failed') && <Text>{clip(inv.status, width)}</Text>}
      {keyRow(KEYS_INVENTORY)}
    </Box>
  );
}
plugins/telltale/hooks/register.tsx lines 760–837 · Pane
async function drawCalls($: EngineInterface, frame: Frame, list: Call[], chosen: string | null) {
  const { e, width, tabs, keyRow } = frame;
  const { Box, Text, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e);
  if (list.length === 0) {
    const at = (await read($, logFolder)) || folder;
    const start = (await read($, startedIn)) || startDir;
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        {tabs}
        <Text dimColor>No tool calls yet</Text>
        <Text dimColor>{clip(`logs: ${logsPath(at, start)}`, width)}</Text>
        {keyRow(KEYS_CALLS)}
      </Box>
    );
  }
  const gone = await read($, dropped);
  const newest = [...list].reverse();
  const table = callTable(
    newest.map((one) => ({
      tool: `${one.agentId ? '↳ ' : ''}${toolName(one.tool)}`,
      server: one.server,
      ms: one.ms,
      tokens: estTokens(one.textChars),
      isError: one.isError,
      next: one.next,
    })),
    width,
  );
  // R34: each turn's call count and tokens, in one pass.
  const byTurn = new Map<number, { calls: number; tokens: number }>();
  for (const one of list) {
    const sum = byTurn.get(one.turn) ?? { calls: 0, tokens: 0 };
    byTurn.set(one.turn, { calls: sum.calls + 1, tokens: sum.tokens + estTokens(one.textChars) });
  }
  const rows = newest.flatMap((one, i) => {
    const cell = table.rows[i]!;
    const warn = one.next === 'retried' || one.next === 'aborted' || one.next === 'pending';
    const sum = byTurn.get(one.turn)!;
    const separator =
      i === 0 || newest[i - 1]!.turn !== one.turn
        ? [
            <Text key={`turn:${one.turn}:${i}`} dimColor>
              {clip(
                `turn ${one.turn} · ${plural(sum.calls, 'call')} · ~${formatTokens(sum.tokens)} tok`,
                width,
              )}
            </Text>,
          ]
        : [];
    return [
      ...separator,
      <Box key={`line:${one.id}`} flexDirection="row">
        <Button
          key={`row:${one.id}`}
          plain
          {...(one.id === chosen ? { autoFocus: true as const } : {})}
          onPress={async () => {
            await update($, selected, () => one.id);
            await update($, view, () => 'detail');
          }}
        >
          {cell.main}
        </Button>
        <Text color="error">{cell.mark}</Text>
        {!table.narrow && <Text {...(warn ? { color: 'warning' } : {})}>{cell.next}</Text>}
      </Box>,
    ];
  });
  return (
    <Box flexDirection="column">
      {tabs}
      <Text bold>{clip(table.header, width)}</Text>
      {rows}
      {gone > 0 && <Text dimColor>{clip(`${gone} older calls are in the logs`, width)}</Text>}
      {keyRow(KEYS_CALLS)}
    </Box>
  );
}
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What its code shows

Read from the source at commit 21567a5df69a on 2026-10-11. The first group decides whether a mod is listed; the rest is for you to weigh. A later commit is not read until the next crawl.

Decides the listing: code you can check
Entry readEvery module hooks/hooks.json names was read.plugins/telltale/hooks/register.tsx
ParsesEvery file parses as TypeScript or JavaScript.2 files parsed
All its code is in the modEvery import is a file of the mod or the engine's own module; no packages, no require.all its code is in the mod
ReadableNo minified lines, no eval or new Function, no import of a computed path, no encoded blobs.no minified code, no eval, no encoded blobs
Calls in the openNetwork and programs are reached as $.http.fetch and $.process.run in place, never passed around.every call outside goes through $ in the open
For you to weigh before installing
Where it drawsThe terminal, the desktop app, both, or nothing (hooks only: a guard or a prompt rewriter), as its code says. Shown, never a reason to leave a mod out.draws in the terminal and the desktop app, the same in both
Install lineWhether its repository's own .claude-plugin/marketplace.json lists it, so it installs from that marketplace with the lines on its page.listed in its repository's .claude-plugin/marketplace.json: installs from there
Programs on WindowsWhether every program it starts through $.process exists on Windows (tail, date, open, osascript, /usr/… do not).runs no program a Windows PC lacks
NetworkWhether every fetch names its https host in the code.no network
ProgramsWhether every program it starts is named in the code and is not a shell, an interpreter or a network tool.starts no programs
Reads and sendsWhether it both reads something of yours (files, environment variables, the transcript, settings) and reaches outside (the network, an MCP server, another session, telemetry).reads files, but reaches nothing outside
Keys in the sourceWhether the source holds what looks like an API key or a private key.no keys in the source
LicenceAn open licence (MIT, Apache-2.0, BSD, ISC, Unlicense, 0BSD, CC0) with its text lets ModsCode show its code; otherwise the code is linked.MIT
Settings hooksHooks declared in hooks/hooks.json or plugin.json beside the module: a command (a shell when it has no args), an HTTP request, an MCP tool or a model prompt at an event. They run outside $.no settings hooks: its function hooks alone
Servers it shipsMCP servers (a program, or a URL; a headersHelper is a shell command; a .mcpb bundle is unpacked at run time), LSP servers, monitors (a shell command for the whole session) and bin/ (on the PATH of the Bash tool).ships no MCP or LSP server, no monitor, no bin/
Skills, commands, agentsWhat its Markdown declares beyond text: allowed-tools granted for the turn, hooks added when a skill is invoked, a command run before Claude reads the skill.no skills, commands, agents or workflows
Tools and MCPWhether every tool it calls through $.tool.call and $.mcp.call is named in the code, and none is a shell (Bash through the tool runs a shell without $.process).calls no tool, MCP server or command
Asks of the modelCompletions it runs ($.model.complete, fork, classify), subagents it spawns, prompts it submits as you, and the tools, commands and agents it adds.adds command telltale
Events it hooksBy what a hook there can do: gates (refuse a tool call, a prompt, a setting, another plugin), shapes (what the model reads: the system prompt, tool descriptions, each request), reads (your input, the events of the settings hooks, every event with *), and the rest.gates: tool.check, tool.call, command.run (telltale) · shapes: turn.step, skill.prompt, tool.describe, prompt.context · also: session.start, session.end, session.compact, turn.complete (+2) · timers: clock.every
Reads, by nameThe environment variables and files it names, and whether it reads the transcript, settings.json, the prompt box or the mouse selection.files: …/.gitignore, a path computed at run time
Writes, by nameThe files and environment variables it names, and whether it changes settings, the prompt box, the clipboard, the conversation (a row the model reads) or another session.files: …/.gitignore, …/…; the clipboard

This is a reading of the code text, not a security review: it does not run the mod, and it cannot see what a program the mod starts does. The check before installing is yours. How mods are chosen

Install it

Check it yourself before you install it. Mods run unsandboxed, with your permissions, and ModsCode does not vouch for what this code does. Read its code (or run claude plugin validate . in its folder), weigh what it reaches, and install the commit you read.

From its marketplace

Its repository is its marketplace. Add that marketplace (in the terminal with these commands, or in the desktop app's plugin settings) and install the mod from it:

/plugin marketplace add j0hanz/j0hanz-marketplace
/plugin install telltale@j0hanz-marketplace
/reload-plugins

This installs the marketplace's latest commit, which may not be the one read here (21567a5df69a). Compare them before you install. /reload-plugins loads it into a session that is already open.

Try the commit ModsCode read

No marketplace needed. In a terminal, clone the repository, check out the commit read, validate the mod, and load it for one session:

git clone https://github.com/j0hanz/j0hanz-marketplace
git -C j0hanz-marketplace checkout 21567a5df69ab83e753e65f6fb9c3ac8d95127e6
claude plugin validate j0hanz-marketplace/plugins/telltale
claude --plugin-dir j0hanz-marketplace/plugins/telltale

The validate line lists the events the mod hooks and what it asks Claude Code to do, without running it. The last line loads the mod for this session only and writes nothing to your settings. If the author has rewritten history, the commit may no longer exist.

Ask Claude about it

With the ModsCode connector added, Claude can read this mod's code and what it reaches, and build on them. Ask it like this:

Read the ModsCode mod "j0hanz-telltale" with its code and make me one like it

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