context-watch by narrowstacks: Claude Code mod code

What it does

Draws a band above the prompt, a pane, toasts
Adds /ctx
Watches tool calls
Hooks session.compact, session.start, turn.complete

Good points

No network calls
Starts no processes
Written in TypeScript
Has a desktop-specific branch

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)

import type { Register } from 'claude-code'

// Drawn like context-watch by narrowstacks (pane, band, status, toast), as ModsCode read it from the mod's code:
// https://modscode.com/claude-mods/mods/narrowstacks-context-watch/
// 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, Svg } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const gaugeSvg = '…'
    const percent = '…'
    const formatTokens = '…'
    const usd = '…'
    const limitName = '…'
    const percentUsed = '…'
    const resetsIn = '…'
    const limitName2 = '…'
    const percentUsed2 = '…'
    const resetsIn2 = '…'
    const limitName3 = '…'
    const percentUsed3 = '…'
    const resetsIn3 = '…'
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        <Box alignItems="center" columnGap={1}>
          <Text dimColor>
            Context
          </Text>
          <Svg source={`${gaugeSvg}`} alt={`Context ${percent}% full`} width={160} height={8} />
          <Text bold>
            {percent}
            %
          </Text>
          <Text dimColor>
            0
            {" / "}
            {formatTokens}
          </Text>
          <Text dimColor>
            · $
            {usd}
          </Text>
          <Box alignItems="center" columnGap={1}>
            <Text dimColor>
              {"· "}
              {limitName}
            </Text>
            <Svg source={`${gaugeSvg}`} alt={`${limitName} limit ${percentUsed}% used`} width={48} height={6} />
            <Text>
              {percentUsed}
              %
            </Text>
            <Box display="none">
              <Text dimColor>
                {resetsIn}
              </Text>
            </Box>
          </Box>
          <Box alignItems="center" columnGap={1}>
            <Text dimColor>
              {"· "}
              {limitName2}
            </Text>
            <Svg source={`${gaugeSvg}`} alt={`${limitName} limit ${percentUsed}% used`} width={48} height={6} />
            <Text>
              {percentUsed2}
              %
            </Text>
            <Box display="none">
              <Text dimColor>
                {resetsIn2}
              </Text>
            </Box>
          </Box>
          <Box alignItems="center" columnGap={1}>
            <Text dimColor>
              {"· "}
              {limitName3}
            </Text>
            <Svg source={`${gaugeSvg}`} alt={`${limitName} limit ${percentUsed}% used`} width={48} height={6} />
            <Text>
              {percentUsed3}
              %
            </Text>
            <Box display="none">
              <Text dimColor>
                {resetsIn3}
              </Text>
            </Box>
          </Box>
        </Box>
        {await next(e)}
      </Box>
    )
  })

  // the pane: open it with $.ui.open({ id: 'my-pane', title: "Context" })
  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: 'my-pane' }, async ($, e) => {
    const { Box, Text, Svg, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const percent = '…'
    const formatTokens = '…'
    const usd = '…'
    const map = '…'
    const stackSvg = '…'
    const swatchSvg = '…'
    const name = '…'
    const formatTokens2 = '…'
    const tokens = '…'
    const name2 = '…'
    const formatTokens3 = '…'
    const tokens2 = '…'
    const name3 = '…'
    const formatTokens4 = '…'
    const tokens3 = '…'
    const gaugeSvg = '…'
    const name4 = '…'
    const formatTokens5 = '…'
    const tools = '…'
    const name5 = '…'
    const formatTokens6 = '…'
    const tools2 = '…'
    const name6 = '…'
    const formatTokens7 = '…'
    const tools3 = '…'
    const deferred = '…'
    const formatTokens8 = '…'
    const shortPath = '…'
    const formatTokens9 = '…'
    const shortPath2 = '…'
    const formatTokens10 = '…'
    const shortPath3 = '…'
    const length = '…'
    const map2 = '…'
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column" rowGap={1}>
        <Box alignItems="center" columnGap={1}>
          <Text bold>
            {percent}
            %
          </Text>
          <Text dimColor>
            0
            {" of "}
            {formatTokens}
            {" tokens"}
            {`  ·  $${usd}`}
            {map}
          </Text>
        </Box>
        <Svg source={`${stackSvg}`} alt={`Context ${percent}% full`} />
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Box alignItems="center" columnGap={1}>
            <Svg source={`${swatchSvg}`} alt={`${name}`} width={10} height={10} />
            <Text>
              {name}
            </Text>
            <Text dimColor>
              {formatTokens2}
              {" · "}
              {tokens}
              %
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box alignItems="center" columnGap={1}>
            <Svg source={`${swatchSvg}`} alt={`${name}`} width={10} height={10} />
            <Text>
              {name2}
            </Text>
            <Text dimColor>
              {formatTokens3}
              {" · "}
              {tokens2}
              %
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box alignItems="center" columnGap={1}>
            <Svg source={`${swatchSvg}`} alt={`${name}`} width={10} height={10} />
            <Text>
              {name3}
            </Text>
            <Text dimColor>
              {formatTokens4}
              {" · "}
              {tokens3}
              %
            </Text>
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Text bold>
            MCP servers in context
          </Text>
          <Box alignItems="center" columnGap={1}>
            <Svg source={`${gaugeSvg}`} alt={`${name} ${formatTokens}`} width={80} height={6} />
            <Text>
              {name4}
            </Text>
            <Text dimColor>
              {formatTokens5}
              {" · "}
              {tools}
              {" tool"}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box alignItems="center" columnGap={1}>
            <Svg source={`${gaugeSvg}`} alt={`${name} ${formatTokens}`} width={80} height={6} />
            <Text>
              {name5}
            </Text>
            <Text dimColor>
              {formatTokens6}
              {" · "}
              {tools2}
              {" tool"}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box alignItems="center" columnGap={1}>
            <Svg source={`${gaugeSvg}`} alt={`${name} ${formatTokens}`} width={80} height={6} />
            <Text>
              {name6}
            </Text>
            <Text dimColor>
              {formatTokens7}
              {" · "}
              {tools3}
              {" tool"}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Text dimColor>
            {deferred}
            {" more tool"}
            {" load on demand and use no context until searched for"}
          </Text>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Text bold>
            Memory files
          </Text>
          <Text dimColor>
            {formatTokens8}
            {" "}
            {shortPath}
          </Text>
          <Text dimColor>
            {formatTokens9}
            {" "}
            {shortPath2}
          </Text>
          <Text dimColor>
            {formatTokens10}
            {" "}
            {shortPath3}
          </Text>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Text bold>
            Edited this session (
            {length}
            )
          </Text>
          <Text dimColor>
            {map2}
          </Text>
        </Box>
        <Box>
          <Button label="Close" role="dismiss" />
        </Box>
      </Box>
    )
  })

  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
    const percent = '…'
    const hint = '…'
    await $.ui.toast(`Context at ${percent}%.${hint}`)
    return next(e)
  })
}

The mod's own code

Its licence text was not found at the commit read, so only the places in the source are linked.

How to build this: Pane (panel), Deny a tool call

What its code calls

tool calls

What its code shows

Read from the source at commit 4aa697cd385e 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 read	Every module hooks/hooks.json names was read.context-watch/hooks/register.tsx
Parses	Every file parses as TypeScript or JavaScript.1 files parsed
All its code is in the mod	Every import is a file of the mod or the engine's own module; no packages, no require.all its code is in the mod
Readable	No 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 open	Network 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 draws	The 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, with its own branch for the desktop
Install line	Whether 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 Windows	Whether every program it starts through $.process exists on Windows (tail, date, open, osascript, /usr/… do not).runs no program a Windows PC lacks
Network	Whether every fetch names its https host in the code.no network
Programs	Whether 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 sends	Whether it both reads something of yours (files, environment variables, the transcript, settings) and reaches outside (the network, an MCP server, another session, telemetry).reaches nothing outside
Keys in the source	Whether the source holds what looks like an API key or a private key.no keys in the source
Licence	An open licence (MIT, Apache-2.0, BSD, ISC, Unlicense, 0BSD, CC0) with its text lets ModsCode show its code; otherwise the code is linked.no licence
Settings hooks	Hooks 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 ships	MCP 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, agents	What 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 MCP	Whether 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 $.process).calls no tool, MCP server or command
Asks of the model	Completions it runs ($.model.complete, fork, classify), subagents it spawns, prompts it submits as you, and the tools, commands and agents it adds.adds command ctx
Events it hooks	By 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.call, command.run (ctx) · also: session.start, turn.complete, session.compact, ui.render (AbovePrompt, Pane)
Reads, by name	The environment variables and files it names, and whether it reads the transcript, settings.json, the prompt box or the mouse selection.reads no files, environment variables, settings or transcript
Writes, by name	The 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.writes no files, environment variables, settings or conversation rows

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 narrowstacks/claude-code-mods

/plugin install context-watch@claude-code-mods

/reload-plugins

This installs the marketplace's latest commit, which may not be the one read here (4aa697cd385e). 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/narrowstacks/claude-code-mods

git -C claude-code-mods checkout 4aa697cd385ec8a36744c04ed69f911bc6c8732d

claude plugin validate claude-code-mods/context-watch

claude --plugin-dir claude-code-mods/context-watch

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.

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