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cache-keeper

Keeps a big chat's prompt cache warm, warns before an expensive cold restart, shows every local chat on one board (/board), and hands a chat off to a fresh one (/handoff)

Code you can checkTerminal + desktopPaneBandToastBoxText
writes files, drives Claude, draws

What it does

  • Draws a band above the prompt, a pane, toasts
  • Watches tool calls and can refuse them
  • Hooks classic.SessionStart, prompt.submit, session.compact, session.end and 6 more
  • Keeps its own state between turns

Good points

  • No network calls
  • Starts no processes
  • 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 cache-keeper by Nate Herk (pane, band, toast), as ModsCode read it from the mod's code:
// https://modscode.com/claude-mods/mods/nateherkai-cache-keeper/
// 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 } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        <Box flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between" width="100%" columnGap={2}>
          <Box flexDirection="row" columnGap={2}>
            <Box flexDirection="row" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        {await next(e)}
      </Box>
    )
  })

  // the pane: open it with $.ui.open({ id: 'my-pane', title: "Sessions" })
  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: 'my-pane' }, async ($, e) => {
    const { Box, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const value = '…'
    const label = '…'
    const ctx = '…'
    const money = '…'
    const agentsRunning = '…'
    const detail = '…'
    const length = '…'
    const waiting = '…'
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        <Text dimColor>
          {`${value} ${value} ${value} ${value} ${value} AGENTS`}
        </Text>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Box flexDirection="row">
            <Text>
              {`${label} `}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`${ctx} `}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`${money} `}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`${agentsRunning}  `}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Text dimColor>
            {`            └ ${detail}`}
          </Text>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Box flexDirection="row">
            <Text>
              {`${label} `}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`${ctx} `}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`${money} `}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`${agentsRunning}  `}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Text dimColor>
            {`            └ ${detail}`}
          </Text>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Box flexDirection="row">
            <Text>
              {`${label} `}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`${ctx} `}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`${money} `}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {`${agentsRunning}  `}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Text dimColor>
            {`            └ ${detail}`}
          </Text>
        </Box>
        <Text>
          {" "}
        </Text>
        <Text dimColor>
          {`${length} session · ${money} total · ${waiting} waiting on you · cold restarts ${money} · keep warm reads the cache before …`}
        </Text>
      </Box>
    )
  })

  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
    const saved = '…'
    await $.ui.toast(`The handoff turn ended without a handoff, so nothing was saved.`)
    await $.ui.toast(`${saved} Press c on the band or type /handoff continue to clear and continue.`)
    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.

cache-keeper/hooks/register.mjs lines 709–748 · Band
  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
    const below = await next(e)
    if (e.props && e.props.hasSurvey) return below
    if (!S.lastActivity && !S.keepWarm) return below
    const { Box, Text, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const hb = myHeartbeat()
    const st = cacheState(hb)
    const ttl = ttlMin()
    const big = S.ctx >= settings.bigTokens
    const parts = []
    if (st.kind === 'kept') parts.push(Text({ color: 'cyan', children: [`◆ kept warm · ${S.pings} ping${S.pings === 1 ? '' : 's'} ${money(S.pingUsd)} · until ${clock(S.keepWarmUntil)}`] }))
    else if (st.kind === 'warm') parts.push(Text({ color: 'green', children: [`● cache warm ${minutes(st.left)}`] }))
    else if (st.kind === 'cooling') parts.push(Text({ color: 'yellow', bold: true, children: [`◐ cache cools in ${minutes(st.left)}`] }))
    else if (st.kind === 'cold') parts.push(Text(big ? { color: 'red', bold: true, children: [`○ cache cold ${minutes(-st.left)}`] } : { dimColor: true, children: [`○ cache cold ${minutes(-st.left)}`] }))
    parts.push(Text({ dimColor: true, children: [` │ ctx ${tokens(S.ctx)}`] }))
    if (st.kind === 'cold' && big) parts.push(Text({ color: 'red', children: [` │ next send rewrites it ≈ ${money(rewriteCost(S.ctx, S.model, ttl))}`] }))
    else parts.push(Text({ dimColor: true, children: [` │ rewrite ≈ ${money(rewriteCost(S.ctx, S.model, ttl))}`] }))
    if (S.rateLimits.length) parts.push(Text(limitTone(S.rateLimits, { children: [' │ ' + limitsText(S.rateLimits)] })))
    parts.push(Text({ dimColor: true, children: [` │ session ${money(S.costUsd)}`] }))
    if (S.coldRestarts.length) parts.push(Text({ dimColor: true, children: [` │ ${S.coldRestarts.length} cold restart${S.coldRestarts.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} ${money(S.coldRestarts.reduce((a, c) => a + c.usd, 0))}`] }))
    const row = [Box({ flexDirection: 'row', children: parts })]
    if (st.kind === 'cooling' && big) {
      row.push(Button({ key: 'keepwarm', label: 'keep warm', hotkey: '1', plain: true, onPress: async () => { now = await $.clock.now(); startKeepWarm($, settings.keepWarmHours); await heartbeat($, true); $.ui.invalidate('ui.render') } }))
    } else if (st.kind === 'kept') {
      row.push(Button({ key: 'keepwarm', label: 'stop warm', hotkey: '1', plain: true, onPress: async () => { now = await $.clock.now(); stopKeepWarm($, 'turned off'); await heartbeat($, true); $.ui.invalidate('ui.render') } }))
    }
    const left = Box({ flexDirection: 'row', columnGap: 2, children: row })
    // Right edge: one click runs /session-handoff (h while the band has the focus;
    // a letter never fires from the prompt box, unlike a digit). Once a handoff
    // is in, c clears this chat and sends it as the fresh chat's first prompt.
    const busy = handoffPending || H.armed
    const handoff = Button({ key: 'handoff', label: handoffPending ? 'handoff queued' : H.armed ? 'handoff running' : 'handoff', hotkey: 'h', plain: true, dimColor: busy, onPress: () => runHandoff($) })
    let right = handoff
    if (H.text || H.continuing) {
      const go = Button({ key: 'continue', label: H.continuing ? 'clearing' : 'clear and continue', hotkey: 'c', plain: true, onPress: () => clearAndContinue($) })
      right = Box({ flexDirection: 'row', columnGap: 2, children: [go, handoff] })
    }
    const mine = Box({ flexDirection: 'row', justifyContent: 'space-between', width: '100%', columnGap: 2, children: [left, right] })
    return Box({ flexDirection: 'column', children: below ? [mine, below] : [mine] })
  })
cache-keeper/hooks/register.mjs lines 750–753 · Pane
  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane' }, async ($, e, next) => {
    if (e.requestId !== PANE) return next(e)
    return drawBoard($, e)
  })
cache-keeper/hooks/register.mjs lines 819–880 · Pane
function drawBoard($, e) {
  const { Box, Text, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
  const width = Math.max(60, (e.props && e.props.bodyColumns) || 100)
  const labelWidth = Math.max(16, Math.min(44, width - 62))
  const list = sortFleet(fleet)
  const header = Text({ dimColor: true, children: [`${pad('STATE', 11)} ${pad('SESSION', labelWidth + 1)} ${pad('CONTEXT', 8)} ${pad('CACHE', 14)} ${pad('COST', 7)} AGENTS`] })
  const rows = list.map((hb, i) => {
    const [state, stateColor] = stateCell(hb)
    const [cache, cacheColor] = cacheCell(hb)
    const label = clip(mask(hb.label || hb.id), labelWidth) + (hb.self ? ' ◂' : '')
    const ctx = tokens(hb.ctx) + (hb.window ? ' ' + Math.round((100 * (hb.ctx || 0)) / hb.window) + '%' : '')
    const cells = [
      Text(tone(stateColor, { children: [pad(state, 11) + ' '] })),
      Text({ bold: !!hb.self, children: [pad(label, labelWidth + 1) + ' '] }),
      Text({ children: [pad(ctx, 8) + ' '] }),
      Text(tone(cacheColor, { children: [pad(cache, 14) + ' '] })),
      Text({ children: [pad(money(hb.costUsd), 7) + ' '] }),
      Text({ dimColor: !hb.agentsRunning, children: [String(hb.agentsRunning || 0) + '  '] }),
    ]
    const big = (hb.ctx || 0) >= settings.bigTokens
    if (big && !hb.stale && i < 9) {
      cells.push(
        Button({
          key: 'kw-' + hb.id,
          label: hb.keepWarm ? 'stop warm' : 'keep warm',
          hotkey: String(i + 1),
          plain: true,
          dimColor: !hb.keepWarm && cacheState(hb).kind !== 'cooling',
          onPress: async () => {
            now = await $.clock.now()
            if (hb.self) {
              if (S.keepWarm) stopKeepWarm($, 'turned off')
              else startKeepWarm($, settings.keepWarmHours)
              await heartbeat($, true)
            } else {
              await $.store.set('cmd:' + hb.id, { keepWarm: !hb.keepWarm, at: now })
              $.ui.toast(`Sent to "${mask(hb.label)}". It applies within 30 seconds.`)
            }
            await readFleet($)
            $.ui.invalidate('ui.render')
          },
        }),
      )
    }
    const line = Box({ flexDirection: 'row', children: cells })
    const detail = []
    if (hb.state === 'waiting' && hb.waitingFor) detail.push(`needs you: ${hb.waitingFor}`)
    else if (hb.state === 'working' && hb.tool) detail.push(`running ${hb.tool}`)
    if (hb.coldCount) detail.push(`${hb.coldCount} cold restart${hb.coldCount === 1 ? '' : 's'} ${money(hb.coldUsd)}`)
    if (hb.keepWarm) detail.push(`warm until ${clock(hb.keepWarmUntil)}, ${hb.pings} ping(s) ${money(hb.pingUsd)}`)
    if (detail.length === 0) return line
    return Box({ flexDirection: 'column', children: [line, Text({ dimColor: true, children: ['            └ ' + detail.join(' · ')] })] })
  })
  const totalCost = list.reduce((a, hb) => a + (hb.costUsd || 0), 0)
  const totalCold = list.reduce((a, hb) => a + (hb.coldUsd || 0), 0)
  const waiting = list.filter((hb) => hb.state === 'waiting').length
  const footer = Text({
    dimColor: true,
    children: [`${list.length} session${list.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} · ${money(totalCost)} total · ${waiting} waiting on you · cold restarts ${money(totalCold)} · keep warm reads the cache before it expires · Esc closes`],
  })
  return Box({ flexDirection: 'column', children: [header, ...rows, Text({ children: [' '] }), footer] })
}
Licence text (MIT)
MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 Nate Herk

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of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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SOFTWARE.

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

What its code calls

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What its code shows

Read from the source at commit 33a936f2ec6b 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.cache-keeper/hooks/register.mjs
ParsesEvery file parses as TypeScript or JavaScript.4 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 environment variables, 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.1 skill: text only
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 $.process).command.run: /clear; command.run: /?
Asks of the modelCompletions it runs ($.model.complete, fork, classify), subagents it spawns, prompts it submits as you, and the tools, commands and agents it adds.prompt.submit (as the person), adds command ?, model.fork (sends its own transcript)
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: prompt.submit, tool.check, tool.call, command.run · shapes: turn.step · reads: classic.SessionStart · also: session.start, session.end, turn.start, turn.complete (+4) · timers: clock.after, 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.env: USERPROFILE, HOME; files: 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: a path computed at run time; the prompt box

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

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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 nateherkai/claude-code-mods
/plugin install cache-keeper@nateherk-mods
/reload-plugins

This installs the marketplace's latest commit, which may not be the one read here (33a936f2ec6b). 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/nateherkai/claude-code-mods
git -C claude-code-mods checkout 33a936f2ec6bbfea5a30a1a4d71d992487a5c769
claude plugin validate claude-code-mods/cache-keeper
claude --plugin-dir claude-code-mods/cache-keeper

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