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null-radio

Null Radio — a cyber-neon internet radio pane for Claude Code: ten-channel synthwave + ambient dial, now-playing, VU, played through a local ffplay

Code you can checkTerminal + desktopPaneStatus lineToastBoxButtonText
runs programs, draws

What it does

  • Draws a pane, the status line, toasts
  • Adds /nullradio, /radio
  • Hooks session.start
  • Keeps its own state between turns
  • Starts processes

Good points

  • No network calls
  • Written in TypeScript
  • Handles errors
  • Writes no files

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 null-radio by Dean Cristofori (pane, status, toast), as ModsCode read it from the mod's code:
// https://modscode.com/claude-mods/mods/nexus-nimda-null-radio/
// 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 pane: open it with $.ui.open({ id: 'my-pane', title: "Null Radio" })
  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: 'my-pane' }, async ($, e) => {
    const { Box, Text, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const vol = '…'
    const text = '…'
    const text2 = '…'
    const text3 = '…'
    const title = '…'
    const artist = '…'
    const hotkeyFor = '…'
    const name = '…'
    const genre = '…'
    const name2 = '…'
    const genre2 = '…'
    const name3 = '…'
    const genre3 = '…'
    const err = '…'
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        <Box>
          <Text color="#ff2fd6" bold>
            ▚▞ NULL RADIO
            {"  "}
          </Text>
          <Text color="#39ff14">
            ● ON AIR
          </Text>
          <Text dimColor>
            {" · vol "}
            {vol}
          </Text>
        </Box>
        <Box>
          <Text>
            {text}
          </Text>
          <Text>
            {text2}
          </Text>
          <Text>
            {text3}
          </Text>
        </Box>
        <Box>
          <Text color="#00e5ff" wrap="truncate-end">
            {"♪ "}
            {title}
          </Text>
          <Text color="#b86bff" wrap="truncate-end">
            {"  "}
            {artist}
          </Text>
        </Box>
        <Text dimColor>
          ── dial ─────────────
        </Text>
        <Box>
          <Button plain hotkey={`${hotkeyFor}`}>
            <Text color="#ff2fd6" bold>
              {"▸ "}
              {name}
            </Text>
            <Text dimColor>
              {" "}
              {genre}
            </Text>
          </Button>
        </Box>
        <Box>
          <Button plain hotkey={`${hotkeyFor}`}>
            <Text color="#ff2fd6" bold>
              {"▸ "}
              {name2}
            </Text>
            <Text dimColor>
              {" "}
              {genre2}
            </Text>
          </Button>
        </Box>
        <Box>
          <Button plain hotkey={`${hotkeyFor}`}>
            <Text color="#ff2fd6" bold>
              {"▸ "}
              {name3}
            </Text>
            <Text dimColor>
              {" "}
              {genre3}
            </Text>
          </Button>
        </Box>
        <Box>
          <Button plain hotkey="s">
            <Text color="#ff3355">
              ■ stop
            </Text>
          </Button>
          <Text>
            {" "}
          </Text>
          <Button plain hotkey="d">
            <Text color="#ffe600">
              vol−
            </Text>
          </Button>
          <Text>
            {" "}
          </Text>
          <Button plain hotkey="u">
            <Text color="#ffe600">
              vol+
            </Text>
          </Button>
        </Box>
        <Text color="#ff3355" wrap="truncate-end">
          {"⚠ "}
          {err}
        </Text>
        <Text dimColor>
          1–0 tune · s stop · u/d vol · /
          radio
          {" reopens"}
        </Text>
      </Box>
    )
  })

  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
    const line = '…'
    const name = '…'
    const why = '…'
    await $.ui.status(`♪ ${line} · ${name}`)
    await $.ui.toast(`📻 ${name} stopped — ${why}`)
    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.

hooks/register.tsx lines 385–492 · Pane
  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: PANE }, async ($, e) => {
    const { Box, Text, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    try {
      const playing = (await read($, isPlaying)) === true
      const curId = (await read($, current)) as string | null
      const vol = (await read($, volume)) as number
      const np = (await read($, nowPlaying)) as RadioNowPlaying | null
      const err = (await read($, lastError)) as string | null
      await read($, vuTick) // subscribes the pane to the VU animation clock

      const body = e.props.bodyColumns ?? e.viewport?.columns ?? 60
      const nameW = Math.max(12, Math.min(18, body - 30))
      const genreW = Math.max(8, Math.min(22, body - nameW - 10))

      // One Text per same-color run keeps the tree small.
      const vuRuns: Array<{ text: string; color: string }> = []
      for (const l of vuLevels) {
        const color = vuColor(l)
        const g = vuGlyph(l)
        const last = vuRuns[vuRuns.length - 1]
        if (last !== undefined && last.color === color) last.text += g
        else vuRuns.push({ text: g, color })
      }

      return (
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Box>
            <Text color={NEON.magenta} bold>
              ▚▞ NULL RADIO{'  '}
            </Text>
            {playing ? <Text color={NEON.green}>● ON AIR</Text> : <Text dimColor>○ off air</Text>}
            <Text dimColor> · vol {String(vol)}</Text>
          </Box>
          <Box>
            {playing ? (
              vuRuns.map((r, i) => (
                <Text key={'vu' + String(i)} color={r.color}>
                  {r.text}
                </Text>
              ))
            ) : (
              <Text dimColor>{'▁'.repeat(VU_COLS)}</Text>
            )}
          </Box>
          {np !== null ? (
            <Box>
              <Text color={NEON.cyan} wrap="truncate-end">
                ♪ {np.title}
              </Text>
              {np.artist !== '' ? <Text color={NEON.violet} wrap="truncate-end">{'  '}{np.artist}</Text> : null}
            </Box>
          ) : playing ? (
            <Text dimColor>♪ tuning…</Text>
          ) : null}
          <Text dimColor>── dial ─────────────</Text>
          {channels.map((ch, i) => {
            const isCur = curId === ch.id
            return (
              <Box key={ch.id}>
                <Button key={'ch-' + ch.id} plain hotkey={hotkeyFor(i)} onPress={() => void startPlayback($, ch)}>
                  {isCur && playing ? (
                    <Text color={NEON.magenta} bold>
                      ▸ {clip(ch.name, nameW)}
                    </Text>
                  ) : isCur ? (
                    <Text color={NEON.violet}>▹ {clip(ch.name, nameW)}</Text>
                  ) : (
                    <Text color={NEON.cyan}>{'  '}{clip(ch.name, nameW)}</Text>
                  )}
                  <Text dimColor> {clip(ch.genre, genreW)}</Text>
                </Button>
              </Box>
            )
          })}
          <Box>
            {playing ? (
              <Button key="stop" plain hotkey="s" onPress={() => void stopPlayback($)}>
                <Text color={NEON.red}>■ stop</Text>
              </Button>
            ) : curId !== null ? (
              <Button key="play" plain hotkey="p" onPress={() => {
                const ch = channelById(curId)
                if (ch !== undefined) void startPlayback($, ch)
              }}>
                <Text color={NEON.green}>▶ play</Text>
              </Button>
            ) : null}
            <Text> </Text>
            <Button key="vol-down" plain hotkey="d" onPress={() => void setVolume($, -VOL_STEP)}>
              <Text color={NEON.yellow}>vol−</Text>
            </Button>
            <Text> </Text>
            <Button key="vol-up" plain hotkey="u" onPress={() => void setVolume($, VOL_STEP)}>
              <Text color={NEON.yellow}>vol+</Text>
            </Button>
          </Box>
          {err !== null ? (
            <Text color={NEON.red} wrap="truncate-end">
              ⚠ {err}
            </Text>
          ) : null}
          <Text dimColor>1–0 tune · s stop · u/d vol · /{hasRadioCmd ? 'radio' : 'nullradio'} reopens</Text>
        </Box>
      )
    } catch {
      return <Text dimColor>null-radio: render error (the pane will recover next redraw)</Text>
    }
  })
Licence text (MIT)
MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 Dean Cristofori

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

How to build this: Pane (panel), Add a slash command

What its code calls

runs programsremembers

What its code shows

Read from the source at commit 297fd64ec889 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.hooks/register.tsx
ParsesEvery file parses as TypeScript or JavaScript.1 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.hooks/register.tsx:147 curl (reaches the network); hooks/register.tsx:150 curl (reaches the network); hooks/register.tsx:229 a program named at run time; hooks/register.tsx:275 a program named at run time
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).reaches the network, but reads no files, no environment variables and no transcript
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 nullradio, adds command radio
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: command.run (nullradio, radio) · also: session.start, ui.render (Pane) · 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.reads no files, environment variables, settings or transcript
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.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

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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 Nexus-nimdA/null-radio
/plugin install null-radio@null-radio
/reload-plugins

This installs the marketplace's latest commit, which may not be the one read here (297fd64ec889). 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/Nexus-nimdA/null-radio
git -C null-radio checkout 297fd64ec889a757b6638967044405c39845db46
claude plugin validate null-radio
claude --plugin-dir null-radio

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