sidecast by nmorton13: Claude Code mod code

What it does

Draws a band above the prompt, a pane, toasts
Adds /pod, /sidecast
Watches mcp__sidecast__library, mcp__sidecast__episode, mcp__sidecast__play, mcp__sidecast__queue calls
Hooks session.end, session.start
Keeps its own state between turns

Good points

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)

import type { Register } from 'claude-code'

// Drawn like sidecast by Nathan Morton (pane, band, toast), as ModsCode read it from the mod's code:
// https://modscode.com/claude-mods/mods/nmorton13-sidecast/
// 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, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const icon = '…'
    const show = '…'
    const title = '…'
    const speed = '…'
    const done = '…'
    const rest = '…'
    const times = '…'
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        <Box justifyContent="space-between" paddingRight={4}>
          <Text wrap="truncate">
            <Text color="claude">
              {icon}
              {" "}
            </Text>
            <Text bold>
              {show}
            </Text>
            <Text dimColor>
              {" — "}
              {title}
            </Text>
          </Text>
          <Box gap={1} flexShrink={0}>
            <Button plain hotkey="b" label="«15" />
            <Button plain hotkey="p" label="play" />
            <Button plain hotkey="f" label="30»" />
            <Button plain hotkey="x" label={`${speed}×`} />
            <Button plain hotkey="s" dimColor label="stop" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box>
          <Text color="claude">
            {done}
          </Text>
          <Text dimColor>
            {rest}
          </Text>
          <Text dimColor>
            {" "}
            {times}
          </Text>
        </Box>
        {await next(e)}
      </Box>
    )
  })

  // the pane: open it with $.ui.open({ id: 'my-pane', title: "Podcasts" })
  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: 'my-pane' }, async ($, e) => {
    const { Box, Text, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const show = '…'
    const title = '…'
    const speed = '…'
    const qi = '…'
    const title2 = '…'
    const title3 = '…'
    const title4 = '…'
    const title5 = '…'
    const title6 = '…'
    const title7 = '…'
    const note = '…'
    const title8 = '…'
    const author = '…'
    const title9 = '…'
    const author2 = '…'
    const title10 = '…'
    const author3 = '…'
    const fresh = '…'
    const mark = '…'
    const day = '…'
    const length = '…'
    const mark2 = '…'
    const day2 = '…'
    const length2 = '…'
    const mark3 = '…'
    const day3 = '…'
    const length3 = '…'
    const fresh2 = '…'
    const mark4 = '…'
    const day4 = '…'
    const length4 = '…'
    const mark5 = '…'
    const day5 = '…'
    const length5 = '…'
    const mark6 = '…'
    const day6 = '…'
    const length6 = '…'
    const fresh3 = '…'
    const mark7 = '…'
    const day7 = '…'
    const length7 = '…'
    const mark8 = '…'
    const day8 = '…'
    const length8 = '…'
    const mark9 = '…'
    const day9 = '…'
    const length9 = '…'
    const item = '…'
    const item2 = '…'
    const item3 = '…'
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        <Box justifyContent="space-between" paddingRight={3}>
          <Text bold>
            Podcasts
          </Text>
          <Button plain dimColor label="refresh" />
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column" marginY={1} borderStyle="round" borderColor="claude" paddingX={1}>
          <Text wrap="truncate">
            <Text color="claude">
              …
              {" "}
            </Text>
            <Text bold>
              {show}
            </Text>
          </Text>
          <Text wrap="truncate">
            {title}
          </Text>
          <Box gap={2} flexWrap="wrap">
            <Button plain hotkey="b" label="«15" />
            <Button plain hotkey="p" label="play" />
            <Button plain hotkey="f" label="30»" />
            <Button plain hotkey="x" label={`${speed}×`} />
            <Button plain hotkey="n" label="next" />
            <Button plain hotkey="s" dimColor label="stop" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column" marginBottom={1}>
          <Box justifyContent="space-between">
            <Text bold>
              Up next
            </Text>
            <Button plain label="play ▶" />
          </Box>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Text dimColor>
              {`${qi}1`}
              .
            </Text>
            <Text wrap="truncate">
              {title2}
              <Text dimColor>
                {" · "}
                {title3}
              </Text>
            </Text>
            <Button plain dimColor label="×" />
          </Box>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Text dimColor>
              {`${qi}1`}
              .
            </Text>
            <Text wrap="truncate">
              {title4}
              <Text dimColor>
                {" · "}
                {title5}
              </Text>
            </Text>
            <Button plain dimColor label="×" />
          </Box>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Text dimColor>
              {`${qi}1`}
              .
            </Text>
            <Text wrap="truncate">
              {title6}
              <Text dimColor>
                {" · "}
                {title7}
              </Text>
            </Text>
            <Button plain dimColor label="×" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Text dimColor wrap="truncate">
          {note}
        </Text>
        <Box flexDirection="column" marginY={1}>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Button plain label="+" />
            <Text wrap="truncate">
              {title8}
              <Text dimColor>
                {" "}
                {author}
              </Text>
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Button plain label="+" />
            <Text wrap="truncate">
              {title9}
              <Text dimColor>
                {" "}
                {author2}
              </Text>
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Button plain label="+" />
            <Text wrap="truncate">
              {title10}
              <Text dimColor>
                {" "}
                {author3}
              </Text>
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Button plain dimColor label="clear results" />
        </Box>
        <Text dimColor>
          No subscriptions yet. Try /pod add hardcore history
        </Text>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Box justifyContent="space-between">
            <Button plain label={`▾ ${title}`} />
            <Text color="claude">
              {fresh}
              {" new"}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={2}>
            <Box flexDirection="column">
              <Box gap={1}>
                <Text color="claude">
                  {mark}
                </Text>
                <Text dimColor>
                  {day}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label={`${title}`} />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {length}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label="?" />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {" "}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                <Text dimColor italic>
                  Claude is summarizing…
                </Text>
              </Box>
            </Box>
            <Box flexDirection="column">
              <Box gap={1}>
                <Text color="claude">
                  {mark2}
                </Text>
                <Text dimColor>
                  {day2}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label={`${title}`} />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {length2}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label="?" />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {" "}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                <Text dimColor italic>
                  Claude is summarizing…
                </Text>
              </Box>
            </Box>
            <Box flexDirection="column">
              <Box gap={1}>
                <Text color="claude">
                  {mark3}
                </Text>
                <Text dimColor>
                  {day3}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label={`${title}`} />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {length3}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label="?" />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {" "}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                <Text dimColor italic>
                  Claude is summarizing…
                </Text>
              </Box>
            </Box>
            <Text dimColor>
              No playable episodes in this feed.
            </Text>
            <Box gap={2}>
              <Button plain dimColor label="unsubscribe" />
            </Box>
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Box justifyContent="space-between">
            <Button plain label={`▾ ${title}`} />
            <Text color="claude">
              {fresh2}
              {" new"}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={2}>
            <Box flexDirection="column">
              <Box gap={1}>
                <Text color="claude">
                  {mark4}
                </Text>
                <Text dimColor>
                  {day4}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label={`${title}`} />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {length4}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label="?" />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {" "}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                <Text dimColor italic>
                  Claude is summarizing…
                </Text>
              </Box>
            </Box>
            <Box flexDirection="column">
              <Box gap={1}>
                <Text color="claude">
                  {mark5}
                </Text>
                <Text dimColor>
                  {day5}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label={`${title}`} />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {length5}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label="?" />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {" "}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                <Text dimColor italic>
                  Claude is summarizing…
                </Text>
              </Box>
            </Box>
            <Box flexDirection="column">
              <Box gap={1}>
                <Text color="claude">
                  {mark6}
                </Text>
                <Text dimColor>
                  {day6}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label={`${title}`} />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {length6}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label="?" />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {" "}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                <Text dimColor italic>
                  Claude is summarizing…
                </Text>
              </Box>
            </Box>
            <Text dimColor>
              No playable episodes in this feed.
            </Text>
            <Box gap={2}>
              <Button plain dimColor label="unsubscribe" />
            </Box>
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Box justifyContent="space-between">
            <Button plain label={`▾ ${title}`} />
            <Text color="claude">
              {fresh3}
              {" new"}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={2}>
            <Box flexDirection="column">
              <Box gap={1}>
                <Text color="claude">
                  {mark7}
                </Text>
                <Text dimColor>
                  {day7}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label={`${title}`} />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {length7}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label="?" />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {" "}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                <Text dimColor italic>
                  Claude is summarizing…
                </Text>
              </Box>
            </Box>
            <Box flexDirection="column">
              <Box gap={1}>
                <Text color="claude">
                  {mark8}
                </Text>
                <Text dimColor>
                  {day8}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label={`${title}`} />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {length8}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label="?" />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {" "}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                <Text dimColor italic>
                  Claude is summarizing…
                </Text>
              </Box>
            </Box>
            <Box flexDirection="column">
              <Box gap={1}>
                <Text color="claude">
                  {mark9}
                </Text>
                <Text dimColor>
                  {day9}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label={`${title}`} />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {length9}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label="?" />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {" "}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                <Text dimColor italic>
                  Claude is summarizing…
                </Text>
              </Box>
            </Box>
            <Text dimColor>
              No playable episodes in this feed.
            </Text>
            <Box gap={2}>
              <Button plain dimColor label="unsubscribe" />
            </Box>
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box marginTop={1} flexWrap="wrap" columnGap={2}>
          <Text dimColor>
            {item}
          </Text>
          <Text dimColor>
            {item2}
          </Text>
          <Text dimColor>
            {item3}
          </Text>
        </Box>
      </Box>
    )
  })

  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
    const fresh = '…'
    const title = '…'
    const upNext = '…'
    await $.ui.toast(`New episodes: ${fresh}`)
    await $.ui.toast(`Finished ${title}. Up next: ${upNext}`)
    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 815–852 · Band

hooks/register.tsx:815

  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
    const { now } = await snapshot($)
    if (!now || e.props.hasSurvey) return next(e)

    const { Box, Text, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const below = await next(e)
    const width = e.props.bodyColumns
    const icon = now.isLoading ? '…' : now.isPaused ? '⏸' : '▶'
    const times = `${clock(now.pos)} / ${now.dur ? clock(now.dur) : '--:--'}`
    const bar = progressBar(now.pos, now.dur, Math.max(10, width - times.length - 2))

    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        {/* The right edge stays clear for the band's own marker. */}
        <Box justifyContent="space-between" paddingRight={4}>
          <Text wrap="truncate">
            <Text color="claude">{icon} </Text>
            <Text bold>{now.show}</Text>
            <Text dimColor> — {now.title}</Text>
          </Text>
          <Box gap={1} flexShrink={0}>
            {/* The same keys as the pane, for when the band holds the focus (ctrl+x tab). */}
            <Button key="pod-back" plain hotkey="b" label="«15" onPress={() => seek($, -15)} />
            <Button key="pod-toggle" plain hotkey="p" label={now.isPaused ? 'play' : 'pause'} onPress={() => togglePause($)} />
            <Button key="pod-skip" plain hotkey="f" label="30»" onPress={() => seek($, 30)} />
            <Button key="pod-speed" plain hotkey="x" label={`${now.speed}×`} onPress={() => setSpeed($, nextSpeed(now.speed))} />
            <Button key="pod-stop" plain hotkey="s" dimColor label="stop" onPress={() => stopPlaying($)} />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box>
          <Text color="claude">{bar.done}</Text>
          <Text dimColor>{bar.rest}</Text>
          <Text dimColor>  {times}</Text>
        </Box>
        {below}
      </Box>
    )
  })

hooks/register.tsx lines 854–1006 · Pane

hooks/register.tsx:854

  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: PANE }, async ($, e) => {
    const { Box, Text, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const { lib, heard, upNextItems, written, now } = await snapshot($)
    const v = await read($, view)
    const upNext = upNextItems.map(item => findEpisode(lib, item.guid)).filter(found => found !== null)
    const queued = new Set(upNext.map(found => found.ep.guid))
    const width = e.props.bodyColumns
    // A pane docked beside the conversation is narrow: the titles get the date's room.
    const isNarrow = width < 60

    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        {/* The right edge stays clear for the pane's own close mark. */}
        <Box justifyContent="space-between" paddingRight={3}>
          <Text bold>Podcasts</Text>
          <Button key="refresh" plain dimColor label="refresh" onPress={() => refreshAll($, false)} />
        </Box>
        {now ? (
          <Box flexDirection="column" marginY={1} borderStyle="round" borderColor="claude" paddingX={1}>
            <Text wrap="truncate">
              <Text color="claude">{now.isLoading ? '…' : now.isPaused ? '⏸' : '▶'} </Text>
              <Text bold>{now.show}</Text>
            </Text>
            <Text wrap="truncate">{now.title}</Text>
            {(() => {
              const times = `${clock(now.pos)} / ${now.dur ? clock(now.dur) : '--:--'}`
              const bar = progressBar(now.pos, now.dur, Math.max(10, width - times.length - 6))
              return (
                <Box>
                  <Text color="claude">{bar.done}</Text>
                  <Text dimColor>{bar.rest}</Text>
                  <Text dimColor>  {times}</Text>
                </Box>
              )
            })()}
            <Box gap={2} flexWrap="wrap">
              <Button key="pane-back" plain hotkey="b" label="«15" onPress={() => seek($, -15)} />
              <Button key="pane-toggle" plain hotkey="p" label={now.isPaused ? 'play' : 'pause'} onPress={() => togglePause($)} />
              <Button key="pane-skip" plain hotkey="f" label="30»" onPress={() => seek($, 30)} />
              <Button key="pane-speed" plain hotkey="x" label={`${now.speed}×`} onPress={() => setSpeed($, nextSpeed(now.speed))} />
              {upNext.length ? <Button key="pane-next" plain hotkey="n" label="next" onPress={() => playNext($)} /> : null}
              <Button key="pane-stop" plain hotkey="s" dimColor label="stop" onPress={() => stopPlaying($)} />
            </Box>
          </Box>
        ) : null}
        {upNext.length ? (
          <Box flexDirection="column" marginBottom={1}>
            <Box justifyContent="space-between">
              <Text bold>Up next</Text>
              {!now ? <Button key="queue-start" plain label="play ▶" onPress={() => playNext($)} /> : null}
            </Box>
            {upNext.map((found, qi) => (
              <Box key={`queued-${qi}`} gap={1}>
                <Text dimColor>{qi + 1}.</Text>
                <Text wrap="truncate">
                  {fit(found.ep.title, Math.max(10, width - 24))}
                  <Text dimColor> · {fit(found.show.title, 14)}</Text>
                </Text>
                <Button key={`unqueue-${qi}`} plain dimColor label="×" onPress={() => unqueue($, found.ep.guid)} />
              </Box>
            ))}
          </Box>
        ) : null}
        {v.note ? <Text dimColor wrap="truncate">{v.note}</Text> : null}

        {v.results.length > 0 ? (
          <Box flexDirection="column" marginY={1}>
            {v.results.map((r, i) => (
              <Box key={`result-${i}`} gap={1}>
                <Button key={`sub-${i}`} plain label="+" onPress={() => subscribe($, r.feedUrl)} />
                <Text wrap="truncate">
                  {fit(r.title, width - 6)}
                  <Text dimColor> {r.author}</Text>
                </Text>
              </Box>
            ))}
            <Button key="clear-results" plain dimColor label="clear results"
              onPress={() => update($, view, vv => ({ ...vv, results: [], note: null }))} />
          </Box>
        ) : null}

        {lib.shows.length === 0 && v.results.length === 0 ? (
          <Text dimColor>No subscriptions yet. Try /pod add hardcore history</Text>
        ) : null}

        {lib.shows.map((show, si) => {
          const episodes = lib.episodes[show.feedUrl] ?? []
          const isOpen = v.openShow === show.feedUrl
          const fresh = unplayed(show, episodes, heard)
          return (
            <Box key={`show-${si}`} flexDirection="column">
              <Box justifyContent="space-between">
                <Button key={`open-${si}`} plain label={`${isOpen ? '▾' : '▸'} ${fit(show.title, width - 12)}`}
                  onPress={() => update($, view, vv => ({ ...vv, openShow: isOpen ? null : show.feedUrl }))} />
                {fresh ? <Text color="claude">{fresh} new</Text> : null}
              </Box>
              {isOpen ? (
                <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={2}>
                  {episodes.slice(0, EPISODES_SHOWN).map((ep, ei) => {
                    const saved = heard[ep.guid]
                    const isPlaying = now?.guid === ep.guid
                    // ● only for what the show's "N new" counts; older unplayed episodes are a quiet ○
                    const isNew = !saved && isRecent(show, ep)
                    const mark = isPlaying ? '▶' : saved?.isDone ? '✓' : saved ? '◐' : isNew ? '●' : '○'
                    const isInfo = v.infoGuid === ep.guid
                    const about = written[ep.guid]
                    return (
                      <Box key={`ep-${si}-${ei}`} flexDirection="column">
                        <Box gap={1}>
                          <Text color={isPlaying || isNew ? 'claude' : undefined} dimColor={!isPlaying && (saved?.isDone || (!saved && !isNew))}>{mark}</Text>
                          {isNarrow ? null : <Text dimColor>{day(ep.date)}</Text>}
                          <Button key={`play-${si}-${ei}`} plain dimColor={saved?.isDone}
                            label={fit(ep.title, Math.max(10, width - (isNarrow ? 18 : 30)))} onPress={() => play($, show, ep)} />
                          <Text dimColor>{length(ep.duration)}</Text>
                          <Button key={`info-${si}-${ei}`} plain dimColor={!isInfo} label="?" onPress={() => toggleInfo($, ep.guid)} />
                          {queued.has(ep.guid) || isPlaying ? (
                            <Text dimColor> </Text>
                          ) : (
                            <Button key={`queue-${si}-${ei}`} plain dimColor label="+" onPress={() => enqueue($, ep.guid)} />
                          )}
                        </Box>
                        {isInfo ? (
                          <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                            {about === undefined || about === PENDING ? (
                              <Text dimColor italic>Claude is summarizing…</Text>
                            ) : (
                              <Text>{about}</Text>
                            )}
                          </Box>
                        ) : null}
                      </Box>
                    )
                  })}
                  {episodes.length === 0 ? <Text dimColor>No playable episodes in this feed.</Text> : null}
                  <Box gap={2}>
                    <Button key={`unsub-${si}`} plain dimColor label="unsubscribe" onPress={() => unsubscribe($, show.feedUrl)} />
                  </Box>
                </Box>
              ) : null}
            </Box>
          )
        })}

        {lib.shows.length ? (
          <Box marginTop={1} flexWrap="wrap" columnGap={2}>
            {['● new', '○ unplayed', '◐ started', '✓ played', '? about', '+ up next'].map(item => (
              <Text key={`key-${item}`} dimColor>{item}</Text>
            ))}
          </Box>
        ) : null}
      </Box>
    )
  })

Licence text (MIT)

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 Nathan Morton

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:

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

What its code calls

networkruns programsdrives Claudetool callsremembers

What its code shows

Read from the source at commit 790fe5a9594b 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.hooks/register.tsx
Parses	Every file parses as TypeScript or JavaScript.4 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, the same in both
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.hooks/register.tsx:114 fetch(url); hooks/register.tsx:156 fetch(searchUrl(term))
Programs	Whether every program it starts is named in the code and is not a shell, an interpreter or a network tool.hooks/register.tsx:211 sh (a shell or interpreter); hooks/register.tsx:226 a program named at run time; hooks/register.tsx:251 sh (a shell or interpreter); hooks/register.tsx:271 a program named at run time; hooks/register.tsx:277 sh (a shell or interpreter)
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 the network, but reads no files, no environment variables and no transcript
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.MIT
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.model.complete, adds command pod, adds command sidecast, adds tool ?
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 (mcp__sidecast__library, mcp__sidecast__episode, mcp__sidecast__play (+3)), command.run (pod, sidecast) · also: session.start, session.end, ui.render (AbovePrompt, Pane) · timers: clock.every
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 nmorton13/sidecast

/plugin install sidecast@sidecast

/reload-plugins

This installs the marketplace's latest commit, which may not be the one read here (790fe5a9594b). 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/nmorton13/sidecast

git -C sidecast checkout 790fe5a9594b08e10477f0d309adbf105dce41b0

claude plugin validate sidecast

claude --plugin-dir sidecast

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 "nmorton13-sidecast" with its code and make me one like it

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