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think-first
Asks what you expect while a long task runs, then shows how your predictions hold up
What it does
- Draws a band above the prompt, a pane, the status line
- Adds /think
- Hooks prompt.submit, session.end, session.start, turn.complete
Good points
- No network calls
- Starts no processes
- Small: 388 lines
- Written in TypeScript
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 think-first by petekp (pane, band, status), as ModsCode read it from the mod's code:
// https://modscode.com/claude-mods/mods/petekp-think-first/
// 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 expect = '…'
const RATING_LABELS = '…'
const gap = '…'
return (
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Text wrap="truncate-end">
<Text bold>
You expected:
</Text>
{" "}
{expect}
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
<Text bold>
{RATING_LABELS}
.
</Text>
{" "}
{gap}
</Text>
<Box flexDirection="row" gap={2}>
<Button label="Discuss" hotkey="d" plain />
<Button label="Dismiss" hotkey="x" plain />
</Box>
{await next(e)}
</Box>
)
})
// the pane: open it with $.ui.open({ id: 'my-pane', title: "Your thinking" })
on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: 'my-pane' }, async ($, e) => {
const { Box, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
const given = '…'
const asked = '…'
const predictions = '…'
const hit = '…'
const partly = '…'
const miss = '…'
const vague = '…'
const day = '…'
const predictions2 = '…'
const day2 = '…'
const predictions3 = '…'
const day3 = '…'
const predictions4 = '…'
const RATING_LABELS = '…'
const expect = '…'
const gap = '…'
const day4 = '…'
const lastSegment = '…'
const prompt = '…'
const RATING_LABELS2 = '…'
const expect2 = '…'
const gap2 = '…'
const day5 = '…'
const lastSegment2 = '…'
const prompt2 = '…'
const RATING_LABELS3 = '…'
const expect3 = '…'
const gap3 = '…'
const day6 = '…'
const lastSegment3 = '…'
const prompt3 = '…'
return (
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Text dimColor>
{"Last "}
6
{" weeks, all projects"}
</Text>
<Text>
{"Your take first on "}
<Text bold>
{given}
</Text>
{" of "}
{asked}
{" thinking questions"}
</Text>
<Text>
{predictions}
{" predictions: "}
{hit}
{" hit · "}
{partly}
{" partly · "}
{miss}
{" miss · "}
{vague}
{" too vague"}
</Text>
<Text>
{" "}
</Text>
<Text bold>
{"Week of "}
{"Takes "}
Predictions
</Text>
<Text>
{day}
{`${given} of ${asked}`}
{predictions2}
</Text>
<Text>
{day2}
{`${given} of ${asked}`}
{predictions3}
</Text>
<Text>
{day3}
{`${given} of ${asked}`}
{predictions4}
</Text>
<Text>
{" "}
</Text>
<Text bold>
Where your thinking was off
</Text>
<Text dimColor>
No missed, partial, or vague predictions yet.
</Text>
<Box flexDirection="column" marginBottom={1}>
<Text wrap="wrap">
<Text bold>
{RATING_LABELS}
:
</Text>
{" you expected \""}
{expect}
"
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
{gap}
</Text>
<Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">
{day4}
{" · "}
{lastSegment}
{" · "}
{prompt}
</Text>
</Box>
<Box flexDirection="column" marginBottom={1}>
<Text wrap="wrap">
<Text bold>
{RATING_LABELS2}
:
</Text>
{" you expected \""}
{expect2}
"
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
{gap2}
</Text>
<Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">
{day5}
{" · "}
{lastSegment2}
{" · "}
{prompt2}
</Text>
</Box>
<Box flexDirection="column" marginBottom={1}>
<Text wrap="wrap">
<Text bold>
{RATING_LABELS3}
:
</Text>
{" you expected \""}
{expect3}
"
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
{gap3}
</Text>
<Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">
{day6}
{" · "}
{lastSegment3}
{" · "}
{prompt3}
</Text>
</Box>
</Box>
)
})
on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
await $.ui.status(`Checking whether this asks for your take…`)
return next(e)
})
}
The mod's own code
Shown under the mod's licence (MIT); its text is below. Keep the notice if you copy these lines.
mods/think-first/hooks/register.tsx lines 289–323 · Band
on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
if (!isOn || e.props.hasSurvey) return next(e)
const o = await read($, OPEN)
if (!o) return next(e)
const { Box, Button, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
const p = o.prediction
if (o.phase !== 'checked') {
return (
<Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">
You expect: {p.expect}
{o.phase === 'checking' ? ' · checking it against the result…' : ''}
</Text>
)
}
return (
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Text wrap="truncate-end">
<Text bold>You expected:</Text> {p.expect}
</Text>
{p.rating ? (
<Text wrap="wrap">
<Text bold>{RATING_LABELS[p.rating]}.</Text> {p.gap}
</Text>
) : (
<Text dimColor>The check didn't answer.</Text>
)}
<Box flexDirection="row" gap={2}>
<Button key="discuss" label="Discuss" hotkey="d" plain onPress={() => discuss($)} />
<Button key="dismiss" label="Dismiss" hotkey="x" plain onPress={() => update($, OPEN, () => null)} />
</Box>
</Box>
)
})mods/think-first/hooks/register.tsx lines 325–387 · Pane
on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: PANE }, async ($, e) => {
const { Box, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
const list = await read($, HISTORY)
if (list.length === 0) {
return (
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Text>Nothing recorded in the last {HISTORY_WEEKS} weeks.</Text>
<Text dimColor>A question about your business or users asks for your take first.</Text>
<Text dimColor>To make a prediction, add a line starting "expect:" to a prompt.</Text>
</Box>
)
}
const all = counts(list)
const weeks = new Map<number, Entry[]>()
for (const entry of list) {
const w = weekStart(entry.at)
weeks.set(w, [...(weeks.get(w) ?? []), entry])
}
const off = list
.filter((p): p is Prediction => p.kind === 'prediction' && (p.rating === 'miss' || p.rating === 'partly' || p.rating === 'vague'))
.slice(0, OFF_LIST)
return (
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Text dimColor>Last {HISTORY_WEEKS} weeks, all projects</Text>
<Text>
Your take first on <Text bold>{all.given}</Text> of {all.asked} thinking questions
</Text>
<Text>
{all.predictions} predictions: {all.hit} hit · {all.partly} partly · {all.miss} miss · {all.vague} too vague
</Text>
<Text> </Text>
<Text bold>{'Week of'.padEnd(10)}{'Takes'.padEnd(10)}Predictions</Text>
{[...weeks.entries()].map(([w, entries]) => {
const c = counts(entries)
return (
<Text>
{day(w).padEnd(10)}
{`${c.given} of ${c.asked}`.padEnd(10)}
{c.predictions}
</Text>
)
})}
<Text> </Text>
<Text bold>Where your thinking was off</Text>
{off.length === 0 && <Text dimColor>No missed, partial, or vague predictions yet.</Text>}
{off.map(p => (
<Box flexDirection="column" marginBottom={1}>
<Text wrap="wrap">
<Text bold>{p.rating ? RATING_LABELS[p.rating] : ''}:</Text> you expected "{p.expect}"
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">{p.gap}</Text>
<Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">
{day(p.at)} · {lastSegment(p.folder)} · {p.prompt.replace(/\s+/g, ' ')}
</Text>
</Box>
))}
</Box>
)
})Licence text (MIT)
MIT License Copyright (c) 2024 Pete Petrash 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), Rewrite the prompt
What its code calls
writes filesenv varsdrives Claude
What its code shows
Read from the source at commit 7ff247c59752 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.mods/think-first/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, 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.its repository's .claude-plugin/marketplace.json does not list it: no marketplace line to give; the page shows how to try the commit read |
| 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).reads environment variables, files, but 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.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 think |
| 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: prompt.submit, command.run (think) · also: session.start, session.end, turn.complete, ui.render (AbovePrompt, Pane) · timers: clock.after |
| 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.env: HOME; files: a path computed at run time, …/… |
| 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.files: …/….json; 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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git clone https://github.com/petekp/claude-code-setupgit -C claude-code-setup checkout 7ff247c597524a1f94be327482a3e6836bc97108claude plugin validate claude-code-setup/mods/think-firstclaude --plugin-dir claude-code-setup/mods/think-firstThe 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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