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sciplot

Scientific plots in a side pane: Python, R, TikZ/pgfplots, MATLAB/Octave, Mathematica; export PDF, SVG and more

Code you can checkTerminal + desktopPaneToastBoxButtonClientText
network, draws

What it does

  • Draws a pane, toasts
  • Adds /sciplot
  • Watches tool calls and can refuse them
  • Hooks session.start, ui.close, ui.message, ui.scroll
  • Calls the network

Good points

  • Written in TypeScript
  • Has a desktop-specific branch
  • 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 sciplot by Qun Gu (pane, toast), as ModsCode read it from the mod's code:
// https://modscode.com/claude-mods/mods/vcdim-sciplot/
// 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 $.ui.open({ id: 'my-pane', title: "sciplot" })
  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: 'my-pane' }, async ($, e) => {
    const { Box, Text, Client, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const title = '…'
    const index = '…'
    const length = '…'
    const kind = '…'
    const working = '…'
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        <Text bold>
          {title}
          {" "}
          <Text dimColor>
            {`${index}1/${length} · `}
            {kind}
            {` · rendering ${working}…`}
          </Text>
        </Text>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Text dimColor>
            Starting the live view…
          </Text>
          <Box position="absolute" top={0} left={0}>
            <Client module="./live.tsx" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box />
        <Box flexDirection="row" flexWrap="wrap" columnGap={1}>
          <Button hotkey="b">
            ←
          </Button>
          <Button hotkey="n">
            →
          </Button>
          <Button hotkey="p">
            PDF
          </Button>
          <Button hotkey="s">
            SVG
          </Button>
          <Button hotkey="g">
            PNG
          </Button>
          <Button hotkey="d" dimColor>
            Delete
          </Button>
          <Button hotkey="i">
            Static
          </Button>
          <Button hotkey="o">
            Browser
          </Button>
        </Box>
      </Box>
    )
  })

  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
    const split = '…'
    const why = '…'
    await $.ui.toast(`Live view: ${split}`)
    await $.ui.toast(`Live view unavailable: ${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 630–743 · Pane
  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: PANE }, async ($, e) => {
    const { Box, Text, Button, Image, Client } = $.ui.resolve(e) as ReturnType<typeof $.ui.resolve> & { Image?: any; Client?: any }
    const plot = await read($, last)
    const working = await read($, busy)
    const plots = (await read($, history)) ?? []
    const props = e.props as { bodyColumns?: number; placement?: 'dock' | 'inline'; scroll?: { bodyRows: number } }
    const body = props.bodyColumns ?? e.viewport?.columns ?? 80
    // Docked, the pane fills its height and the toolbar sits on the bottom row(s).
    const docked = props.placement === 'dock' && !!props.scroll?.bodyRows
    const barRows = body < 64 ? 2 : 1
    const maxRows = docked
      ? Math.max(4, props.scroll!.bodyRows - 1 - barRows - 1)
      : Math.max(6, (e.viewport?.rows ?? 40) - 6)

    if (!plot) {
      return (
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Text dimColor>{working ? `Rendering ${working}…` : 'No plot yet. Ask Claude to plot something.'}</Text>
        </Box>
      )
    }

    let png: string | null = null
    try {
      png = ((await $.fs.read(plot.png, { as: 'bytes' })) as { base64: string }).base64
    } catch {
      png = null
    }

    // Terminal cells are about 2.5x as tall as wide (Ghostty/kitty default fonts); 2 left a gap above and below.
    const cell = 2.5
    let columns = Math.max(10, Math.min(255, body - 1))
    let rows = Math.max(4, Math.round((columns * plot.height) / Math.max(1, plot.width) / cell))
    if (rows > maxRows) {
      rows = maxRows
      columns = Math.max(10, Math.min(columns, Math.round((rows * cell * plot.width) / Math.max(1, plot.height))))
    }

    // Plotly figures go live: a headless browser draws them and takes the pointer.
    if (live.plotId && live.plotId !== plot.id) stopLive($)
    const canLive = plot.kind === 'plotly' && !!Image && !!Client && e.surface === 'terminal'
    if (canLive && live.wanted && !live.plotId) void goLive($, plot)
    const isLive = canLive && live.plotId === plot.id
    if (isLive) {
      columns = Math.max(10, Math.min(255, body - 1))
      rows = maxRows
      live.mounted = live.frame ? { cols: columns, rows } : null
    }

    const index = plots.findIndex(p => p.id === plot.id)
    const step = async (delta: number) => {
      const list = (await read($, history)) ?? []
      const current = await read($, last)
      const target = list[list.findIndex(p => p.id === current?.id) + delta]
      if (target) await update($, last, () => target)
    }

    const exportAndReveal = async (fmt: string) => {
      const current = await read($, last)
      if (!current) return
      const done = await ensureFormats($, current, [fmt])
      if (typeof done === 'string') return void $.ui.toast(`Export failed: ${done.split('\n').pop()}`)
      await $.process.run(['open', '-R', done.files[fmt]!])
      $.ui.toast(`Saved ${done.files[fmt]}`)
    }

    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        <Text bold>
          {plot.title} <Text dimColor>{index >= 0 ? `${index + 1}/${plots.length} · ` : ''}{plot.kind}{working ? ` · rendering ${working}…` : ''}</Text>
        </Text>
        {isLive ? (
          <Box flexDirection="column" width={columns} height={rows}>
            {live.frame ? (
              <Image key={LIVE_KEY} source={{ file: live.frame.file, format: 'png', generation: live.frame.generation }} columns={columns} rows={rows} alt={plot.title} />
            ) : (
              <Text dimColor>Starting the live view…</Text>
            )}
            <Box position="absolute" top={0} left={0} width={columns} height={rows}>
              <Client key={`live-${plot.id}`} module="./live.tsx" width={columns} height={rows} />
            </Box>
          </Box>
        ) : Image && png ? (
          // Keep it a direct child of an unsized column: wrapped or in a fixed-height pane it drew clipped or not at all.
          <Image key={`${plot.id}-${columns}x${rows}`} source={{ png }} columns={columns} rows={rows} alt={plot.title} />
        ) : (
          <Text dimColor>{plot.png}</Text>
        )}
        {/* Docked, a fixed-height spacer (not flexGrow in a sized column) pushes the toolbar to the bottom. */}
        {docked && (isLive || (Image && png)) && <Box height={Math.max(0, props.scroll!.bodyRows - 1 - rows - barRows)} />}
        <Box flexDirection="row" flexWrap="wrap" columnGap={1}>
          <Button hotkey="b" onPress={() => step(-1)} dimColor={index <= 0}>←</Button>
          <Button hotkey="n" onPress={() => step(1)} dimColor={index < 0 || index >= plots.length - 1}>→</Button>
          <Button hotkey="p" onPress={() => exportAndReveal('pdf')}>PDF</Button>
          <Button hotkey="s" onPress={() => exportAndReveal('svg')}>SVG</Button>
          <Button hotkey="g" onPress={() => exportAndReveal('png')}>PNG</Button>
          <Button hotkey="d" dimColor onPress={async () => $.ui.toast(await deleteCurrent($))}>Delete</Button>
          {canLive && (
            <Button hotkey="i" onPress={async () => {
              live.wanted = !isLive
              if (isLive) stopLive($)
              $.ui.invalidate('ui.render')
            }}>{isLive ? 'Static' : 'Live'}</Button>
          )}
          {plot.kind === 'plotly' && (
            <Button hotkey="o" onPress={async () => {
              const done = await ensureFormats($, plot, ['html'])
              if (typeof done !== 'string') await $.process.run(['open', done.files.html!])
            }}>Browser</Button>
          )}
        </Box>
      </Box>
    )
  })
Licence text (MIT)
MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 Qun Gu

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
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OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

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

What its code calls

networkruns programswrites filestool calls

What its code shows

Read from the source at commit c9f3bbdfa441 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.2 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).hooks/register.tsx:346 mkdir (not on Windows); hooks/register.tsx:351 cp (not on Windows); hooks/register.tsx:368 mv (not on Windows); hooks/register.tsx:692 open (not on Windows); hooks/register.tsx:737 open (not on Windows)
NetworkWhether every fetch names its https host in the code.a Unix socket
ProgramsWhether every program it starts is named in the code and is not a shell, an interpreter or a network tool.hooks/register.tsx:95 sh (a shell or interpreter); hooks/register.tsx:206 a program named at run time; hooks/register.tsx:242 a program named at run time; hooks/register.tsx:247 a program named at run time; hooks/register.tsx:261 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).reads files and reaches the network
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 tool plot, adds command sciplot
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: tool.call, command.run (sciplot) · reads: ui.message · also: session.start, ui.render (Pane), ui.scroll, ui.close
Reads, by nameThe environment variables and files it names, and whether it reads the transcript, settings.json, the prompt box or the mouse selection.files: a path computed at run time, …/script.tex
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: …/plot.tex, a path computed at run time

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 vcdim/claude-code-sciplot
/plugin install sciplot@sciplot
/reload-plugins

This installs the marketplace's latest commit, which may not be the one read here (c9f3bbdfa441). 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/vcdim/claude-code-sciplot
git -C claude-code-sciplot checkout c9f3bbdfa441190383d1c03fc1fff3eba92ae895
claude plugin validate claude-code-sciplot
claude --plugin-dir claude-code-sciplot

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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