windvane
Babysits a long Claude Code session so you don't have to: the context fill is watched, the recorder drafts the checkpoint, compaction happens at the right point with the state banked and the work is resumed, the rules and the checkpoint ri…
What it does
- Draws a band above the prompt, a pane, the status line, toasts
- Adds /windvane, /remember, /windvane-strict, /windvane-export
- Watches Agent, mcp__windvane__checkpoint, mcp__windvane__compact_now, mcp__windvane__memory calls and can refuse them
- Hooks classic.Notification, classic.PostCompact, classic.PostToolBatch, classic.PostToolUse and 12 more
- Keeps its own state between turns
Good points
- Written in TypeScript
- Handles errors
Code to start from
Two kinds: a starter modscode writes from the design above, and the lines of the mod's own code that draw it.
Starter (register.tsx)
import type { Register } from 'claude-code'
// Drawn like windvane by windvane (pane, band, status, toast), as modscode read it from the mod's code:
// https://modscode.com/gallery/20alexl-windvane/
// 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 bandLine = '…'
return (
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Box flexDirection="row">
<Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">
{bandLine}
{" "}
</Text>
<Button label="Hide" />
</Box>
{await next(e)}
</Box>
)
})
// the pane: open it with $.ui.open({ id: 'my-pane', title: "windvane" })
on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: 'my-pane' }, async ($, e) => {
const { Box, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
return (
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Box flexDirection="row">
<Button label="Refresh" />
<Button label="Show band" />
</Box>
</Box>
)
})
on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
const ageText = '…'
const band = '…'
await $.ui.status(`windvane ctx ? · ${ageText}${band}`)
await $.ui.toast(`windvane: installing the semantic extra; this takes a few minutes`)
await $.ui.toast(`windvane: the semantic extra did not install; see the log, or pip install it yourself`)
return next(e)
})
}
The mod's own code
Shown under the mod's licence (MIT); its text is below. Keep the notice if you copy these lines.
hooks/register.ts lines 481–487 · Band
on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
if (e.props.hasSurvey || e.props.view.agentId !== undefined) return next(e)
const reading = await read($, lastRead)
if (reading === null || (await read($, bandHidden))) return next(e)
const figures = await read($, pressure)
return drawBand($.ui.resolve(e), reading, figures, Date.now(), () => hideBand($))
})hooks/band.tsx lines 97–107 · Band
export function drawBand(ui: Draw, reading: WindvaneRead, figures: Pressure | null, nowMs: number, onHide: () => void): RenderElement {
const { Box, Button, Text } = ui
return (
<Box key="windvane-band" flexDirection="row">
<Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">
{bandLine(reading, figures, nowMs)}{' '}
</Text>
<Button key="windvane-hide" label="Hide" onPress={onHide} />
</Box>
)
}hooks/register.ts lines 511–517 · Pane
on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: 'windvane' }, async ($, e) => {
const view = await read($, paneView)
const figures = await read($, pressure)
const hidden = await read($, bandHidden)
const data = { view, figures, hidden, bodyColumns: e.props.bodyColumns, nowMs: Date.now() }
return drawPane($.ui.resolve(e), data, { refresh: () => refreshPane($), showBand: () => showBand($) })
})hooks/pane.tsx lines 135–221 · Pane
export function drawPane(ui: Draw, data: PaneData, act: PaneActions): RenderElement {
const { Box, Button, Text } = ui
const { view, figures, hidden, nowMs: now } = data
// The body's width, so prose that may take two rows is cut after them;
// every other row is cut at the edge by the surface, with an ellipsis.
const width = Math.max(24, data.bodyColumns || 80)
const rows: RenderElement[] = []
let n = 0
type Style = { bold?: boolean; dimColor?: boolean }
const row = (text: string, style: Style = {}) =>
rows.push(
<Text key={`l${n++}`} wrap="truncate-end" {...style}>
{text}
</Text>,
)
const gap = () => row(' ')
const pad = (label: string) => label.padEnd(LABEL)
// A labelled row of prose: up to two rows, then an ellipsis.
const prose = (label: string, text: string) =>
rows.push(
<Text key={`l${n++}`} wrap="wrap">
{` ${pad(label)}${clip(oneLine(text), 2 * width - LABEL - 4)}`}
</Text>,
)
// A labelled list: the count in the label, one item per row, the first
// LIST_ROWS of them.
const items = (label: string, list: string[]) => {
row(` ${pad(`${label} ${list.length}`)}${oneLine(list[0] ?? '')}`)
for (const s of list.slice(1, LIST_ROWS)) row(` ${pad('')}${oneLine(s)}`)
if (list.length > LIST_ROWS) row(` ${pad('')}and ${list.length - LIST_ROWS} more`, { dimColor: true })
}
// One row of figures: the fill, the checkpoint age, the band, and what
// the pane holds below.
const summary = [
figures ? `ctx ${figures.percent ?? '?'}%` : undefined,
figures ? ageText(figures.checkpointCreated, now) : undefined,
figures?.inBand ? 'checkpoint now' : undefined,
view ? count(view.rules.length, 'rule') : undefined,
view?.file ? `${count(view.mistakes.length, 'mistake')} for ${basename(view.file)}` : undefined,
].filter((s): s is string => s !== undefined)
if (summary.length) row(summary.join(' · '), { dimColor: true })
if (!view) {
row('Nothing read yet: press Refresh.', { dimColor: true })
} else {
const c = view.checkpoint
gap()
if (!c) {
row('Checkpoint · none in the ring', { bold: true })
} else {
const meta = [c.kind ?? 'auto', `${ageText(c.created, now).replace('ckpt ', '')} ago`, c.task_id, c.project_path ? basename(c.project_path) : undefined]
row(`Checkpoint · ${meta.filter(Boolean).join(' · ')}`, { bold: true })
if (c.task_description) prose('Task', c.task_description)
if (c.current_step) prose('Step', c.current_step)
if (c.completed.length) items('Done', c.completed)
if (c.pending.length) items('Pending', c.pending)
if (c.files.length) row(` ${pad(`Files ${c.files.length}`)}${c.files.map(basename).join(', ')}`)
if (c.warnings.length) items('Warnings', c.warnings)
if (c.context_needed.length) items('Needed', c.context_needed)
if (c.handoff) prose('Handoff', c.handoff)
if (c.goal) prose('Goal', c.goal)
}
gap()
row(`Rules · ${view.rules.length}${view.project ? ` · ${basename(view.project)}` : ''}`, { bold: true })
if (!view.rules.length) row(' none', { dimColor: true })
for (const r of view.rules) row(` [${r.id}] ${oneLine(r.content)}`)
gap()
row(view.file ? `Mistakes · ${view.mistakes.length} · ${basename(view.file)}` : 'Mistakes', { bold: true })
if (!view.file) row(' no file touched yet this session', { dimColor: true })
else if (!view.mistakes.length) row(' none', { dimColor: true })
for (const m of view.mistakes) row(` [${m.id}] ${oneLine(m.content)}`)
}
return (
<Box key="windvane-pane" flexDirection="column">
<Box key="windvane-actions" flexDirection="row">
<Button key="windvane-refresh" label="Refresh" onPress={act.refresh} />
{hidden && <Button key="windvane-show-band" label="Show band" onPress={act.showBand} />}
</Box>
{rows}
</Box>
)
}Licence text (MIT)
MIT License Copyright (c) 2025 Alex Lisenko 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.
What its code calls
networkruns programswrites filesenv varsdrives Claudetool callsremembers
The design, read from code
Drawn from the mod's source at the commit read, not from a run: a list is drawn three times, a condition takes its first branch that draws in the desktop app, and a value only the run time knows is shown as a made-up sample (dotted underline) or left out. Colours and type are this site's.
What its code shows
Read from the source at commit 854adaad85d9 on 2026-10-06. 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.ts |
| Parses | Every file parses as TypeScript or JavaScript.17 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 $.process exists on Windows (tail, date, open, osascript, /usr/… do not).runs no program a Windows PC lacks |
| Network | Whether every fetch names its https host in the code.hooks/register.ts:231 fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}/${path}`) |
| Programs | Whether every program it starts is named in the code and is not a shell, an interpreter or a network tool.hooks/register.ts:229 a program named at run time; hooks/register.ts:282 a program named at run time; hooks/register.ts:310 a program named at run time |
| Reads and sends | Whether it both reads files or environment variables and reaches the network.reads environment variables and files and reaches the network |
| 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 |
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 the code below (or run claude plugin validate . in its folder), weigh what it reaches, and install the commit you read.
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 20alexl/windvane/plugin install windvane@windvaneThis installs the marketplace's latest commit, which may not be the one read here (854adaad85d9). Compare them before you install.
Ask Claude about it
With the modscode connector added, Claude can read this design, what its code reaches and its code, and build on them. Ask it like this:
Read the modscode design "20alexl-windvane" with its code and make me a pane like itSearch them from Claude: the MCP connector
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