token-optimizer by alexgreensh: Claude Code mod code and design

What it does

Draws a band above the prompt
Watches tool calls and can refuse them
Hooks agent.spawn, classic.PermissionRequest, classic.SessionStart, classic.Stop and 7 more
Keeps its own state between turns
Starts processes

Good points

No network calls
Written in TypeScript
Has a desktop-specific branch
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 token-optimizer by Alex Greenshpun (band, toast), as modscode read it from the mod's code:
// https://modscode.com/gallery/alexgreensh-token-optimizer/
// 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, Svg, Button, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const source = '…'
    const alt = '…'
    const themed = '…'
    const label = '…'
    const text = '…'
    const text2 = '…'
    const text3 = '…'
    const markSvg = '…'
    const value = '…'
    const value2 = '…'
    const label2 = '…'
    const value3 = '…'
    const label3 = '…'
    const text4 = '…'
    const text5 = '…'
    const text6 = '…'
    const text7 = '…'
    const text8 = '…'
    const text9 = '…'
    const text10 = '…'
    const text11 = '…'
    const text12 = '…'
    const last30Text = '…'
    const sessionText = '…'
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column" paddingX={1} rowGap={1}>
        <Box flexDirection="row" alignItems="center" columnGap={2}>
          <Box flexDirection="row" alignItems="center" columnGap={1} flexShrink={0}>
            <Box position="relative">
              <Box>
                <Svg source={`${source}`} alt={`${alt}`} width={72} height={57} />
              </Box>
              <Box>
                <Svg source={`${source}`} alt={`${alt}`} width={72} height={57} />
              </Box>
              <Box>
                <Svg source={`${source}`} alt={`${alt}`} width={72} height={57} />
              </Box>
              <Box position="absolute" top={0} left={0} display="none">
                <Svg source={`${source}`} alt={`${alt}`} width={72} height={57} />
              </Box>
              <Box position="absolute" top={0} left={0} display="none">
                <Svg source={`${source}`} alt={`${alt}`} width={72} height={57} />
              </Box>
              <Box position="absolute" top={0} left={0} display="none">
                <Svg source={`${source}`} alt={`${alt}`} width={72} height={57} />
              </Box>
            </Box>
            <Box>
              <Button label="▴" />
            </Box>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="column" flexGrow={1} flexShrink={1} rowGap={1}>
            <Box flexDirection="row" alignItems="center" justifyContent="space-between" columnGap={2}>
              <Box flexDirection="row" alignItems="center" columnGap={1} flexShrink={1}>
                <Text bold>
                  Token Optimizer
                </Text>
                <Svg source={`${themed}`} alt={`${label}`} width={16} height={16} />
                <Text wrap="wrap">
                  <Text bold>
                    {text}
                  </Text>
                  <Text bold>
                    {text2}
                  </Text>
                  <Text bold>
                    {text3}
                  </Text>
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Button variant="primary" label={`${label}`} />
            </Box>
            <Box flexDirection="row" flexWrap="nowrap" columnGap={3}>
              <Box position="relative" flexDirection="row" alignItems="center" columnGap={1}>
                <Svg source={`${markSvg}`} alt={`${alt}`} width={20} height={20} />
                <Text bold>
                  {value}
                </Text>
                <Text>
                  {label}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box position="relative" flexDirection="row" alignItems="center" columnGap={1}>
                <Svg source={`${markSvg}`} alt={`${alt}`} width={20} height={20} />
                <Text bold>
                  {value2}
                </Text>
                <Text>
                  {label2}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box position="relative" flexDirection="row" alignItems="center" columnGap={1}>
                <Svg source={`${markSvg}`} alt={`${alt}`} width={20} height={20} />
                <Text bold>
                  {value3}
                </Text>
                <Text>
                  {label3}
                </Text>
              </Box>
            </Box>
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="row" flexWrap="wrap" alignItems="center" justifyContent="space-between" columnGap={2} rowGap={1}>
          <Box flexDirection="row" flexWrap="wrap" alignItems="center" columnGap={2} rowGap={1}>
            <Box flexDirection="row" alignItems="center" columnGap={1}>
              <Svg source={`${themed}`} alt={`${label}`} width={16} height={16} />
              <Text>
                <Text bold>
                  {text4}
                </Text>
                <Text bold>
                  {text5}
                </Text>
                <Text bold>
                  {text6}
                </Text>
              </Text>
            </Box>
            <Box flexDirection="row" alignItems="center" columnGap={1}>
              <Svg source={`${themed}`} alt={`${label}`} width={16} height={16} />
              <Text>
                <Text bold>
                  {text7}
                </Text>
                <Text bold>
                  {text8}
                </Text>
                <Text bold>
                  {text9}
                </Text>
              </Text>
            </Box>
            <Box flexDirection="row" alignItems="center" columnGap={1}>
              <Svg source={`${themed}`} alt={`${label}`} width={16} height={16} />
              <Text>
                <Text bold>
                  {text10}
                </Text>
                <Text bold>
                  {text11}
                </Text>
                <Text bold>
                  {text12}
                </Text>
              </Text>
            </Box>
            <Box flexDirection="row" alignItems="center" columnGap={1}>
              <Button label={`${label}`} />
              <Button label={`${label}`} />
              <Button label={`${label}`} />
            </Box>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="row" alignItems="center" columnGap={1}>
            Tokens saved
            <Text>
              {"Saved "}
              <Text bold>
                {last30Text}
              </Text>
              {" tokens in 30 days"}
              <Text>
                {" "}
                (
                <Text bold>
                  {sessionText}
                </Text>
                {" this session)"}
              </Text>
            </Text>
          </Box>
        </Box>
        {await next(e)}
      </Box>
    )
  })
}

The mod's own code

Its licence text was not found at the commit read, so only the places in the source are linked.

What its code calls

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The design, read from code

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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 247edced8f8b 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.desktop/token-optimizer-desktop/hooks/register.tsx
Parses	Every file parses as TypeScript or JavaScript.12 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.no network
Programs	Whether every program it starts is named in the code and is not a shell, an interpreter or a network tool.desktop/token-optimizer-desktop/hooks/register.tsx:159 a program named at run time
Reads and sends	Whether it both reads files or environment variables and reaches the network.reaches no 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.no licence

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 alexgreensh/token-optimizer

/plugin install token-optimizer@alexgreensh-token-optimizer

This installs the marketplace's latest commit, which may not be the one read here (247edced8f8b). Compare them before you install.

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