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chat-bubbles

Messenger-style chat for Claude Code: your prompts on the right in a rival color, Claude on the left, only running or failing tools stand out. 441 themes.

Code you can checkTerminal + desktopPaneToastBoxButtonInputSelectText

What it does

  • Draws a pane, toasts
  • Adds /bubbles
  • Hooks config.set, prompt.submit, session.append, session.start and 1 more
  • Keeps its own state between turns

Good points

  • No network calls
  • Starts no processes
  • Written in TypeScript
  • Has a desktop-specific branch

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)

register.tsx
import type { Register } from 'claude-code'

// Drawn like chat-bubbles by Angel Del Biondo (pane, toast), as modscode read it from the mod's code:
// https://modscode.com/gallery/angeldelbiondo-chat-bubbles/
// 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 $.ui.open({ id: 'my-pane', title: "Chat Bubbles" })
  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: 'my-pane' }, async ($, e) => {
    const { Box, Text, Input, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const name = '…'
    const group = '…'
    const search = '…'
    const length = '…'
    const label = '…'
    const STYLE_LABEL = '…'
    const PROMPT_LABEL = '…'
    const mode = '…'
    const canvas = '…'
    const said = '…'
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column" gap={1}>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Text bold>
            💬 CHAT BUBBLES
          </Text>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Text>
              Active:
            </Text>
            <Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
            </Text>
            <Text bold>
              {`${name} · ${group}`}
            </Text>
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Input label="Search" value={`${search}`} placeholder={`${length} themes: try "hockey", "neon", "gryffindor"`} submitLabel="search" />
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Text>
              40+ match
            </Text>
            <Button label="Clear" plain dimColor />
          </Box>
          <Text>
            No theme matches that.
          </Text>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
            </Text>
            <Button label={`${name} · ${group}`} variant="primary" />
            <Text>
              ◆ on
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
            </Text>
            <Button label={`${name} · ${group}`} variant="primary" />
            <Text>
              ◆ on
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
            </Text>
            <Button label={`${name} · ${group}`} variant="primary" />
            <Text>
              ◆ on
            </Text>
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Text bold>
            MIX YOUR OWN
          </Text>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Text>
              ██
            </Text>
            <Input label={`${label}`} value="" placeholder="auto (tinted from the accent)" submitLabel="set" />
          </Box>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Text>
              ██
            </Text>
            <Input label={`${label}`} value="" placeholder="auto (tinted from the accent)" submitLabel="set" />
          </Box>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Text>
              ██
            </Text>
            <Input label={`${label}`} value="" placeholder="auto (tinted from the accent)" submitLabel="set" />
          </Box>
          <Box gap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
            <Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
              <Text>
                ██
              </Text>
            </Text>
            <Button label="Apply custom" variant="primary" />
            <Button label="🎲 Random neon" />
          </Box>
          <Input label="Save as" placeholder="name your theme, Enter to save" submitLabel="save" />
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Text bold>
            LOOK
          </Text>
          <Box gap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
            <Button label={`Messages: ${STYLE_LABEL}`} />
            <Button label={`Prompts: ${PROMPT_LABEL}`} />
            <Button label="Tools, spinner & panes: on" />
            <Button label={`Canvas: ${mode} (${canvas})`} />
          </Box>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Text>
              ██
            </Text>
            <Input label="Background for every theme" value="" placeholder="auto — or a hex like #1a1a2e" submitLabel="set" />
          </Box>
          <Box gap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
            <Button label="Clear my themes" dimColor />
            <Button label="Theme off" dimColor />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Text>
          {said}
        </Text>
      </Box>
    )
  })

  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
    const name = '…'
    await $.ui.toast(`🎨 ${name}`)
    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.

chat-bubbles/hooks/register.tsx lines 610–769 · Pane
  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: PANE }, async ($, e) => {
    const els = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const { Box, Text, Button } = els
    // Mobile draws no fields: collections become buttons and the mixer is hidden.
    const Input = 'Input' in els ? els.Input : undefined
    const Select = 'Select' in els ? els.Select : undefined

    const pal = await read($, active)
    const shown = await read($, group)
    const search = await read($, query)
    const mixer = await read($, custom)
    const mine = await read($, saved)
    const style = await read($, messageStyle)
    const prompt = await read($, promptStyle)
    const isChrome = await read($, themeChrome)
    const mode = await read($, base)
    const canvas = (await read($, resolvedBase)) as Base
    const bg = await read($, bgOverride)
    const said = await read($, notice)
    const ui = lookOf(pal ?? DEFAULT_CUSTOM, canvas, bg)

    const results = search ? searchPresets(search, mine, 40) : inGroup(shown, mine)
    const swatch = (one: Palette) => (
      <Text>
        <Text color={one.accent}>██</Text>
        <Text color={one.secondary}>██</Text>
        <Text color={one.highlight}>██</Text>
        <Text color={one.text}>██</Text>
        <Text color={lookOf(one, canvas, bg).replyBg}>██</Text>
      </Text>
    )
    const heading = (label: string) => (
      <Text bold color={ui.accent}>
        {label}
      </Text>
    )

    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column" gap={1}>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          {heading('💬 CHAT BUBBLES')}
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Text color={ui.text}>Active:</Text>
            {pal ? swatch(pal) : null}
            <Text bold color={ui.secondary}>
              {pal ? `${pal.name} · ${pal.group}` : "Claude Code's own look"}
            </Text>
          </Box>
        </Box>

        <Box flexDirection="column">
          {Input ? (
            <Input
              key="search"
              label="Search"
              value={search}
              placeholder={`${PRESETS.length} themes: try "hockey", "neon", "gryffindor"`}
              submitLabel="search"
              onInput={value => void update($, query, () => value)}
              onSubmit={value => void update($, query, () => value)}
            />
          ) : null}
          {search ? (
            <Box gap={1}>
              <Text color={ui.muted}>{`${results.length === 40 ? '40+' : results.length} match${results.length === 1 ? '' : 'es'}`}</Text>
              <Button key="clear-search" label="Clear" plain dimColor onPress={() => update($, query, () => '')} />
            </Box>
          ) : Select ? (
            <Select
              key="group"
              label="Collection"
              value={shown}
              options={GROUPS.map(g => ({ value: g, label: g === MINE ? `${g} (${mine.length})` : g }))}
              onSelect={value => update($, group, () => value)}
            />
          ) : (
            <Box flexWrap="wrap" gap={1}>
              {GROUPS.map(g => (
                <Button key={`g-${slug(g)}`} label={g} dimColor={g !== shown} onPress={() => update($, group, () => g)} />
              ))}
            </Box>
          )}
          {results.length === 0 ? (
            <Text color={ui.muted}>{search ? 'No theme matches that.' : 'No saved themes yet. Mix one below and press Enter on "Save as".'}</Text>
          ) : null}
          {results.map(one => (
            <Box key={`row-${one.id}`} gap={1}>
              {swatch(one)}
              <Button
                key={`apply-${one.id}`}
                label={search ? `${one.name} · ${one.group}` : one.name}
                variant={pal?.id === one.id ? 'primary' : undefined}
                onPress={() => apply($, one)}
              />
              {pal?.id === one.id ? <Text color={ui.highlight}>◆ on</Text> : null}
            </Box>
          ))}
        </Box>

        {Input ? (
          <Box flexDirection="column">
            {heading('MIX YOUR OWN')}
            {SLOTS.map(({ slot, label }) => (
              <Box key={`slot-${slot}`} gap={1}>
                <Text color={mixer[slot] ?? lookOf(mixer, canvas).replyBg}>██</Text>
                <Input
                  key={`hex-${slot}`}
                  label={label}
                  value={mixer[slot] ?? ''}
                  placeholder={slot === 'background' ? 'auto (tinted from the accent)' : '#ff2bd6'}
                  submitLabel="set"
                  onSubmit={async value => {
                    if (slot === 'background' && value.trim() === '') {
                      const next = await update($, custom, c => ({ ...c, background: undefined }))
                      await persist($, 'custom', next)
                      await update($, notice, () => 'Mixer background back to auto')
                      return
                    }
                    const hex = normalizeHex(value)
                    if (!hex) {
                      await update($, notice, () => `"${value}" isn't a hex color. Try #ff2bd6 or f0f.`)
                      return
                    }
                    const next = await update($, custom, c => ({ ...c, [slot]: hex }))
                    await persist($, 'custom', next)
                    await update($, notice, () => `${slot} set to ${hex}`)
                  }}
                />
              </Box>
            ))}
            <Box gap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
              {swatch(mixer)}
              <Button
                key="apply-custom"
                label="Apply custom"
                variant="primary"
                onPress={async () => apply($, { ...(await read($, custom)), id: 'custom', name: 'Custom', group: MINE })}
              />
              <Button
                key="random-neon"
                label="🎲 Random neon"
                onPress={async () => {
                  const next = await update($, custom, () => randomNeon())
                  await persist($, 'custom', next)
                  await apply($, next)
                }}
              />
            </Box>
            <Input
              key="save-name"
              label="Save as"
              placeholder="name your theme, Enter to save"
              submitLabel="save"
              onSubmit={async value => {
                const name = value.trim().slice(0, 60)
                if (!name) return
                const one: Palette = { ...(await read($, custom)), name, group: MINE, id: `mine:${slug(name)}` }
                const list = await update($, saved, l => [...l.filter(x => x.id !== one.id), one])
                await persist($, 'saved', list)
                await update($, group, () => MINE)
Licence text (MIT)
MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 Alliance Optima
Copyright (c) 2026 Angel Del Biondo (Chat Bubbles changes)

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

remembers

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 559744816a36 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 readEvery module hooks/hooks.json names was read.chat-bubbles/hooks/register.tsx
ParsesEvery file parses as TypeScript or JavaScript.7 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).runs no program a Windows PC lacks
NetworkWhether every fetch names its https host in the code.no network
ProgramsWhether 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 sendsWhether it both reads files or environment variables and reaches the network.reaches no 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

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 angeldelbiondo/claude-chat-bubbles
/plugin install chat-bubbles@claude-chat-bubbles

This installs the marketplace's latest commit, which may not be the one read here (559744816a36). Compare them before you install.

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