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instantnotes
Your InstantNotes in a pane beside Claude Code: search as you type, read a note as Markdown, write one in the pane or with /note.
What it does
- Draws a pane, toasts
- Adds /notes, /note
- Hooks session.end, session.start
- Keeps its own state between turns
- Starts processes
Good points
- No network calls
- Written in TypeScript
- Handles errors
- Writes no files
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 instantnotes by jamubc (pane, toast), as modscode read it from the mod's code:
// https://modscode.com/gallery/jamubc-instantnotes/
// 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 $.ui.open({ id: 'my-pane', title: "InstantNotes" })
on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: 'my-pane' }, async ($, e) => {
const { Box, Text, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
const heading = '…'
const message = '…'
const index = '…'
const step = '…'
const ran = '…'
const title = '…'
const tail = '…'
const excerpt = '…'
return (
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Box flexDirection="row" gap={1}>
<Box flexShrink={0}>
<Text bold color="cyan">
✎ InstantNotes
</Text>
</Box>
<Box flexGrow={1} flexShrink={1}>
<Text dimColor wrap="truncate-start" />
</Box>
<Button plain label="cancel" />
<Button plain label="recent" />
</Box>
<Text dimColor>
{heading}
</Text>
<Text dimColor>
────────
</Text>
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Text color="red" wrap="wrap">
{message}
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
{`${index}1. ${step}`}
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
{`${index}1. ${step}`}
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
{`${index}1. ${step}`}
</Text>
</Box>
<Text dimColor>
{`Nothing in your notes matches "${ran}".`}
</Text>
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Box flexDirection="row">
<Text color="cyan">
{"▸ "}
</Text>
<Button plain label={`${title}`} />
<Text dimColor>
{` ${tail}`}
</Text>
</Box>
<Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">
{` ${excerpt}`}
</Text>
</Box>
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Box flexDirection="row">
<Text color="cyan">
{"▸ "}
</Text>
<Button plain label={`${title}`} />
<Text dimColor>
{` ${tail}`}
</Text>
</Box>
<Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">
{` ${excerpt}`}
</Text>
</Box>
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Box flexDirection="row">
<Text color="cyan">
{"▸ "}
</Text>
<Button plain label={`${title}`} />
<Text dimColor>
{` ${tail}`}
</Text>
</Box>
<Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">
{` ${excerpt}`}
</Text>
</Box>
</Box>
)
})
on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
const title = '…'
await $.ui.toast(`Saved to InstantNotes: ${title}`)
await $.ui.toast(`Saved to InstantNotes: ${title}`)
return next(e)
})
}
The mod's own code
Shown under the mod's licence (MIT); its text is below. Keep the notice if you copy these lines.
plugins/instantnotes/hooks/register.tsx lines 378–537 · Pane
on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: PANE }, async ($, e) => {
const elements = $.ui.resolve(e)
const { Box, Button, Markdown, Text } = elements
const Field = 'Input' in elements ? elements.Input : undefined
const width = Math.max(24, e.props.bodyColumns)
const isNarrow = width < NARROW
const rule = <Text dimColor>{'─'.repeat(width)}</Text>
// Drawn from what this process kept after a /clear; the host gets it back off the render.
if (!(await read($, seeded))) $.clock.after(0, () => void reseed($).catch(() => {}))
const snap = await read($, snapshot)
const { note: opened, problem: trouble, isBusy: busy, source: from } = snap
const now = await $.clock.now()
const status = busy ? (
<Text color="yellow">{'◌ Asking InstantNotes…'}</Text>
) : trouble !== null ? (
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Text color="red" wrap="wrap">{trouble.message}</Text>
{trouble.steps.map((step, index) => (
<Text key={`step-${index}`} wrap="wrap">{`${index + 1}. ${step}`}</Text>
))}
</Box>
) : null
if (opened !== null) {
const { text, cut } = clipBody(opened.body, MARKDOWN_MAX)
const meta = [
opened.spaces.length ? opened.spaces.join(', ') : '',
opened.tags.length ? opened.tags.map(tag => `#${tag}`).join(' ') : '',
ago(opened.updatedAt, now) ? `updated ${ago(opened.updatedAt, now)}` : '',
].filter(Boolean)
return (
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Box gap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
<Button key="back" plain hotkey="b" label="‹ notes" onPress={() => write($, 'note', () => null)} />
<Button
key="ask"
plain
hotkey="u"
label={isNarrow ? 'mention' : 'mention in prompt'}
onPress={() =>
$.prompt.fill({
text: `InstantNotes note "${opened.title}" (id ${opened.id}, updated ${opened.updatedAt}): `,
mode: 'append',
})
}
/>
<Button
key="paste"
plain
hotkey="p"
label={isNarrow ? 'paste' : 'paste into prompt'}
onPress={() =>
$.prompt.fill({
text: `Note "${opened.title}" from InstantNotes:\n\n${clipBody(opened.body, PASTE_MAX).text}\n\n`,
mode: 'append',
})
}
/>
<Button
key="copy"
plain
hotkey="c"
label="copy"
onPress={async press => {
const copied = await $.ui.copy({ text: opened.body, surface: press.surface })
$.ui.toast(copied.isCopied ? 'Copied the note.' : 'Could not copy here.')
}}
/>
<Button key="reload" plain hotkey="r" label="reload" onPress={() => openNote($, options, opened.id, true)} />
</Box>
<Text bold color="cyan" wrap="truncate-end">{opened.title}</Text>
{meta.length > 0 && <Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">{meta.join(' · ')}</Text>}
{rule}
{status}
<Markdown key="body" text={text || '_Empty note._'} />
{cut > 0 && <Text dimColor>{`… ${cut.toLocaleString()} more characters in InstantNotes`}</Text>}
</Box>
)
}
const { hits: list, query: ran, typed: typing, isComposing: composing } = snap
const shown = typing !== ran ? filterHits(list, typing) : list
const isFiltering = typing !== ran && typing.trim() !== ''
let field = null
if (Field) {
field = (
<Field
key="query"
label="⌕ "
placeholder={isNarrow ? 'search notes' : 'words or a title · Enter searches · empty lists recent notes'}
value={typing}
autoFocus={composing ? undefined : true}
submitLabel="search"
onInput={value => void write($, 'typed', () => value)}
onSubmit={value => void search($, options, value)}
/>
)
} else {
field = <Text dimColor>{ran ? `Results for "${ran}"` : 'Recent notes'}</Text>
}
const heading = isFiltering
? `${shown.length} of ${list.length} match "${typing.trim()}"${Field ? ' · Enter searches the library' : ''}`
: ran
? `${list.length}${list.length === LIST_LIMIT ? '+' : ''} result${list.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} for "${ran}"`
: `Recent notes · ${list.length}`
return (
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Box flexDirection="row" gap={1}>
<Box flexShrink={0}>
<Text bold color="cyan">✎ InstantNotes</Text>
</Box>
<Box flexGrow={1} flexShrink={1}>
<Text dimColor wrap="truncate-start">{from === null ? '' : from.kind === 'mcp' ? 'via MCP server' : `via ${from.argv[0]}`}</Text>
</Box>
{Field && (
<Button key="new" plain label={composing ? 'cancel' : isNarrow ? '+ new' : '+ new note'} onPress={() => write($, 'isComposing', was => !was)} />
)}
<Button key="recent" plain label="recent" onPress={() => search($, options, '', true)} />
</Box>
{field}
{Field && composing && (
<Field
key="compose"
label="✎ "
placeholder={isNarrow ? 'New note' : 'New note: the first line becomes the title'}
value=""
autoFocus
submitLabel="save"
onSubmit={value => void compose($, options, value)}
/>
)}
<Text dimColor>{heading}</Text>
{rule}
{status}
{trouble === null && !busy && shown.length === 0 && (
<Text dimColor>{list.length === 0 ? (ran ? `Nothing in your notes matches "${ran}".` : 'No notes yet. Press + new note to write one.') : 'Nothing loaded matches; press Enter to search the library.'}</Text>
)}
{shown.map(hit => {
const when = ago(hit.updatedAt, now)
const tail = [hit.spaces[0] ?? '', when].filter(Boolean).join(' · ')
const room = Math.max(8, width - 2 - (tail ? tail.length + 2 : 0))
return (
<Box key={`row-${hit.id}`} flexDirection="column" hover={{ backgroundColor: ROW_BG }}>
<Box flexDirection="row">
<Text color="cyan">{'▸ '}</Text>
<Button key={`hit-${hit.id}`} plain label={clip(hit.title, room)} onPress={() => openNote($, options, hit.id)} />
{tail !== '' && !isNarrow && <Text dimColor>{` ${tail}`}</Text>}
</Box>
{hit.excerpt !== '' && (
<Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">{` ${clip(hit.excerpt, width - 3)}`}</Text>
)}
</Box>
)
})}Licence text (MIT)
MIT License Copyright (c) 2026 jamubc 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
runs programsreads filesenv varsremembers
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 3027e57e6edc 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.plugins/instantnotes/hooks/register.tsx |
| Parses | Every file parses as TypeScript or JavaScript.2 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.plugins/instantnotes/hooks/register.tsx:192 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.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 jamubc/toolbox/plugin install instantnotes@toolboxThis installs the marketplace's latest commit, which may not be the one read here (3027e57e6edc). Compare them before you install.
Ask Claude about it
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