gh-inbox
GitHub issues and pull requests in a pane — one press to have Claude work on an issue or review a PR — plus the current branch's PR checks in the readout.
What it does
- Draws a band above the prompt, a pane, toasts
- Adds /inbox, /pr-draft
- Watches tool calls
- Hooks session.start, state.set
- Keeps its own state between turns
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 gh-inbox by mako-code (pane, band, status, toast), as modscode read it from the mod's code:
// https://modscode.com/gallery/mako-code-gh-inbox/
// 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 } = $.ui.resolve(e)
const text = '…'
return (
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Box flexDirection="row">
<Text wrap="wrap">
<Text>
{` ${text} `}
</Text>
</Text>
</Box>
{await next(e)}
</Box>
)
})
// the pane: open it with $.ui.open({ id: 'my-pane', title: "GitHub inbox" })
on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: 'my-pane' }, async ($, e) => {
const { Box, Text, Button, Link } = $.ui.resolve(e)
const label = '…'
const error = '…'
const number = '…'
const title = '…'
const labels = '…'
const ago = '…'
const comments = '…'
const url = '…'
const number2 = '…'
const title2 = '…'
const ago2 = '…'
const number3 = '…'
const title3 = '…'
const ago3 = '…'
const number4 = '…'
const title4 = '…'
const branch = '…'
const checksLabel = '…'
const review = '…'
const number5 = '…'
const title5 = '…'
const branch2 = '…'
const checksLabel2 = '…'
const number6 = '…'
const title6 = '…'
const branch3 = '…'
const checksLabel3 = '…'
const number7 = '…'
const text = '…'
return (
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Box flexDirection="row" columnGap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
<Text bold>
GitHub
</Text>
<Text dimColor>
loading…
</Text>
<Button label="Refresh" hotkey="r" dimColor />
<Button label={`${label}`} variant="primary" />
<Button label={`${label}`} variant="primary" />
<Button label={`${label}`} variant="primary" />
<Button hotkey="x" role="dismiss" label="Close" />
</Box>
<Text color="yellow">
{error}
</Text>
<Text>
{" "}
</Text>
<Text bold>
Issues
</Text>
<Text dimColor>
No open issues in this view.
</Text>
<Box flexDirection="row" columnGap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
<Text>
<Text color="cyan">
#
{number}
</Text>
{" "}
{title}
{" "}
<Text dimColor>
{`· ${labels} `}
{"· "}
{ago}
{` · ${comments} comments`}
</Text>
</Text>
<Button label="Work on it" variant="primary" />
<Link href={`${url}`} label="open" />
</Box>
<Box flexDirection="row" columnGap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
<Text>
<Text color="cyan">
#
{number2}
</Text>
{" "}
{title2}
{" "}
<Text dimColor>
{`· ${labels} `}
{"· "}
{ago2}
{` · ${comments} comments`}
</Text>
</Text>
<Button label="Work on it" variant="primary" />
<Link href={`${url}`} label="open" />
</Box>
<Box flexDirection="row" columnGap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
<Text>
<Text color="cyan">
#
{number3}
</Text>
{" "}
{title3}
{" "}
<Text dimColor>
{`· ${labels} `}
{"· "}
{ago3}
{` · ${comments} comments`}
</Text>
</Text>
<Button label="Work on it" variant="primary" />
<Link href={`${url}`} label="open" />
</Box>
<Text>
{" "}
</Text>
<Text bold>
Pull requests
</Text>
<Text dimColor>
No open pull requests.
</Text>
<Box flexDirection="row" columnGap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
<Text>
<Text color="cyan">
#
{number4}
</Text>
{" "}
{title4}
{" "}
<Text dimColor>
{"· "}
{branch}
{" · draft"}
{" · "}
{checksLabel}
{` · ${review}`}
</Text>
</Text>
<Button label="Checks" dimColor />
<Button label="Review" />
<Link href={`${url}`} label="open" />
</Box>
<Box flexDirection="row" columnGap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
<Text>
<Text color="cyan">
#
{number5}
</Text>
{" "}
{title5}
{" "}
<Text dimColor>
{"· "}
{branch2}
{" · draft"}
{" · "}
{checksLabel2}
{` · ${review}`}
</Text>
</Text>
<Button label="Checks" dimColor />
<Button label="Review" />
<Link href={`${url}`} label="open" />
</Box>
<Box flexDirection="row" columnGap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
<Text>
<Text color="cyan">
#
{number6}
</Text>
{" "}
{title6}
{" "}
<Text dimColor>
{"· "}
{branch3}
{" · draft"}
{" · "}
{checksLabel3}
{` · ${review}`}
</Text>
</Text>
<Button label="Checks" dimColor />
<Button label="Review" />
<Link href={`${url}`} label="open" />
</Box>
<Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
<Text bold>
Checks for #
{number7}
</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">
{text}
</Text>
</Box>
</Box>
)
})
on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
const number = '…'
const error = '…'
await $.ui.toast(`Sent issue #${number} to Claude`)
await $.ui.toast(`Could not read issue #${number}: ${error}`)
return next(e)
})
}
The mod's own code
Shown under the mod's licence (MIT); its text is below. Keep the notice if you copy these lines.
mods/abilities/gh-inbox/hooks/readout.ts lines 649–655 · Band
on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
const text = r.text
if ((await isHostedNow($, r)) || r.look.place !== 'top' || text === null || e.props.hasSurvey) return next(e)
const below = await next(e)
const { Box, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
return withReadout({ Box: Box as Make['Box'], Text: Text as Make['Text'] }, below, r.name, text, r.look, e.props.isWorking, e.surface === 'terminal' ? r.glyphs : 'full')
})mods/abilities/gh-inbox/hooks/readout.ts lines 461–485 · Band
export function withReadout(make: Make, below: RenderElement | null | undefined, name: string, text: string, look: Look, isWorking = false, glyphs: IconGlyphs = 'full'): RenderElement {
if (isWorking && look.whileWorking === 'hide') return below ?? make.Box({ children: [] })
const piece = pieceElement(make, { name, text, color: look.color }, look, isWorking && look.whileWorking === 'dim', glyphs)
const justify = justifyOf(look.align)
const ownRow = (key: string) => make.Box({ key, flexDirection: 'row', justifyContent: justify, children: [make.Text({ wrap: 'wrap', children: [piece] })] })
const isOurs = below !== null && below !== undefined && below.type === 'Box' && keyOf(below) === BAND_KEY
const rest: RenderNode[] = isOurs ? [...(below.children ?? [])] : isEmpty(below) ? [] : [below as RenderElement]
if (look.layout === 'merged') {
const at = rest.findIndex(n => keyOf(n) === ROW_KEY)
const row = at >= 0 ? rest[at] : undefined
if (row !== undefined && typeof row !== 'string' && row.type === 'Box') {
const line = row.children?.[0]
if (line !== undefined && typeof line !== 'string' && line.type === 'Text') {
const sep = make.Text({ dimColor: true, children: [separatorOf(look)] })
const joined = make.Text({ ...line.props, children: [piece, sep, ...(line.children ?? [])] })
rest[at] = make.Box({ ...row.props, children: [joined] })
return make.Box({ key: BAND_KEY, flexDirection: 'column', children: rest })
}
}
return make.Box({ key: BAND_KEY, flexDirection: 'column', children: [ownRow(ROW_KEY), ...rest] })
}
return make.Box({ key: BAND_KEY, flexDirection: 'column', children: [ownRow(`${ROW_KEY}:${name}`), ...rest] })
}mods/abilities/gh-inbox/hooks/readout.ts lines 412–415 · Band
function pieceElement(make: Make, p: Piece, look: Look, isDimmed: boolean, glyphs: IconGlyphs = 'full'): RenderElement {
const text = pieceText(p.name, p.text, look, glyphs)
return make.Text({ ...pieceProps(p.color, look, isDimmed), children: [look.style === 'pills' ? ` ${text} ` : text] })
}mods/abilities/gh-inbox/hooks/register.tsx lines 344–402 · Pane
on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: PANE }, async ($, e) => {
const { Box, Text, Button, Link } = $.ui.resolve(e)
const v = await read($, view)
const now = await $.clock.now()
return (
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Box flexDirection="row" columnGap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
<Text bold>{v.repo ?? 'GitHub'}</Text>
{v.isLoading && <Text dimColor>loading…</Text>}
<Button key="refresh" label="Refresh" hotkey="r" dimColor onPress={() => void refresh($)} />
{SCOPES.map(s => (
<Button key={`scope:${s.id}`} label={s.label} variant={v.scope === s.id ? 'primary' : 'secondary'} onPress={() => void setScope($, s.id)} />
))}
<Button key="close" hotkey="x" role="dismiss" label="Close" onPress={() => void $.ui.close({ id: PANE })} />
</Box>
{v.error && <Text color="yellow">{v.error}</Text>}
<Text> </Text>
<Text bold>Issues</Text>
{!v.error && v.issues.length === 0 && <Text dimColor>No open issues in this view.</Text>}
{v.issues.map(i => (
<Box flexDirection="row" columnGap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
<Text>
<Text color="cyan">#{i.number}</Text> {i.title}{' '}
<Text dimColor>
{i.labels.length > 0 ? `· ${i.labels.join(', ')} ` : ''}· {ago(i.updatedAt, now)}
{i.comments > 0 ? ` · ${i.comments} comments` : ''}
</Text>
</Text>
<Button key={`work:${i.number}`} label="Work on it" variant="primary" onPress={() => void workOnIssue($, i.number)} />
<Link href={i.url} label="open" />
</Box>
))}
<Text> </Text>
<Text bold>Pull requests</Text>
{!v.error && v.prs.length === 0 && <Text dimColor>No open pull requests.</Text>}
{v.prs.map(p => (
<Box flexDirection="row" columnGap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
<Text>
<Text color="cyan">#{p.number}</Text> {p.title}{' '}
<Text dimColor>
· {p.branch}
{p.isDraft ? ' · draft' : ''} · {checksLabel(p.checks, e.surface === 'terminal' ? glyphMode : 'full')}
{p.review ? ` · ${p.review}` : ''}
</Text>
</Text>
<Button key={`checks:${p.number}`} label="Checks" dimColor onPress={() => void showChecks($, p.number)} />
<Button key={`review:${p.number}`} label="Review" onPress={() => reviewPr($, p.number, p.title)} />
<Link href={p.url} label="open" />
</Box>
))}
{v.checks && (
<Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
<Text bold>Checks for #{v.checks.number}</Text>
<Text wrap="wrap">{v.checks.text}</Text>
</Box>
)}
</Box>
)
})Licence text (MIT)
MIT License Copyright (c) 2026 mako-code 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 programsenv 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 ec6ea2383749 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.mods/abilities/gh-inbox/hooks/register.tsx |
| Parses | Every file parses as TypeScript or JavaScript.4 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.gh (reaches the network), git (reaches the network) |
| Reads and sends | Whether it both reads files or environment variables and reaches the network.reads environment variables 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 mako-code/gobworks/plugin install gh-inbox@gobworksThis installs the marketplace's latest commit, which may not be the one read here (ec6ea2383749). 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 "mako-code-gh-inbox" with its code and make me a pane like itSearch them from Claude: the MCP connector
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