modscode / Gallery / side-chat
side-chat
A side conversation with haiku or sonnet in a pane, kept out of Claude's context: attach Claude's last answer, the diff, the plan or a file on demand, then send the answer or a summary to the prompt box.
What it does
- Draws a pane, toasts
- Adds /side
- Hooks session.start, turn.complete
- Starts processes
Good points
- No network calls
- 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 side-chat by mako-code (pane, toast), as modscode read it from the mod's code:
// https://modscode.com/gallery/mako-code-side-chat/
// 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 $.ui.open({ id: 'my-pane', title: "side-chat" })
on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: 'my-pane' }, async ($, e) => {
const { Box, Text, Markdown, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
const head = '…'
const question = '…'
const answer = '…'
const model = '…'
const attached = '…'
const error = '…'
const question2 = '…'
const question3 = '…'
const label = '…'
const fmtTokens = '…'
const notice = '…'
const plural = '…'
const fmtUsd = '…'
return (
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Text bold wrap="wrap">
{head}
</Text>
<Text dimColor wrap="wrap">
Kept out of Claude's context. Nothing reaches Claude unless you send it.
</Text>
<Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">
{`Q: ${question} → ${answer}`}
</Text>
<Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">
{`Q: ${question} → ${answer}`}
</Text>
<Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">
{`Q: ${question} → ${answer}`}
</Text>
<Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
<Text wrap="wrap">
<Text bold color="cyan">
{"Q: "}
</Text>
{question}
</Text>
<Text dimColor wrap="wrap">
{`${model} is answering… (with ${attached})`}
</Text>
<Markdown text={`${answer}
…`} />
<Text color="red" wrap="wrap">
{`No answer: ${error}`}
</Text>
</Box>
<Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
<Text wrap="wrap">
<Text bold color="cyan">
{"Q: "}
</Text>
{question2}
</Text>
<Text dimColor wrap="wrap">
{`${model} is answering… (with ${attached})`}
</Text>
<Markdown text={`${answer}
…`} />
<Text color="red" wrap="wrap">
{`No answer: ${error}`}
</Text>
</Box>
<Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
<Text wrap="wrap">
<Text bold color="cyan">
{"Q: "}
</Text>
{question3}
</Text>
<Text dimColor wrap="wrap">
{`${model} is answering… (with ${attached})`}
</Text>
<Markdown text={`${answer}
…`} />
<Text color="red" wrap="wrap">
{`No answer: ${error}`}
</Text>
</Box>
<Text dimColor wrap="wrap">
{"Ask with /side <question>. Attach context with the buttons below."}
</Text>
<Box marginTop={1} gap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
<Text dimColor>
Attach:
</Text>
<Button hotkey="1" label={`${label}`} />
<Button hotkey="1" label={`${label}`} />
<Button hotkey="1" label={`${label}`} />
</Box>
<Box gap={1}>
<Text wrap="truncate-end">
{`■ ${label} ≈${fmtTokens} (cut)`}
</Text>
<Button label="Remove" dimColor />
</Box>
<Box gap={1}>
<Text wrap="truncate-end">
{`■ ${label} ≈${fmtTokens} (cut)`}
</Text>
<Button label="Remove" dimColor />
</Box>
<Box gap={1}>
<Text wrap="truncate-end">
{`■ ${label} ≈${fmtTokens} (cut)`}
</Text>
<Button label="Remove" dimColor />
</Box>
<Text dimColor wrap="wrap">
{`Sent with each question: ≈${fmtTokens} tokens`}
</Text>
<Text color="yellow" wrap="wrap">
{notice}
</Text>
<Box marginTop={1} gap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
<Button hotkey="m" label={`Model: ${model}`} />
<Button hotkey="s" variant="primary" label="Send to Claude" />
<Button hotkey="u" label="Send summary" />
<Button hotkey="c" label="Copy" />
<Button hotkey="n" label="New chat" />
<Button hotkey="x" role="dismiss" label="Close" />
</Box>
<Text dimColor wrap="wrap">
{`This session: ${plural} · ${fmtTokens} in / ${fmtTokens} out · ${fmtUsd}`}
</Text>
</Box>
)
})
on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
const reason = '…'
await $.ui.toast(`The pane is waiting (${reason})`)
await $.ui.toast(`Still answering the last question`)
return next(e)
})
}
The mod's own code
Shown under the mod's licence (MIT); its text is below. Keep the notice if you copy these lines.
mods/tandem/side-chat/hooks/register.tsx lines 419–548 · Pane
on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: PANE }, async ($, e) => {
const { Box, Text, Button, Markdown } = $.ui.resolve(e)
const model = await currentModel($)
const exchanges = await read($, exchangesAtom)
const attachments = await read($, attachmentsAtom)
const offers = await read($, offersAtom)
const total = await read($, spendAtom)
const drafts = await read($, draftsAtom)
const notice = await read($, noticeAtom)
const width = Math.max(30, e.props.bodyColumns)
const running = exchanges.some(x => x.status === 'running')
const asked = exchanges.length
const head = `Side chat · ${model} · ${plural(asked, 'question')} · ${fmtUsd(total.usd)} spent`
// Older exchanges fold to one line each; the newest two show whole.
const older = exchanges.slice(0, -2).slice(-4)
const recent = exchanges.slice(-2)
let questionField: JSX.Element | null = null
let fileField: JSX.Element | null = null
if (e.surface !== 'mobile') {
const { Input } = $.ui.resolve(e)
questionField = (
<Input
key="ask"
label="Ask "
placeholder={running ? 'answering…' : `a side question for ${model} (Enter)`}
value={drafts.question}
submitLabel="ask"
autoFocus
onInput={value => quietly(update($, draftsAtom, d => ({ ...d, question: value })))}
onSubmit={value => quietly(ask($, value))}
/>
)
fileField = (
<Input
key="file"
label="File "
placeholder="path to attach (Enter)"
value={drafts.file}
submitLabel="attach"
onInput={value => quietly(update($, draftsAtom, d => ({ ...d, file: value })))}
onSubmit={value => quietly(attachFile($, value))}
/>
)
}
return (
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Text bold wrap="wrap">
{head}
</Text>
<Text dimColor wrap="wrap">
Kept out of Claude's context. Nothing reaches Claude unless you send it.
</Text>
{older.map(x => (
<Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">
{`Q: ${oneLine(x.question, Math.max(20, Math.floor(width / 2)))} → ${x.status === 'done' ? oneLine(x.answer, width) : x.status}`}
</Text>
))}
{recent.map(x => (
<Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
<Text wrap="wrap">
<Text bold color="cyan">
{'Q: '}
</Text>
{x.question}
</Text>
<Text dimColor wrap="wrap">
{x.status === 'running'
? `${x.model} is answering…${x.attached.length > 0 ? ` (with ${x.attached.join(', ')})` : ''}`
: `${x.model} · ${fmtTokens(x.input)} in / ${fmtTokens(x.output)} out · ${fmtUsd(x.usd)} · ${fmtSecs(x.ms)}${x.attached.length > 0 ? ` · with ${x.attached.join(', ')}` : ''}`}
</Text>
{x.status === 'done' && <Markdown text={x.answer.length > MARKDOWN_CHARS ? `${x.answer.slice(0, MARKDOWN_CHARS)}\n\n…` : x.answer} />}
{x.status === 'failed' && <Text color="red" wrap="wrap">{`No answer: ${x.error}`}</Text>}
</Box>
))}
{asked === 0 && (
<Text dimColor wrap="wrap">
{e.surface === 'mobile'
? 'Ask with /side <question>. Attach context with the buttons below.'
: 'Ask anything on the side: about the code, an idea, a doubt. Attach context with the buttons below.'}
</Text>
)}
<Box marginTop={1} gap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
<Text dimColor>Attach:</Text>
{ATTACHABLE.map(kind => {
const pinned = attachments.find(a => a.kind === kind)
const offer = offers.find(o => o.kind === kind)
const size = pinned !== undefined ? pinned.tokens : (offer?.tokens ?? null)
const mark = pinned !== undefined ? '■' : '□'
const label = `${mark} ${BUTTON_NAMES[kind]}${size === null ? (offer === undefined ? '' : ' (none)') : ` ≈${fmtTokens(size)}`}`
return <Button key={`attach-${kind}`} hotkey={kind === 'answer' ? '1' : kind === 'diff' ? '2' : '3'} dimColor={size === null} label={label} onPress={() => quietly(toggle($, kind))} />
})}
</Box>
{attachments
.filter(a => a.kind === 'file')
.map(a => (
<Box gap={1}>
<Text wrap="truncate-end">{`■ ${a.label} ≈${fmtTokens(a.tokens)}${a.isCut ? ' (cut)' : ''}`}</Text>
<Button key={`unpin-${a.id}`} label="Remove" dimColor onPress={() => quietly(unpin($, a.id))} />
</Box>
))}
{attachments.length > 0 && (
<Text dimColor wrap="wrap">
{`Sent with each question: ≈${fmtTokens(attachments.reduce((n, a) => n + a.tokens, 0))} tokens`}
</Text>
)}
{fileField}
{questionField}
{notice !== null && (
<Text color="yellow" wrap="wrap">
{notice}
</Text>
)}
<Box marginTop={1} gap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
<Button key="model" hotkey="m" label={`Model: ${model}`} onPress={() => quietly(switchModel($))} />
<Button key="send" hotkey="s" variant="primary" label="Send to Claude" onPress={press => quietly(sendAnswer($, press.surface))} />
<Button key="summary" hotkey="u" label="Send summary" onPress={press => quietly(sendSummary($, press.surface))} />
<Button key="copy" hotkey="c" label="Copy" onPress={press => quietly(copyLast($, press.surface))} />
<Button key="new" hotkey="n" label="New chat" onPress={() => quietly(startOver($))} />
<Button key="close" hotkey="x" role="dismiss" label="Close" onPress={() => quietly($.ui.close({ id: PANE }))} />
</Box>
{total.calls > 0 && (
<Text dimColor wrap="wrap">{`This session: ${plural(total.calls, 'call')} · ${fmtTokens(total.input)} in / ${fmtTokens(total.output)} out · ${fmtUsd(total.usd)}`}</Text>
)}
</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
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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/tandem/side-chat/hooks/register.tsx |
| Parses | Every file parses as TypeScript or JavaScript.3 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.mods/tandem/side-chat/hooks/register.tsx:288 powershell (a shell or interpreter); mods/tandem/side-chat/hooks/register.tsx:295 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 mako-code/gobworks/plugin install side-chat@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:
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