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sidecast

A podcast player inside Claude Code: subscribe to feeds, browse episodes in a pane, and play them with a now-playing bar above the prompt

Code you can checkTerminal + desktopPaneBandToastBoxButtonText

What it does

  • Draws a band above the prompt, a pane, toasts
  • Adds /pod, /sidecast
  • Watches mcp__sidecast__library, mcp__sidecast__episode, mcp__sidecast__play, mcp__sidecast__queue calls
  • Hooks session.end, session.start
  • Keeps its own state between turns

Good points

  • 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)

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

// Drawn like sidecast by Nathan Morton (pane, band, toast), as modscode read it from the mod's code:
// https://modscode.com/gallery/nmorton13-sidecast/
// 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, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const icon = '…'
    const show = '…'
    const title = '…'
    const speed = '…'
    const done = '…'
    const rest = '…'
    const times = '…'
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        <Box justifyContent="space-between" paddingRight={4}>
          <Text wrap="truncate">
            <Text color="claude">
              {icon}
              {" "}
            </Text>
            <Text bold>
              {show}
            </Text>
            <Text dimColor>
              {" — "}
              {title}
            </Text>
          </Text>
          <Box gap={1} flexShrink={0}>
            <Button plain hotkey="b" label="«15" />
            <Button plain hotkey="p" label="play" />
            <Button plain hotkey="f" label="30»" />
            <Button plain hotkey="x" label={`${speed}×`} />
            <Button plain hotkey="s" dimColor label="stop" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box>
          <Text color="claude">
            {done}
          </Text>
          <Text dimColor>
            {rest}
          </Text>
          <Text dimColor>
            {" "}
            {times}
          </Text>
        </Box>
        {await next(e)}
      </Box>
    )
  })

  // the pane: open it with $.ui.open({ id: 'my-pane', title: "Podcasts" })
  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: 'my-pane' }, async ($, e) => {
    const { Box, Text, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const show = '…'
    const title = '…'
    const speed = '…'
    const qi = '…'
    const title2 = '…'
    const title3 = '…'
    const title4 = '…'
    const title5 = '…'
    const title6 = '…'
    const title7 = '…'
    const note = '…'
    const title8 = '…'
    const author = '…'
    const title9 = '…'
    const author2 = '…'
    const title10 = '…'
    const author3 = '…'
    const fresh = '…'
    const mark = '…'
    const day = '…'
    const length = '…'
    const mark2 = '…'
    const day2 = '…'
    const length2 = '…'
    const mark3 = '…'
    const day3 = '…'
    const length3 = '…'
    const fresh2 = '…'
    const mark4 = '…'
    const day4 = '…'
    const length4 = '…'
    const mark5 = '…'
    const day5 = '…'
    const length5 = '…'
    const mark6 = '…'
    const day6 = '…'
    const length6 = '…'
    const fresh3 = '…'
    const mark7 = '…'
    const day7 = '…'
    const length7 = '…'
    const mark8 = '…'
    const day8 = '…'
    const length8 = '…'
    const mark9 = '…'
    const day9 = '…'
    const length9 = '…'
    const item = '…'
    const item2 = '…'
    const item3 = '…'
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        <Box justifyContent="space-between" paddingRight={3}>
          <Text bold>
            Podcasts
          </Text>
          <Button plain dimColor label="refresh" />
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column" marginY={1} borderStyle="round" borderColor="claude" paddingX={1}>
          <Text wrap="truncate">
            <Text color="claude">
              …
              {" "}
            </Text>
            <Text bold>
              {show}
            </Text>
          </Text>
          <Text wrap="truncate">
            {title}
          </Text>
          <Box gap={2} flexWrap="wrap">
            <Button plain hotkey="b" label="«15" />
            <Button plain hotkey="p" label="play" />
            <Button plain hotkey="f" label="30»" />
            <Button plain hotkey="x" label={`${speed}×`} />
            <Button plain hotkey="n" label="next" />
            <Button plain hotkey="s" dimColor label="stop" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column" marginBottom={1}>
          <Box justifyContent="space-between">
            <Text bold>
              Up next
            </Text>
            <Button plain label="play ▶" />
          </Box>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Text dimColor>
              {`${qi}1`}
              .
            </Text>
            <Text wrap="truncate">
              {title2}
              <Text dimColor>
                {" · "}
                {title3}
              </Text>
            </Text>
            <Button plain dimColor label="×" />
          </Box>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Text dimColor>
              {`${qi}1`}
              .
            </Text>
            <Text wrap="truncate">
              {title4}
              <Text dimColor>
                {" · "}
                {title5}
              </Text>
            </Text>
            <Button plain dimColor label="×" />
          </Box>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Text dimColor>
              {`${qi}1`}
              .
            </Text>
            <Text wrap="truncate">
              {title6}
              <Text dimColor>
                {" · "}
                {title7}
              </Text>
            </Text>
            <Button plain dimColor label="×" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Text dimColor wrap="truncate">
          {note}
        </Text>
        <Box flexDirection="column" marginY={1}>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Button plain label="+" />
            <Text wrap="truncate">
              {title8}
              <Text dimColor>
                {" "}
                {author}
              </Text>
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Button plain label="+" />
            <Text wrap="truncate">
              {title9}
              <Text dimColor>
                {" "}
                {author2}
              </Text>
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box gap={1}>
            <Button plain label="+" />
            <Text wrap="truncate">
              {title10}
              <Text dimColor>
                {" "}
                {author3}
              </Text>
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Button plain dimColor label="clear results" />
        </Box>
        <Text dimColor>
          No subscriptions yet. Try /pod add hardcore history
        </Text>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Box justifyContent="space-between">
            <Button plain label={`▾ ${title}`} />
            <Text color="claude">
              {fresh}
              {" new"}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={2}>
            <Box flexDirection="column">
              <Box gap={1}>
                <Text color="claude">
                  {mark}
                </Text>
                <Text dimColor>
                  {day}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label={`${title}`} />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {length}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label="?" />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {" "}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                <Text dimColor italic>
                  Claude is summarizing…
                </Text>
              </Box>
            </Box>
            <Box flexDirection="column">
              <Box gap={1}>
                <Text color="claude">
                  {mark2}
                </Text>
                <Text dimColor>
                  {day2}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label={`${title}`} />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {length2}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label="?" />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {" "}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                <Text dimColor italic>
                  Claude is summarizing…
                </Text>
              </Box>
            </Box>
            <Box flexDirection="column">
              <Box gap={1}>
                <Text color="claude">
                  {mark3}
                </Text>
                <Text dimColor>
                  {day3}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label={`${title}`} />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {length3}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label="?" />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {" "}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                <Text dimColor italic>
                  Claude is summarizing…
                </Text>
              </Box>
            </Box>
            <Text dimColor>
              No playable episodes in this feed.
            </Text>
            <Box gap={2}>
              <Button plain dimColor label="unsubscribe" />
            </Box>
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Box justifyContent="space-between">
            <Button plain label={`▾ ${title}`} />
            <Text color="claude">
              {fresh2}
              {" new"}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={2}>
            <Box flexDirection="column">
              <Box gap={1}>
                <Text color="claude">
                  {mark4}
                </Text>
                <Text dimColor>
                  {day4}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label={`${title}`} />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {length4}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label="?" />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {" "}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                <Text dimColor italic>
                  Claude is summarizing…
                </Text>
              </Box>
            </Box>
            <Box flexDirection="column">
              <Box gap={1}>
                <Text color="claude">
                  {mark5}
                </Text>
                <Text dimColor>
                  {day5}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label={`${title}`} />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {length5}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label="?" />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {" "}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                <Text dimColor italic>
                  Claude is summarizing…
                </Text>
              </Box>
            </Box>
            <Box flexDirection="column">
              <Box gap={1}>
                <Text color="claude">
                  {mark6}
                </Text>
                <Text dimColor>
                  {day6}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label={`${title}`} />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {length6}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label="?" />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {" "}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                <Text dimColor italic>
                  Claude is summarizing…
                </Text>
              </Box>
            </Box>
            <Text dimColor>
              No playable episodes in this feed.
            </Text>
            <Box gap={2}>
              <Button plain dimColor label="unsubscribe" />
            </Box>
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          <Box justifyContent="space-between">
            <Button plain label={`▾ ${title}`} />
            <Text color="claude">
              {fresh3}
              {" new"}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={2}>
            <Box flexDirection="column">
              <Box gap={1}>
                <Text color="claude">
                  {mark7}
                </Text>
                <Text dimColor>
                  {day7}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label={`${title}`} />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {length7}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label="?" />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {" "}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                <Text dimColor italic>
                  Claude is summarizing…
                </Text>
              </Box>
            </Box>
            <Box flexDirection="column">
              <Box gap={1}>
                <Text color="claude">
                  {mark8}
                </Text>
                <Text dimColor>
                  {day8}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label={`${title}`} />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {length8}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label="?" />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {" "}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                <Text dimColor italic>
                  Claude is summarizing…
                </Text>
              </Box>
            </Box>
            <Box flexDirection="column">
              <Box gap={1}>
                <Text color="claude">
                  {mark9}
                </Text>
                <Text dimColor>
                  {day9}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label={`${title}`} />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {length9}
                </Text>
                <Button plain label="?" />
                <Text dimColor>
                  {" "}
                </Text>
              </Box>
              <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                <Text dimColor italic>
                  Claude is summarizing…
                </Text>
              </Box>
            </Box>
            <Text dimColor>
              No playable episodes in this feed.
            </Text>
            <Box gap={2}>
              <Button plain dimColor label="unsubscribe" />
            </Box>
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box marginTop={1} flexWrap="wrap" columnGap={2}>
          <Text dimColor>
            {item}
          </Text>
          <Text dimColor>
            {item2}
          </Text>
          <Text dimColor>
            {item3}
          </Text>
        </Box>
      </Box>
    )
  })

  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
    const fresh = '…'
    const title = '…'
    const upNext = '…'
    await $.ui.toast(`New episodes: ${fresh}`)
    await $.ui.toast(`Finished ${title}. Up next: ${upNext}`)
    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.

hooks/register.tsx lines 815–852 · Band
hooks/register.tsx:815
  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
    const { now } = await snapshot($)
    if (!now || e.props.hasSurvey) return next(e)

    const { Box, Text, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const below = await next(e)
    const width = e.props.bodyColumns
    const icon = now.isLoading ? '…' : now.isPaused ? '⏸' : '▶'
    const times = `${clock(now.pos)} / ${now.dur ? clock(now.dur) : '--:--'}`
    const bar = progressBar(now.pos, now.dur, Math.max(10, width - times.length - 2))

    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        {/* The right edge stays clear for the band's own marker. */}
        <Box justifyContent="space-between" paddingRight={4}>
          <Text wrap="truncate">
            <Text color="claude">{icon} </Text>
            <Text bold>{now.show}</Text>
            <Text dimColor> — {now.title}</Text>
          </Text>
          <Box gap={1} flexShrink={0}>
            {/* The same keys as the pane, for when the band holds the focus (ctrl+x tab). */}
            <Button key="pod-back" plain hotkey="b" label="«15" onPress={() => seek($, -15)} />
            <Button key="pod-toggle" plain hotkey="p" label={now.isPaused ? 'play' : 'pause'} onPress={() => togglePause($)} />
            <Button key="pod-skip" plain hotkey="f" label="30»" onPress={() => seek($, 30)} />
            <Button key="pod-speed" plain hotkey="x" label={`${now.speed}×`} onPress={() => setSpeed($, nextSpeed(now.speed))} />
            <Button key="pod-stop" plain hotkey="s" dimColor label="stop" onPress={() => stopPlaying($)} />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box>
          <Text color="claude">{bar.done}</Text>
          <Text dimColor>{bar.rest}</Text>
          <Text dimColor>  {times}</Text>
        </Box>
        {below}
      </Box>
    )
  })
hooks/register.tsx lines 854–1006 · Pane
hooks/register.tsx:854
  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: PANE }, async ($, e) => {
    const { Box, Text, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const { lib, heard, upNextItems, written, now } = await snapshot($)
    const v = await read($, view)
    const upNext = upNextItems.map(item => findEpisode(lib, item.guid)).filter(found => found !== null)
    const queued = new Set(upNext.map(found => found.ep.guid))
    const width = e.props.bodyColumns
    // A pane docked beside the conversation is narrow: the titles get the date's room.
    const isNarrow = width < 60

    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        {/* The right edge stays clear for the pane's own close mark. */}
        <Box justifyContent="space-between" paddingRight={3}>
          <Text bold>Podcasts</Text>
          <Button key="refresh" plain dimColor label="refresh" onPress={() => refreshAll($, false)} />
        </Box>
        {now ? (
          <Box flexDirection="column" marginY={1} borderStyle="round" borderColor="claude" paddingX={1}>
            <Text wrap="truncate">
              <Text color="claude">{now.isLoading ? '…' : now.isPaused ? '⏸' : '▶'} </Text>
              <Text bold>{now.show}</Text>
            </Text>
            <Text wrap="truncate">{now.title}</Text>
            {(() => {
              const times = `${clock(now.pos)} / ${now.dur ? clock(now.dur) : '--:--'}`
              const bar = progressBar(now.pos, now.dur, Math.max(10, width - times.length - 6))
              return (
                <Box>
                  <Text color="claude">{bar.done}</Text>
                  <Text dimColor>{bar.rest}</Text>
                  <Text dimColor>  {times}</Text>
                </Box>
              )
            })()}
            <Box gap={2} flexWrap="wrap">
              <Button key="pane-back" plain hotkey="b" label="«15" onPress={() => seek($, -15)} />
              <Button key="pane-toggle" plain hotkey="p" label={now.isPaused ? 'play' : 'pause'} onPress={() => togglePause($)} />
              <Button key="pane-skip" plain hotkey="f" label="30»" onPress={() => seek($, 30)} />
              <Button key="pane-speed" plain hotkey="x" label={`${now.speed}×`} onPress={() => setSpeed($, nextSpeed(now.speed))} />
              {upNext.length ? <Button key="pane-next" plain hotkey="n" label="next" onPress={() => playNext($)} /> : null}
              <Button key="pane-stop" plain hotkey="s" dimColor label="stop" onPress={() => stopPlaying($)} />
            </Box>
          </Box>
        ) : null}
        {upNext.length ? (
          <Box flexDirection="column" marginBottom={1}>
            <Box justifyContent="space-between">
              <Text bold>Up next</Text>
              {!now ? <Button key="queue-start" plain label="play ▶" onPress={() => playNext($)} /> : null}
            </Box>
            {upNext.map((found, qi) => (
              <Box key={`queued-${qi}`} gap={1}>
                <Text dimColor>{qi + 1}.</Text>
                <Text wrap="truncate">
                  {fit(found.ep.title, Math.max(10, width - 24))}
                  <Text dimColor> · {fit(found.show.title, 14)}</Text>
                </Text>
                <Button key={`unqueue-${qi}`} plain dimColor label="×" onPress={() => unqueue($, found.ep.guid)} />
              </Box>
            ))}
          </Box>
        ) : null}
        {v.note ? <Text dimColor wrap="truncate">{v.note}</Text> : null}

        {v.results.length > 0 ? (
          <Box flexDirection="column" marginY={1}>
            {v.results.map((r, i) => (
              <Box key={`result-${i}`} gap={1}>
                <Button key={`sub-${i}`} plain label="+" onPress={() => subscribe($, r.feedUrl)} />
                <Text wrap="truncate">
                  {fit(r.title, width - 6)}
                  <Text dimColor> {r.author}</Text>
                </Text>
              </Box>
            ))}
            <Button key="clear-results" plain dimColor label="clear results"
              onPress={() => update($, view, vv => ({ ...vv, results: [], note: null }))} />
          </Box>
        ) : null}

        {lib.shows.length === 0 && v.results.length === 0 ? (
          <Text dimColor>No subscriptions yet. Try /pod add hardcore history</Text>
        ) : null}

        {lib.shows.map((show, si) => {
          const episodes = lib.episodes[show.feedUrl] ?? []
          const isOpen = v.openShow === show.feedUrl
          const fresh = unplayed(show, episodes, heard)
          return (
            <Box key={`show-${si}`} flexDirection="column">
              <Box justifyContent="space-between">
                <Button key={`open-${si}`} plain label={`${isOpen ? '▾' : '▸'} ${fit(show.title, width - 12)}`}
                  onPress={() => update($, view, vv => ({ ...vv, openShow: isOpen ? null : show.feedUrl }))} />
                {fresh ? <Text color="claude">{fresh} new</Text> : null}
              </Box>
              {isOpen ? (
                <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={2}>
                  {episodes.slice(0, EPISODES_SHOWN).map((ep, ei) => {
                    const saved = heard[ep.guid]
                    const isPlaying = now?.guid === ep.guid
                    // ● only for what the show's "N new" counts; older unplayed episodes are a quiet ○
                    const isNew = !saved && isRecent(show, ep)
                    const mark = isPlaying ? '▶' : saved?.isDone ? '✓' : saved ? '◐' : isNew ? '●' : '○'
                    const isInfo = v.infoGuid === ep.guid
                    const about = written[ep.guid]
                    return (
                      <Box key={`ep-${si}-${ei}`} flexDirection="column">
                        <Box gap={1}>
                          <Text color={isPlaying || isNew ? 'claude' : undefined} dimColor={!isPlaying && (saved?.isDone || (!saved && !isNew))}>{mark}</Text>
                          {isNarrow ? null : <Text dimColor>{day(ep.date)}</Text>}
                          <Button key={`play-${si}-${ei}`} plain dimColor={saved?.isDone}
                            label={fit(ep.title, Math.max(10, width - (isNarrow ? 18 : 30)))} onPress={() => play($, show, ep)} />
                          <Text dimColor>{length(ep.duration)}</Text>
                          <Button key={`info-${si}-${ei}`} plain dimColor={!isInfo} label="?" onPress={() => toggleInfo($, ep.guid)} />
                          {queued.has(ep.guid) || isPlaying ? (
                            <Text dimColor> </Text>
                          ) : (
                            <Button key={`queue-${si}-${ei}`} plain dimColor label="+" onPress={() => enqueue($, ep.guid)} />
                          )}
                        </Box>
                        {isInfo ? (
                          <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={4} marginBottom={1}>
                            {about === undefined || about === PENDING ? (
                              <Text dimColor italic>Claude is summarizing…</Text>
                            ) : (
                              <Text>{about}</Text>
                            )}
                          </Box>
                        ) : null}
                      </Box>
                    )
                  })}
                  {episodes.length === 0 ? <Text dimColor>No playable episodes in this feed.</Text> : null}
                  <Box gap={2}>
                    <Button key={`unsub-${si}`} plain dimColor label="unsubscribe" onPress={() => unsubscribe($, show.feedUrl)} />
                  </Box>
                </Box>
              ) : null}
            </Box>
          )
        })}

        {lib.shows.length ? (
          <Box marginTop={1} flexWrap="wrap" columnGap={2}>
            {['● new', '○ unplayed', '◐ started', '✓ played', '? about', '+ up next'].map(item => (
              <Text key={`key-${item}`} dimColor>{item}</Text>
            ))}
          </Box>
        ) : null}
      </Box>
    )
  })
Licence text (MIT)
MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 Nathan Morton

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of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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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 790fe5a9594b 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.hooks/register.tsx
ParsesEvery file parses as TypeScript or JavaScript.4 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.hooks/register.tsx:114 fetch(url); hooks/register.tsx:156 fetch(searchUrl(term))
ProgramsWhether every program it starts is named in the code and is not a shell, an interpreter or a network tool.hooks/register.tsx:211 sh (a shell or interpreter); hooks/register.tsx:226 a program named at run time; hooks/register.tsx:251 sh (a shell or interpreter); hooks/register.tsx:271 a program named at run time; hooks/register.tsx:277 sh (a shell or interpreter)
Reads and sendsWhether it both reads files or environment variables and reaches the network.reaches the network, but reads no files and no environment variables
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 nmorton13/sidecast
/plugin install sidecast@sidecast

This installs the marketplace's latest commit, which may not be the one read here (790fe5a9594b). 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 "nmorton13-sidecast" with its code and make me a pane like it

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