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workface

Keeps a long-running agent's working notes through every compaction: briefs the summarizer, re-attaches the notes after the summary, and shows them in a panel you can steer.

Code you can checkTerminal + desktopPaneStatus lineBoxButtonInputMarkdownText

What it does

  • Draws a pane, the status line
  • Watches tool calls and can refuse them
  • Hooks classic.SessionStart, prompt.submit, session.compact, session.measure and 2 more
  • Keeps its own state between turns
  • 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)

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

// Drawn like workface by Scott Hodge (pane, status), as modscode read it from the mod's code:
// https://modscode.com/gallery/scodge-24-workface/
// 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 $.ui.open({ id: 'my-pane', title: "Workface" })
  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: 'my-pane' }, async ($, e) => {
    const { Box, Text, Button, Input } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const tranche = '…'
    const lines = '…'
    const fresh = '…'
    const age = '…'
    const commits = '…'
    const heading = '…'
    const length = '…'
    const bullet = '…'
    const text = '…'
    const text2 = '…'
    const text3 = '…'
    const bullet2 = '…'
    const text4 = '…'
    const text5 = '…'
    const text6 = '…'
    const bullet3 = '…'
    const text7 = '…'
    const text8 = '…'
    const text9 = '…'
    const length2 = '…'
    const bullet4 = '…'
    const text10 = '…'
    const text11 = '…'
    const text12 = '…'
    const bullet5 = '…'
    const text13 = '…'
    const text14 = '…'
    const text15 = '…'
    const bullet6 = '…'
    const text16 = '…'
    const text17 = '…'
    const text18 = '…'
    const length3 = '…'
    const bullet7 = '…'
    const text19 = '…'
    const text20 = '…'
    const text21 = '…'
    const bullet8 = '…'
    const text22 = '…'
    const text23 = '…'
    const text24 = '…'
    const bullet9 = '…'
    const text25 = '…'
    const text26 = '…'
    const text27 = '…'
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        <Box flexDirection="column" marginBottom={1}>
          <Box flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between">
            <Text bold wrap="truncate-end">
              {tranche}
            </Text>
            <Box flexShrink={0}>
              <Button plain role="dismiss" label="✕" />
            </Box>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1} flexShrink={0}>
            <Box paddingX={1} backgroundColor="userMessageBackground">
              <Button plain label="Compact" />
            </Box>
            <Box paddingX={1} backgroundColor="userMessageBackground">
              <Button plain label="Full" />
            </Box>
            <Box paddingX={1} backgroundColor="userMessageBackground">
              <Button plain label="Browse" />
            </Box>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="row" flexWrap="wrap" columnGap={1}>
            <Box flexShrink={0}>
              <Text>
                {`${lines}/120 lines`}
              </Text>
            </Box>
            <Box flexShrink={0}>
              <Text>
                {`+${fresh} new`}
              </Text>
            </Box>
            <Box flexShrink={0}>
              <Text>
                {`· ${age} old`}
              </Text>
            </Box>
            <Box flexShrink={0}>
              <Text>
                {`· ${commits} commit since`}
              </Text>
            </Box>
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between" backgroundColor="userMessageBackground">
          <Box flexDirection="row" flexShrink={1}>
            <Text>
              ▍
            </Text>
            <Button plain label={`▾ ${heading}`} />
            <Text dimColor>
              {" "}
              {length}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1} flexShrink={0} paddingRight={1}>
            <Button plain label="✓" />
            <Button plain dimColor label="↺" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between" paddingLeft={1}>
          <Box flexDirection="row" flexShrink={1}>
            <Text>
              ◆
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {" "}
              {bullet}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              <Text>
                {text}
              </Text>
              <Text>
                {text2}
              </Text>
              <Text>
                {text3}
              </Text>
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1} flexShrink={0} marginLeft={1} paddingRight={1}>
            <Button plain label="✓" />
            <Button plain dimColor label="↺" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between" paddingLeft={1}>
          <Box flexDirection="row" flexShrink={1}>
            <Text>
              ◆
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {" "}
              {bullet2}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              <Text>
                {text4}
              </Text>
              <Text>
                {text5}
              </Text>
              <Text>
                {text6}
              </Text>
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1} flexShrink={0} marginLeft={1} paddingRight={1}>
            <Button plain label="✓" />
            <Button plain dimColor label="↺" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between" paddingLeft={1}>
          <Box flexDirection="row" flexShrink={1}>
            <Text>
              ◆
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {" "}
              {bullet3}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              <Text>
                {text7}
              </Text>
              <Text>
                {text8}
              </Text>
              <Text>
                {text9}
              </Text>
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1} flexShrink={0} marginLeft={1} paddingRight={1}>
            <Button plain label="✓" />
            <Button plain dimColor label="↺" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between" backgroundColor="userMessageBackground">
          <Box flexDirection="row" flexShrink={1}>
            <Text>
              ▍
            </Text>
            <Button plain label={`▾ ${heading}`} />
            <Text dimColor>
              {" "}
              {length2}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1} flexShrink={0} paddingRight={1}>
            <Button plain label="✓" />
            <Button plain dimColor label="↺" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between" paddingLeft={1}>
          <Box flexDirection="row" flexShrink={1}>
            <Text>
              ◆
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {" "}
              {bullet4}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              <Text>
                {text10}
              </Text>
              <Text>
                {text11}
              </Text>
              <Text>
                {text12}
              </Text>
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1} flexShrink={0} marginLeft={1} paddingRight={1}>
            <Button plain label="✓" />
            <Button plain dimColor label="↺" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between" paddingLeft={1}>
          <Box flexDirection="row" flexShrink={1}>
            <Text>
              ◆
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {" "}
              {bullet5}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              <Text>
                {text13}
              </Text>
              <Text>
                {text14}
              </Text>
              <Text>
                {text15}
              </Text>
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1} flexShrink={0} marginLeft={1} paddingRight={1}>
            <Button plain label="✓" />
            <Button plain dimColor label="↺" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between" paddingLeft={1}>
          <Box flexDirection="row" flexShrink={1}>
            <Text>
              ◆
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {" "}
              {bullet6}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              <Text>
                {text16}
              </Text>
              <Text>
                {text17}
              </Text>
              <Text>
                {text18}
              </Text>
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1} flexShrink={0} marginLeft={1} paddingRight={1}>
            <Button plain label="✓" />
            <Button plain dimColor label="↺" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between" backgroundColor="userMessageBackground">
          <Box flexDirection="row" flexShrink={1}>
            <Text>
              ▍
            </Text>
            <Button plain label={`▾ ${heading}`} />
            <Text dimColor>
              {" "}
              {length3}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1} flexShrink={0} paddingRight={1}>
            <Button plain label="✓" />
            <Button plain dimColor label="↺" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between" paddingLeft={1}>
          <Box flexDirection="row" flexShrink={1}>
            <Text>
              ◆
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {" "}
              {bullet7}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              <Text>
                {text19}
              </Text>
              <Text>
                {text20}
              </Text>
              <Text>
                {text21}
              </Text>
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1} flexShrink={0} marginLeft={1} paddingRight={1}>
            <Button plain label="✓" />
            <Button plain dimColor label="↺" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between" paddingLeft={1}>
          <Box flexDirection="row" flexShrink={1}>
            <Text>
              ◆
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {" "}
              {bullet8}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              <Text>
                {text22}
              </Text>
              <Text>
                {text23}
              </Text>
              <Text>
                {text24}
              </Text>
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1} flexShrink={0} marginLeft={1} paddingRight={1}>
            <Button plain label="✓" />
            <Button plain dimColor label="↺" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between" paddingLeft={1}>
          <Box flexDirection="row" flexShrink={1}>
            <Text>
              ◆
            </Text>
            <Text>
              {" "}
              {bullet9}
            </Text>
            <Text>
              <Text>
                {text25}
              </Text>
              <Text>
                {text26}
              </Text>
              <Text>
                {text27}
              </Text>
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1} flexShrink={0} marginLeft={1} paddingRight={1}>
            <Button plain label="✓" />
            <Button plain dimColor label="↺" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box marginTop={1}>
          <Input label="◆ note" placeholder="owner note or decision" submitLabel="add" />
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="row" flexWrap="wrap" columnGap={1}>
          <Box flexShrink={0}>
            <Text>
              {`${length} omitted`}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexShrink={0}>
            <Text>
              from the re-attach
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexShrink={0}>
            <Button plain dimColor label="· restore all" />
          </Box>
        </Box>
      </Box>
    )
  })

  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
    const tranche = '…'
    const lines = '…'
    const over = '…'
    const age = '…'
    const stale = '…'
    await $.ui.status(`${tranche} · ${lines}${over}/120L · ${age} old${stale}`)
    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 616–775 · Pane
hooks/register.tsx:616
  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: PANE }, async ($, e) => {
    const elements = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const { Box, Button, Markdown, Text } = elements
    const Input = 'Input' in elements ? elements.Input : undefined
    const wf = await attached($)
    if (!wf) return <Text dimColor>No workface is attached to this session; `/workface start` or `attach`.</Text>
    const shown = await read($, view)
    const open = await read($, expanded)
    const wrapped = await read($, openLines)
    const pending = await read($, asked)
    const commits = await read($, behind)
    const skip = (await read($, omitted))[wf.path] ?? []
    const owned = new Set(await storedList($, 'ownerNotes', wf.path))
    const before = new Set(await storedList($, 'snapshot', wf.path))
    // What a line gets beside its gutter, padding and its ask/omit icons; longer lines are cut and can be opened.
    const room = e.props.bodyColumns - 11
    const lines = wf.text.trimEnd().split('\n').length
    const fresh = wf.text.split('\n').filter(line => isItem(line) && !before.has(line)).length
    const { sections } = parse(wf.text)
    const now = await $.clock.now()
    const ageMs = now - wf.mtimeMs
    // A second press takes the ask back, as a second omit press restores.
    const ask = (key: string, heading: string, body: string) =>
      void update($, asked, now =>
        now?.key === key
          ? null
          : { key, text: `The owner points at this part of the workface (${wf.path}, section "${heading.slice(3)}"):\n${body}` },
      )
    const askButton = (key: string, heading: string, body: string) => (
      <Button
        key={`a:${key}`}
        plain
        dimColor={pending?.key !== key}
        label={pending?.key === key ? '✓' : '?'}
        onPress={() => ask(key, heading, body)}
      />
    )

    // The selected tab sits on the band colour, as a section heading does; the others stay dim.
    const tab = (name: 'workface' | 'preview' | 'tranches', label: string) => (
      <Box key={`tb:${name}`} paddingX={1} backgroundColor={shown === name ? 'userMessageBackground' : undefined}>
        <Button key={`t:${name}`} plain dimColor={shown !== name} label={label} onPress={() => void update($, view, () => name)} />
      </Box>
    )
    // A piece of the stats row: never shrinks, so one that does not fit moves to the next line whole.
    const stat = (key: string, color: string | undefined, text: string) => (
      <Box key={`st:${key}`} flexShrink={0}>
        <Text color={color} dimColor={color === undefined}>
          {text}
        </Text>
      </Box>
    )
    // Three rows, so a narrow dock never splits a word: name and close, the tabs, then the stats.
    const header = (
      <Box key="header" flexDirection="column" marginBottom={1}>
        <Box flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between">
          <Text bold color={palette.accent} wrap="truncate-end">
            {tranche(wf.path)}
          </Text>
          <Box flexShrink={0}>
            <Button key="close" plain role="dismiss" label="✕" onPress={() => void closePanel($)} />
          </Box>
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1} flexShrink={0}>
          {tab('workface', 'Compact')}
          {tab('preview', 'Full')}
          {tab('tranches', 'Browse')}
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="row" flexWrap="wrap" columnGap={1}>
          {stat('lines', budgetColor(lines, palette), `${lines}/${BUDGET_LINES} lines`)}
          {fresh > 0 && stat('fresh', palette.good, `+${fresh} new`)}
          {stat('age', ageColor(ageMs, palette), `· ${age(ageMs)} old`)}
          {commits > 0 && stat('commits', palette.sha, `· ${commits} commit${commits === 1 ? '' : 's'} since`)}
        </Box>
      </Box>
    )

    if (shown === 'preview') {
      const preview = [
        '**Added to every compaction’s summarizer instructions**',
        '',
        summarizerBrief(wf.path, '(the workface text shown below)'),
        '',
        '**Inserted after the compaction summary**',
        '',
        workfaceMessage(wf, skip, [...owned], 'right after this compaction summary'),
      ].join('\n')

      return (
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          {header}
          <Markdown key="preview" text={preview.slice(0, 10_000)} />
        </Box>
      )
    }

    if (shown === 'tranches') {
      const rows = await tranches($)

      return (
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          {header}
          {rows.map(row => (
            <Box key={`tr:${row.name}`} flexDirection="row" gap={1}>
              <Text color={row.path === wf.path ? 'claude' : undefined} bold={row.path === wf.path}>
                {row.path === wf.path ? '▸' : ' '} {row.name}
              </Text>
              <Text color={budgetColor(row.lines, palette)}>{row.lines}L</Text>
              <Text color={ageColor(now - row.mtimeMs, palette)}>{age(now - row.mtimeMs)}</Text>
              {row.running.length > 0 && <Text color={palette.good}>● {row.running.join(', ')}</Text>}
              {row.idle > 0 && (
                <Text dimColor>
                  ○ {row.idle} not running
                </Text>
              )}
            </Box>
          ))}
        </Box>
      )
    }

    const rows = sections.flatMap((section, index) => {
      const isOpen = open.includes(section.heading)
      const isOmitted = skip.includes(section.heading)
      const items = section.lines.filter(isItem)
      const head = (
        <Box
          key={`s:${section.heading}`}
          flexDirection="row"
          justifyContent="space-between"
          backgroundColor="userMessageBackground"
        >
          <Box flexDirection="row" flexShrink={1}>
            <Text color={isOmitted ? undefined : sectionColor(section.heading, index)} dimColor={isOmitted}>
              ▍
            </Text>
            <Button
              key={`x:${section.heading}`}
              plain
              label={`${isOpen ? '▾' : '▸'} ${section.heading.slice(3)}`}
              dimColor={isOmitted}
              onPress={() =>
                void update($, expanded, now =>
                  now.includes(section.heading) ? now.filter(heading => heading !== section.heading) : [...now, section.heading],
                )
              }
            />
            <Text dimColor> {items.length}</Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1} flexShrink={0} paddingRight={1}>
            {askButton(section.heading, section.heading, [section.heading, ...items].join('\n'))}
            <Button
              key={`o:${section.heading}`}
              plain
              dimColor
              label={isOmitted ? '↺' : '✕'}
              onPress={() => void toggleOmitted($, wf.path, section.heading)}
            />
          </Box>
        </Box>
Licence text (MIT)
MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 Scott Hodge

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.

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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.2 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).hooks/register.tsx:209 date (not on Windows); hooks/register.tsx:260 rm (not on Windows); hooks/register.tsx:306 rm (not on Windows)
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.date, rm, git (reaches the network)
Reads and sendsWhether it both reads files or environment variables and reaches the network.reads environment variables and files and reaches the network
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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

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/plugin install workface@workface

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