modscode / Gallery / session-monitor
session-monitor
A side panel of all your open Claude Code sessions: what each one is doing, live, with a pixel creature per session.
What it does
- Draws a pane, toasts
- Adds /sessions
- Hooks session.start, turn.complete, turn.start
- Starts processes
Good points
- No network calls
- Written in TypeScript
- Has a desktop-specific branch
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 session-monitor by udaaff (pane, toast), as modscode read it from the mod's code:
// https://modscode.com/gallery/udaaff-session-monitor/
// 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 $.ui.open({ id: 'my-pane', title: "Sessions" })
on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: 'my-pane' }, async ($, e) => {
const { Box, Text, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
const workingCount = '…'
const refreshedAt = '…'
return (
<Box flexDirection="column" paddingX={1} paddingY={1}>
<Box flexDirection="column" marginBottom={1}>
<Box flexDirection="row" columnGap={1}>
<Text bold>
SESSIONS
</Text>
<Box flexGrow={1}>
<Text dimColor>
none open
</Text>
</Box>
<Text dimColor>
{`${workingCount} · ${refreshedAt}`}
</Text>
</Box>
<Text dimColor>
────────
</Text>
</Box>
<Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
<Box flexDirection="row" columnGap={2}>
<Button label="✕ close" />
</Box>
</Box>
</Box>
)
})
on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
const tabNotFound = '…'
await $.ui.toast(`${tabNotFound}`)
await $.ui.toast(`could not switch tabs`)
return next(e)
})
}
The mod's own code
Shown under the mod's licence (MIT); its text is below. Keep the notice if you copy these lines.
hooks/register.ts lines 539–698 · Pane
on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane' }, async ($, e, next) => {
// Every mod's panes come through here, the built-in /diff included.
if (e.requestId !== PANE_ID) return next(e)
const elements = await $.ui.resolve(e)
const { Box, Text, Button } = elements
// Only the terminal has rasters; elsewhere the spinner line is plain text
// without animation.
type RasterElement = (props: {
key: string
columns: number
rows: number
cells: string
}) => RenderElement
const Raster =
e.surface === 'terminal'
? (elements as unknown as { Raster?: RasterElement }).Raster
: undefined
const ownId = await $.session.id().catch(() => '')
const clockMs = await $.clock.now().catch(() => 0)
const nowMs = clockMs === 0 ? Date.now() : clockMs
// Claude Code's settings directory: CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR if set, otherwise
// .claude in the home directory. The collector script reads the same
// variable — it inherits the host's environment.
const home =
(await $.env.get('USERPROFILE').catch(() => undefined)) ??
(await $.env.get('HOME').catch(() => undefined)) ??
''
const claudeDir =
(await $.env.get('CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR').catch(() => undefined)) ??
`${home}/.claude`
lang = langFrom(await $.config.list().catch(() => []))
const text = TEXT[lang]
// The spinner colors follow the current theme. A custom theme
// (`custom:<name>`) lives in themes/<name>.json and overrides tokens on top
// of its base; it's re-read only when the theme changes.
const settings = (await $.settings.read().catch(() => ({}))) as { theme?: unknown }
const themeName = typeof settings.theme === 'string' ? settings.theme : ''
if (themeName !== paletteTheme) {
paletteTheme = themeName
palette = { claude: DEFAULT_CLAUDE, shimmer: DEFAULT_SHIMMER }
if (themeName.startsWith('custom:')) {
const theme = await $.fs
.read(`${claudeDir}/themes/${themeName.slice('custom:'.length)}.json`)
.then((source) => JSON.parse(source) as { overrides?: Record<string, unknown> })
.catch(() => null)
palette = {
claude: colorOf(theme?.overrides?.claude) ?? DEFAULT_CLAUDE,
shimmer: colorOf(theme?.overrides?.claudeShimmer) ?? DEFAULT_SHIMMER,
}
}
}
// The guard: take the timestamps of the process files in sessions/ (the
// engine rewrites them when a status changes) and of the transcripts. These
// are in-process calls costing a fraction of a millisecond. Without the
// folder there's nothing to show.
let stamp: string | null = null
const marks: string[] = [lang]
const sessionsDir = `${claudeDir}/sessions`
const listing = await $.fs.list(sessionsDir).catch(() => null)
if (listing !== null) {
for (const item of listing) {
if (!/^\d+\.json$/.test(item.name)) continue
const file = `${sessionsDir}/${item.name}`
const stat = await $.fs.stat(file).catch(() => null)
if (stat !== null) marks.push(`${item.name}:${stat.mtimeMs}`)
const info = await $.fs
.read(file)
.then((source) => JSON.parse(source) as { sessionId?: string; cwd?: string })
.catch(() => null)
if (typeof info?.sessionId !== 'string' || typeof info?.cwd !== 'string') continue
const slug = info.cwd.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/g, '-')
const transcript = `${claudeDir}/projects/${slug}/${info.sessionId}.jsonl`
const talk = await $.fs.stat(transcript).catch(() => null)
if (talk !== null) marks.push(`${info.sessionId}:${talk.mtimeMs}`)
}
stamp = marks.join('|')
}
// A crashed process may leave its file behind: only the collector checks
// liveness by pid, so it runs at least once every CACHE_MAX_AGE_MS even if
// the timestamps didn't change.
const isFresh =
stamp !== null &&
cache !== null &&
cache.stamp === stamp &&
nowMs - cache.collectedAt < CACHE_MAX_AGE_MS
const collected = isFresh
? cache!.sessions
: await $.process
.run(['node', `${$.plugin.root}/scripts/sessions.mjs`, `--lang=${lang}`], {
timeoutMs: 8000,
})
.then((result) =>
result.exitCode === 0
? (JSON.parse(result.stdout) as SessionSummary[])
: null,
)
.catch(() => null)
if (!isFresh && collected !== null && stamp !== null) {
cache = { stamp, sessions: collected, collectedAt: nowMs }
}
if (collected === null) {
return Box({
flexDirection: 'column',
padding: 1,
children: [Text({ dimColor: true, children: text.collectFailed })],
})
}
// Read answers from earlier runs, once per module load.
if (seenFile === null) {
seenFile = `${claudeDir}/session-monitor-seen.json`
const saved = await $.fs
.read(seenFile)
.then((source) => JSON.parse(source) as Record<string, unknown>)
.catch(() => ({}))
for (const [id, ms] of Object.entries(saved)) {
if (typeof ms === 'number' && !seenAt.has(id)) seenAt.set(id, ms)
}
}
// Forget closed sessions.
const openIds = new Set(collected.map((session) => session.id))
for (const id of seenAt.keys()) if (!openIds.has(id)) seenAt.delete(id)
const views = collected.map((session) => viewOf(session, nowMs))
unreadAnswers = views
.filter((session) => session.shownState === 'answered')
.map((session) => ({ id: session.id, title: session.title }))
// This render's rasters. The spinner line is as wide as the card's inside
// (pane body minus the pane padding, the border and the card padding) less
// the creature column and its gap.
spinners.clear()
creatures.clear()
const petColumns = Raster === undefined ? 0 : CREATURE_COLUMNS + 1
const spinnerColumns = Math.max(12, Math.min(512, e.props.bodyColumns - 6 - petColumns))
/** A card's bottom line: a live spinner or the last turn's result. */
const turnLine = (session: SessionView): RenderElement | null => {
const isActive = session.shownState === 'working' || session.shownState === 'received'
if (isActive) {
const spin = {
verb: session.turnStart?.verb ?? 'Working',
startMs: session.turnStart?.startMs ?? null,
}Licence text (MIT)
MIT License Copyright (c) 2026 udaaff 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 programswrites filesenv vars
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 aa6b3ecc8254 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.hooks/register.ts |
| 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.starts no programs |
| 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 udaaff/claude-code-session-monitor/plugin install session-monitor@session-monitorThis installs the marketplace's latest commit, which may not be the one read here (aa6b3ecc8254). 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 "udaaff-session-monitor" with its code and make me a pane like itSearch them from Claude: the MCP connector
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