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at-work

A pixel-art animation above the prompt that shows what Claude is doing right now, with computer-science jokes on the spinner and holiday decorations

Code you can checkTerminal + desktopBandBoxSvgText

What it does

  • Draws a band above the prompt
  • Adds /at-work
  • Watches tool calls and can refuse them
  • Hooks classic.StopFailure, prompt.submit, session.compact, session.start and 1 more
  • Keeps its own state between turns

Good points

  • No network calls
  • Starts no processes
  • 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)

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

// Drawn like at-work by Zhuoxing Zhang (band), as modscode read it from the mod's code:
// https://modscode.com/gallery/zhuoxingzhang-at-work/
// 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, Svg, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const svg = '…'
    const alt = '…'
    const label = '…'
    const more = '…'
    const n = '…'
    const hhmm = '…'
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        <Box flexDirection="column" overflow="hidden">
          <Svg source={`${svg}`} alt={`${alt}`} isInteractive />
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column" overflow="hidden">
          <Svg source={`${svg}`} alt={`${alt}`} isInteractive />
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="column" overflow="hidden">
          <Svg source={`${svg}`} alt={`${alt}`} isInteractive />
        </Box>
        <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1}>
          <Box flexShrink={1}>
            <Text bold wrap="wrap">
              {label}
              {more}
            </Text>
          </Box>
          <Box flexShrink={0}>
            <Text dimColor>
              {`· 第 ${n} 步 · ${hhmm} 开始`}
            </Text>
          </Box>
        </Box>
        {await next(e)}
      </Box>
    )
  })
}

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 1835–1952 · Band
  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
    if (e.props.hasSurvey) return next(e)
    const list = await read($, running)
    const n = await read($, steps)
    const started = await read($, turnStart)
    const w = await read($, word)
    const done = await read($, last)
    const fl = await read($, flash)
    const lg = await read($, linger)
    const act = list.length > 0 ? list[list.length - 1] : null
    // an outcome holds the band for its while, then until the next call starts
    const out = fl !== null && (fl.until > Date.now() || act === null) ? fl : null
    // a call that just ended keeps its scene a moment, so back-to-back calls do not blink through thinking
    const kept = lg !== null && lg.until > Date.now() ? lg : null
    // a /compact typed between turns runs while the session is not working: the press shows all the same
    const busy = e.props.isWorking || act?.kind === 'compact' || kept?.kind === 'compact'
    const idle = rest(done, new Date().getHours())
    const kind = !busy ? idle.kind : out ? out.kind : act ? act.kind : kept ? kept.kind : thinker(w)
    const label = !busy
      ? idle.label
      : out ? out.label
        : act ? `${act.isSubagent ? say('🤖 小助手 · ', '🤖 helper · ') : ''}${act.label}`
          : kept ? kept.label : `💭 ${joke(w)}…`
    const more = list.length > 1 ? ` (+${list.length - 1})` : ''
    const forced = await read($, holiday)
    const hol = forced !== '' ? forced : festival(new Date())
    season = hol

    if (e.surface === 'desktop') {
      // the scene animates by itself, so this drawing reads no frame counter; the label row follows every change,
      // the picture only a change of scene or width, through the hidden frame (see slots)
      const { Box, Text, Svg } = $.ui.resolve(e)
      const crates = await read($, history)
      await read($, swap)
      const m = await read($, mode)
      const lay = layout(e.props.bodyColumns, e.props.maxRows, !busy)
      const key = `${kind}|${lay.W}|${hol ?? ''}`
      const make = (): Slot => ({ key, svg: picture(kind, lay, crates, list.slice(0, -1).map(a => a.kind)), alt: label })
      const shown = slots[front]
      if (m === 'image') {
        // an image keeps showing the old picture until the new one is in: one image, no buffering
        if (shown === null || shown === undefined || shown.key !== key) slots[front] = make()
        pending = null
      } else if (shown === null || shown === undefined) slots[front] = make()
      else if (shown.key !== key) {
        if (slots[1 - front]?.key !== key) slots[1 - front] = make()
        if (pending !== key) {
          pending = key
          flip($, key)
        }
      } else pending = null
      const picShown = slots[front]
      return (
        <Box flexDirection="column">
          {m === 'image'
            ? picShown ? <Svg key="image" source={picShown.svg} alt={picShown.alt} /> : null
            : [0, 1].map(i => {
              const slot = slots[i]
              return (
                <Box key={`frame${i}`} flexDirection="column" overflow="hidden" {...(i === front ? {} : { height: 0 })}>
                  {slot ? <Svg source={slot.svg} alt={slot.alt} isInteractive /> : null}
                </Box>
              )
            })}
          <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1}>
            <Box flexShrink={1}>
              <Text bold wrap="wrap">
                {label}
                {more}
              </Text>
            </Box>
            {e.props.isWorking && started ? (
              <Box flexShrink={0}>
                <Text dimColor>
                  {say(`· 第 ${n} 步 · ${hhmm(started)} 开始`, `· step ${n} · since ${hhmm(started)}`)}
                </Text>
              </Box>
            ) : null}
          </Box>
        </Box>
      )
    }

    const { Box, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
    if (!busy) {
      if (done === null) return next(e)
      return (
        <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1}>
          <Text>
            {kind === 'rain' ? '🌧 (•︵•)' : kind === 'sleep' ? '💤 (-_-)' : '☕ (ᵔᴥᵔ)'}
            {hol ? ` ${HOLIDAYS[hol].emoji}` : ''}
          </Text>
          <Text dimColor wrap="wrap">{label}</Text>
        </Box>
      )
    }
    const f = await read($, frame)
    const elapsed = started ? mmss((Date.now() - started) / 1000) : ''
    return (
      <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1}>
        <Text color="cyan">
          {hol ? `${HOLIDAYS[hol].emoji} ` : ''}
          {scene(kind, f)}
        </Text>
        <Box flexShrink={1}>
          <Text wrap="wrap">
            {label}
            {more}
          </Text>
        </Box>
        <Box flexShrink={0}>
          <Text dimColor>
            {say(`· 第 ${n} 步 · ${elapsed}`, `· step ${n} · ${elapsed}`)}
          </Text>
        </Box>
      </Box>
    )
  })
Licence text (MIT)
MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 Zhuoxing Zhang

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

tool callsremembers

What its code shows

Read from the source at commit 3fc00b3ad2ef 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.1 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, with its own branch for the desktop
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.no network
ProgramsWhether 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 sendsWhether it both reads files or environment variables and reaches the network.reaches no network
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 zhuoxingzhang/pixel-at-work
/plugin install at-work@pixel-at-work

This installs the marketplace's latest commit, which may not be the one read here (3fc00b3ad2ef). Compare them before you install.

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