What is agent-cats?
agent-cats is a Claude Code mod by anthonyzng that a dashboard of the session's agents as coloured cats: their tasks, skills and run time, their questions answered in place with a meow, and the skills each task uses. It is listed under Agents & automation and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | anthonyzng |
| Repository | anthonyzng/agent-cats |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Agents & automation |
| Security | Review before installing (60/100) |
| Rank | #2,627 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #195 in Agents & automation |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-17 |
| Hooks | 12 events |
| Sees | AskUserQuestion calls, ExitPlanMode calls, classic hooks, every prompt, every tool call, subagent spawns |
| Draws on | AskUserQuestion, Pane |
Is agent-cats safe to install?
agent-cats scores 60/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: starts processes outside the sandbox; reads environment variables; watches every prompt or event. It passed 4 of 8 checks.
Mod footprints come from claude plugin validate, which lists every event a mod hooks and every API call it makes without running it.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No network access | Pass |
| Starts processes outside the sandbox | Review |
| Writes no files or config | Pass |
| Reads environment variables | Review |
| Watches every prompt or event | Review |
| Drives Claude (model calls, prompts) | Note |
| Passes claude plugin validate | Pass |
| Has an open-source license | Pass |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.agent.list | |
$.audio.play | plays audio |
$.clock.after | |
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.command.list | |
$.command.register | |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.prompt.submit | drives Claude |
$.session.append | |
$.session.usage | |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.tool.call | drives Claude |
$.turn.abort | drives Claude |
$.ui.log | draws interface |
$.ui.open | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install agent-cats?
- Check your Claude Code version. Mods need Claude Code 2.1.287 or later and are on by default.
claude --version
- Read its footprint. This lists every event it hooks and every API call it makes, without running it.
git clone https://github.com/anthonyzng/agent-cats claude plugin validate ./agent-cats/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add anthonyzng/agent-cats && claude plugin install agent-cats@agent-cats
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs agent-cats for you:
Install the "agent-cats" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/anthonyzng/agent-cats. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.