What is agent-pulse?
agent-pulse is a Claude Code mod by afterever that a box above the prompt that always says what the agent is doing right now, alive with color and motion: an animated status glyph, a glowing jellyfish on the desktop, a timeline of the. It is listed under Agents & automation and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | afterever |
| Repository | afterever/claude-mods |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Agents & automation |
| Security | Low risk (100/100) |
| Rank | #2,506 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #177 in Agents & automation |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-18 |
| Hooks | 11 events |
| Sees | classic hooks, every tool call, subagent spawns |
| Draws on | ToolProgress, AbovePrompt, AskUserQuestion |
Is agent-pulse safe to install?
agent-pulse scores 100/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 8 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 no processes | Pass |
| Writes no files or config | Pass |
| Doesn't read environment variables | Pass |
| Only sees the events it hooks | Pass |
| Doesn't drive Claude | Pass |
| 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 | |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.ui.invalidate | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
How do I install agent-pulse?
- 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/afterever/claude-mods claude plugin validate ./claude-mods/agent-pulse
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add afterever/claude-mods && claude plugin install agent-pulse@afterever-mods
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs agent-pulse for you:
Install the "agent-pulse" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/afterever/claude-mods/tree/master/agent-pulse. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.
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