What is agent-theater?
agent-theater is a Claude Code mod by joydeep-pm that a pixel theater under the prompt: the little orange guy acts out what Claude is doing, with Haiku narration in a speech bubble. It is listed under Agents & automation and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | joydeep-pm |
| Repository | joydeep-pm/agent-theater |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Agents & automation |
| Security | Review before installing (76/100) |
| Rank | #3,624 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #283 in Agents & automation |
| Last commit | 2026-10-04 |
| Hooks | 7 events |
| Sees | every prompt, every tool call |
| Draws on | Spinner, AbovePrompt |
Is agent-theater safe to install?
agent-theater scores 76/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: 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 no processes | Pass |
| Writes no files or config | Pass |
| Doesn't read environment variables | Pass |
| Watches every prompt or event | Review |
| Drives Claude (model calls, prompts) | Note |
| Validator reported problems | Note |
| No license detected | Note |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.clock.after | |
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.command.register | |
$.model.complete | drives Claude |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.ui.blit | draws interface |
$.ui.invalidate | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.status | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install agent-theater?
- 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/joydeep-pm/agent-theater claude plugin validate ./agent-theater/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
git clone https://github.com/joydeep-pm/agent-theater && claude --plugin-dir ./agent-theater/.
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs agent-theater for you:
Install the "agent-theater" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/joydeep-pm/agent-theater. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.