What is babysitter?
babysitter is a Claude Code mod by vladgermanyuk that watches your background agents, corrects the ones that loop, stall or error out, and reports when they are done. It is listed under Agents & automation and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | vladgermanyuk |
| Repository | vladgermanyuk/Claude-babysitter |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Agents & automation |
| Security | Review before installing (76/100) |
| Rank | #5,084 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #388 in Agents & automation |
| Last commit | 2026-10-08 |
| Hooks | 8 events |
| Sees | every tool call, subagent spawns |
| Draws on | Pane |
Is babysitter safe to install?
babysitter scores 76/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: writes files or config. 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 files or config | Review |
| Doesn't read environment variables | Pass |
| Only sees the events it hooks | Pass |
| Drives Claude (model calls, prompts) | Note |
| Validator reported problems | Note |
| No license detected | Note |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.agent.list | |
$.agent.spawn | drives Claude |
$.clock.after | |
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.command.register | |
$.fs.read | reads files |
$.fs.write | writes files |
$.model.complete | drives Claude |
$.session.append | |
$.session.cwd | |
$.session.usage | |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.tool.call | drives Claude |
$.ui.ask | draws interface |
$.ui.log | draws interface |
$.ui.open | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.status | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install babysitter?
- 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/vladgermanyuk/Claude-babysitter claude plugin validate ./Claude-babysitter/babysitter
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add vladgermanyuk/Claude-babysitter && claude plugin install babysitter@babysitter-local
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs babysitter for you:
Install the "babysitter" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/vladgermanyuk/Claude-babysitter/tree/main/babysitter. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.