What is brain-bar?
brain-bar is a Claude Code mod by sameerthapax that a human-knowledge health bar that drains as Claude edits your code and refills when you pass a quiz about your own project. It is listed under Context & memory and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | sameerthapax |
| Repository | sameerthapax/know-your-claude |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Context & memory |
| Security | Review before installing (68/100) |
| Rank | #4,514 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #420 in Context & memory |
| Last commit | 2026-10-05 |
| Hooks | 9 events |
| Sees | Bash calls, Edit calls, NotebookEdit calls, Write calls |
| Draws on | AbovePrompt, Pane |
Is brain-bar safe to install?
brain-bar scores 68/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: starts processes outside the sandbox; 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 processes outside the sandbox | Review |
| Writes files or config | Review |
| Doesn't read environment variables | Pass |
| Only sees the events it hooks | Pass |
| Drives Claude (model calls, prompts) | Note |
| Passes claude plugin validate | Pass |
| No license detected | Note |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.audio.play | plays audio |
$.clock.after | |
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.sleep | |
$.command.register | |
$.fs.exists | reads files |
$.fs.read | reads files |
$.fs.write | writes files |
$.model.complete | drives Claude |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.session.messages | reads the transcript |
$.session.root | |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.ui.close | draws interface |
$.ui.focus | draws interface |
$.ui.invalidate | draws interface |
$.ui.log | draws interface |
$.ui.open | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.scroll | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install brain-bar?
- 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/sameerthapax/know-your-claude claude plugin validate ./know-your-claude/brain-bar
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add sameerthapax/know-your-claude && claude plugin install brain-bar@sameer-mods
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs brain-bar for you:
Install the "brain-bar" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/sameerthapax/know-your-claude/tree/main/brain-bar. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.