What is brigade?
brigade is a Claude Code mod by jimador that coordinate a fleet of cheap parallel coding agents from any ticket source (Notion, ClickUp, Obsidian vault boards, or a local folder of markdown files). Groom, design-swag, and cook. It is listed under Security and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | jimador |
| Repository | jimador/brigade |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Security |
| Security | Low risk (96/100) |
| Rank | #3,569 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #387 in Security |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-16 |
| Hooks | 9 events |
| Sees | every tool call, subagent spawns |
| Draws on | Pane |
Is brigade safe to install?
brigade scores 96/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 7 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 |
| Validator reported problems | Note |
| Has an open-source license | Pass |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.command.register | |
$.fs.exists | reads files |
$.fs.list | reads files |
$.fs.read | reads files |
$.fs.stat | reads files |
$.session.repo | |
$.session.root | |
$.session.usage | |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.ui.open | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
How do I install brigade?
- 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/jimador/brigade claude plugin validate ./brigade/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add jimador/brigade && claude plugin install brigade@brigade
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs brigade for you:
Install the "brigade" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/jimador/brigade. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.