What is claude-cache?
claude-cache is a Claude Code mod by the-cybersapien that compacts an idle Claude Code session while its prompt cache is warm, with an AFK mode, a handoff note, and a cache TTL countdown in the status line and above the prompt. It is listed under Cost & usage and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | the-cybersapien |
| Repository | the-cybersapien/claude-cache |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Cost & usage |
| Security | High risk (25/100) |
| Rank | #4,801 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #951 in Cost & usage |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-10-07 |
| Hooks | 11 events |
| Sees | classic hooks, compaction, every prompt, mcp__claude-cache__afk calls |
| Draws on | AbovePrompt |
Is claude-cache safe to install?
claude-cache scores 25/100 on the MCPMods security check: High risk. Things to review: starts processes outside the sandbox; reads environment variables; watches every prompt or event; validator reported problems. It passed 3 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 no files or config | Pass |
| Reads environment variables | Review |
| Watches every prompt or event | Review |
| Drives Claude (model calls, prompts) | Note |
| Validator reported problems | Flag |
| Has an open-source license | Pass |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.clock.after | |
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.command.register | |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.model.fork | drives Claude |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.session.compact | drives Claude |
$.session.id | |
$.session.root | |
$.session.usage | |
$.settings.read | reads settings |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.store.delete | keeps its own state |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.tool.register | drives Claude |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.status | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install claude-cache?
- 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/the-cybersapien/claude-cache claude plugin validate ./claude-cache/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
git clone https://github.com/the-cybersapien/claude-cache && claude --plugin-dir ./claude-cache/.
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs claude-cache for you:
Install the "claude-cache" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/the-cybersapien/claude-cache. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.