What is claude-council?
claude-council is a Claude Code mod by hex that consult multiple AI coding agents (Gemini, OpenAI, Grok, Perplexity, Kimi, any model OpenRouter routes to, plus codex, antigravity, grok, kimi and cursor CLIs when installed, and a local. It is listed under Git & CI and has 885 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | hex |
| Repository | hex/claude-council |
| Popularity | 885 GitHub stars |
| Category | Git & CI |
| Security | High risk (25/100) |
| Rank | #53 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #1 in Git & CI |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-14 |
| Stars this week | +19 |
| Hooks | 10 events |
| Sees | /"^mcp__claude-council__ask$"/ calls, /"^mcp__claude-council__specialist$"/ calls, Bash calls |
| Draws on | AbovePrompt, Pane |
Is claude-council safe to install?
claude-council scores 25/100 on the MCPMods security check: High risk. Things to review: starts processes outside the sandbox; writes files or config; reads environment variables; 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 files or config | Review |
| Reads environment variables | Review |
| Only sees the events it hooks | Pass |
| 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.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.command.register | |
$.config.set | changes config |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.env.set | sets env vars |
$.fs.exists | reads files |
$.fs.list | reads files |
$.fs.read | reads files |
$.fs.write | writes files |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.prompt.submit | drives Claude |
$.session.cwd | |
$.session.id | |
$.store.delete | keeps its own state |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.tool.register | drives Claude |
$.ui.ask | 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 |
How do I install claude-council?
- 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/hex/claude-council claude plugin validate ./claude-council/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
git clone https://github.com/hex/claude-council && claude --plugin-dir ./claude-council/.
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs claude-council for you:
Install the "claude-council" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/hex/claude-council. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.