What is colony?
colony is a Claude Code mod by openrory that side pane showing agents as pixel creatures. It is listed under Agents & automation and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | openrory |
| Repository | openrory/colony-mod |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Agents & automation |
| Security | Review before installing (64/100) |
| Rank | #4,216 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #330 in Agents & automation |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-10 |
| Hooks | 20 events |
| Sees | classic hooks, every prompt, every tool call, subagent spawns |
| Draws on | Pane |
Is colony safe to install?
colony scores 64/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: writes files or config; reads environment variables; watches every prompt or event. It passed 5 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 |
| Reads environment variables | Review |
| Watches every prompt or event | Review |
| Doesn't drive Claude | Pass |
| Passes claude plugin validate | Pass |
| Has an open-source license | Pass |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.agent.list | |
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.command.register | |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.fs.list | reads files |
$.fs.read | reads files |
$.fs.write | writes files |
$.session.cwd | |
$.session.id | |
$.session.messages | reads the transcript |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.store.delete | keeps its own state |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.ui.close | draws interface |
$.ui.open | draws interface |
$.ui.panes | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.status | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install colony?
- 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/openrory/colony-mod claude plugin validate ./colony-mod/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add openrory/colony-mod && claude plugin install colony@colony-mod
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs colony for you:
Install the "colony" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/openrory/colony-mod. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.