What is context-bar?
context-bar is a Claude Code mod by RenegadeRocks that a card above the prompt: context, limits, cache and API cost, model and effort, a quote, and an animated pet (cat or dog) that grows with your context. It is listed under Cost & usage and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | RenegadeRocks |
| Repository | RenegadeRocks/claude-mods |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Cost & usage |
| Security | High risk (44/100) |
| Rank | #4,398 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #845 in Cost & usage |
| Last commit | 2026-10-09 |
| Hooks | 10 events |
| Sees | compaction, every prompt, every tool call |
| Draws on | AbovePrompt |
Is context-bar safe to install?
context-bar scores 44/100 on the MCPMods security check: High risk. Things to review: sends data over the network; starts processes outside the sandbox; reads environment variables; watches every prompt or event. It passed 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Sends data over the network | Review |
| 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 |
| Passes claude plugin validate | Pass |
| No license detected | Note |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.agent.list | |
$.audio.play | plays audio |
$.clock.after | |
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.command.register | |
$.command.run | drives Claude |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.fs.list | reads files |
$.http.fetch | network requests |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.process.spawn | |
$.prompt.submit | drives Claude |
$.session.model | |
$.session.root | |
$.session.usage | |
$.settings.read | reads settings |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.ui.invalidate | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install context-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/RenegadeRocks/claude-mods claude plugin validate ./claude-mods/context-bar
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add RenegadeRocks/claude-mods && claude plugin install context-bar@renegaderocks
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs context-bar for you:
Install the "context-bar" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/RenegadeRocks/claude-mods/tree/main/context-bar. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.
More from RenegadeRocks/claude-mods
This repository has 3 Claude Code mods on MCPMods.
- project-colors: Every project gets its own prompt-bar colour and session name, set when a session starts. It learns from your own /color (Low risk)
- soundtrack: A soft soundtrack for Claude Code: a rising chord when Claude starts, a quiet tick while tools run, a chime when it's do (Review before installing)