What is control-tower?
control-tower is a Claude Code mod by nicandcranny that control Tower: Flightdeck's live agent dashboard on top, savvy-progress's savvy-flow agents panel below, plus the progress band above the prompt. It is listed under Agents & automation and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | nicandcranny |
| Repository | nicandcranny/claude-code-mods |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Agents & automation |
| Security | Low risk (88/100) |
| Rank | #4,138 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #327 in Agents & automation |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-09 |
| Hooks | 15 events |
| Sees | Agent calls, classic hooks, compaction, every tool call, mcp__control-tower__progress calls, mcp__control-tower__step calls, subagent spawns |
| Draws on | AbovePrompt, Pane |
Is control-tower safe to install?
control-tower scores 88/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. Things to review: reads environment variables. 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 |
| Reads environment variables | Review |
| Only sees the events it hooks | Pass |
| 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 |
|---|---|
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.command.register | |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.session.usage | |
$.settings.read | reads settings |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.tool.register | drives Claude |
$.ui.close | draws interface |
$.ui.open | draws interface |
$.ui.panes | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.status | draws interface |
How do I install control-tower?
- 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/nicandcranny/claude-code-mods claude plugin validate ./claude-code-mods/control-tower
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add nicandcranny/claude-code-mods && claude plugin install control-tower@nicandcranny-mods
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs control-tower for you:
Install the "control-tower" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/nicandcranny/claude-code-mods/tree/main/control-tower. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.