What is council?
council is a Claude Code mod by danzerzine that second opinions inside Claude Code: GPT as fresh eyes when you go in circles, Codex acceptance of every handover, and Codex+Claude review of each change. It is listed under Agents & automation and has 2 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | danzerzine |
| Repository | danzerzine/claude-council |
| Popularity | 2 GitHub stars |
| Category | Agents & automation |
| Security | High risk (48/100) |
| Rank | #1,141 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #103 in Agents & automation |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-04 |
| Stars this week | +1 |
| Hooks | 7 events |
| Sees | classic hooks, every prompt, every tool call |
| Draws on | AbovePrompt, Pane |
Is council safe to install?
council scores 48/100 on the MCPMods security check: High risk. Things to review: starts processes outside the sandbox; writes files or config; reads environment variables; watches every prompt or event. 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 |
| Watches every prompt or event | Review |
| Drives Claude (model calls, prompts) | Note |
| Passes claude plugin validate | Pass |
| Has an open-source license | Pass |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.clock.after | |
$.clock.sleep | |
$.command.register | |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.fs.read | reads files |
$.fs.write | writes files |
$.model.fork | drives Claude |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.prompt.submit | drives Claude |
$.session.cwd | |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.ui.log | draws interface |
$.ui.open | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.status | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install 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/danzerzine/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/danzerzine/claude-council && claude --plugin-dir ./claude-council/.
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs council for you:
Install the "council" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/danzerzine/claude-council. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.