What is essential-conversation?
essential-conversation is a Claude Code mod by SuzumiyaAoba that shows each turn's user prompt paired with Claude Code's last answer for that turn in a side pane (/conversation). It is listed under Interface and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | SuzumiyaAoba |
| Repository | SuzumiyaAoba/claude-essential-conversation-mod |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Interface |
| Security | Low risk (96/100) |
| Rank | #4,742 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #1,944 in Interface |
| Last commit | 2026-09-22 |
| Hooks | 6 events |
| Sees | only the events it hooks |
| Draws on | UserMessage, Pane |
Is essential-conversation safe to install?
essential-conversation scores 96/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. 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 |
| Doesn't read environment variables | Pass |
| Only sees the events it hooks | Pass |
| Doesn't drive Claude | Pass |
| Passes claude plugin validate | Pass |
| No license detected | Note |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.command.register | |
$.session.id | |
$.session.messages | reads the transcript |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.ui.close | 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 essential-conversation?
- 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/SuzumiyaAoba/claude-essential-conversation-mod claude plugin validate ./claude-essential-conversation-mod/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
git clone https://github.com/SuzumiyaAoba/claude-essential-conversation-mod && claude --plugin-dir ./claude-essential-conversation-mod/.
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs essential-conversation for you:
Install the "essential-conversation" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/SuzumiyaAoba/claude-essential-conversation-mod. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.