What is glimt?
glimt is a Claude Code mod by mmedum that a quiet side pane: what this session is doing now, its plan, its agents as a tree, and every other Claude Code session with theirs. It is listed under Agents & automation and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | mmedum |
| Repository | mmedum/glimt |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Agents & automation |
| Security | Review before installing (60/100) |
| Rank | #4,013 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #313 in Agents & automation |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-10-14 |
| Hooks | 21 events |
| Sees | ExitPlanMode calls, TaskCreate calls, TaskUpdate calls, TodoWrite calls, classic hooks, every prompt, every tool call, subagent spawns |
| Draws on | ToolUse, Pane |
Is glimt safe to install?
glimt scores 60/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: starts processes outside the sandbox; reads environment variables; watches every prompt or event. It passed 4 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 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 |
| Has an open-source license | Pass |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.agent.list | |
$.agent.spawn | drives Claude |
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.command.register | |
$.command.run | drives Claude |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.fs.exists | reads files |
$.fs.list | reads files |
$.fs.read | reads files |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.session.cwd | |
$.session.id | |
$.session.messages | reads the transcript |
$.session.send | |
$.session.usage | |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.store.delete | keeps its own state |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.keys | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.tool.call | drives Claude |
$.ui.close | draws interface |
$.ui.copy | draws interface |
$.ui.focus | draws interface |
$.ui.notify | draws interface |
$.ui.open | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install glimt?
- 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/mmedum/glimt claude plugin validate ./glimt/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add mmedum/glimt && claude plugin install glimt@glimt
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs glimt for you:
Install the "glimt" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/mmedum/glimt. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.