What is goodfriend?
goodfriend is a Claude Code mod by nicodunks that be a goodfriend and remember your friends' birthdays. birthdays from contacts and the people you text show up right in claude code, with a one-tap happy birthday text. It is listed under Context & memory and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | nicodunks |
| Repository | nicodunks/goodfriend |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Context & memory |
| Security | Low risk (84/100) |
| Rank | #4,144 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #384 in Context & memory |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-05 |
| Hooks | 5 events |
| Sees | mcp__goodfriend__list_birthdays calls, mcp__goodfriend__set_birthday calls |
| Draws on | Spinner, AbovePrompt |
Is goodfriend safe to install?
goodfriend scores 84/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. Things to review: starts processes outside the sandbox. It passed 6 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 |
| Doesn't read environment variables | Pass |
| Only sees the events it hooks | Pass |
| 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 |
|---|---|
$.command.register | |
$.model.complete | drives Claude |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.tool.register | drives Claude |
$.ui.ask | draws interface |
$.ui.invalidate | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install goodfriend?
- 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/nicodunks/goodfriend claude plugin validate ./goodfriend/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add nicodunks/goodfriend && claude plugin install goodfriend@goodfriend
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs goodfriend for you:
Install the "goodfriend" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/nicodunks/goodfriend. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.