What is hud?
hud is a Claude Code mod by NeedSomeFoodMr that one row above the prompt: the context window as a coloured bar by what fills it, the rate-limit windows, the session's cost and the dev server, and the branch with how far it is from main. It is listed under Cost & usage and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | NeedSomeFoodMr |
| Repository | NeedSomeFoodMr/claude-mods |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Cost & usage |
| Security | Review before installing (72/100) |
| Rank | #4,117 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #785 in Cost & usage |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-09 |
| Hooks | 6 events |
| Sees | compaction, every tool call |
| Draws on | AbovePrompt |
Is hud safe to install?
hud scores 72/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: sends data over the network; starts processes outside the sandbox. It passed 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Sends data over the network | Review |
| 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 |
| Doesn't drive Claude | Pass |
| Validator reported problems | Note |
| Has an open-source license | Pass |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.clock.after | |
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.command.list | |
$.command.register | |
$.config.list | |
$.fs.read | reads files |
$.http.fetch | network requests |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.session.root | |
$.session.usage | |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install hud?
- 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/NeedSomeFoodMr/claude-mods claude plugin validate ./claude-mods/hud
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
git clone https://github.com/NeedSomeFoodMr/claude-mods && claude --plugin-dir ./claude-mods/hud
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs hud for you:
Install the "hud" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/NeedSomeFoodMr/claude-mods/tree/main/hud. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.
More from NeedSomeFoodMr/claude-mods
This repository has 7 Claude Code mods on MCPMods.
- agent-deck: A pane showing the main loop and every subagent of the session as pixel crabs, each under its role's hat: a short name, (Low risk)
- done-chime: A toast and a system sound when a long turn finishes, and a sound when Claude is waiting on a permission answer. (Review before installing)
- files: A pane for finding and reading files without asking the model: an explorer with search by name that lights up the files (Review before installing)
- goals: A goals list above the prompt that Claude keeps current as it works: what is done, what it is on, and what comes next. K (Low risk)
- quick-prompts: A row of buttons above the prompt that drop a saved prompt into the prompt box. Hidden until /quick-prompts shows it. (Low risk)
- replay: Records the file edits of the last turn and steps through them as diffs in a pane. (Low risk)