What is mascotte-du-jour?
mascotte-du-jour is a Claude Code mod by arseum that an animated pixel-art Claude mascot above your prompt, with a theme of the day picked by Claude itself / Une mascotte Claude animée en pixel art au-dessus du prompt, avec un thème du jour. It is listed under While you wait and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | arseum |
| Repository | arseum/claude-mods |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | While you wait |
| Security | Review before installing (72/100) |
| Rank | #2,646 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #85 in While you wait |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-04 |
| Hooks | 7 events |
| Sees | every prompt, every tool call |
| Draws on | AbovePrompt |
Is mascotte-du-jour safe to install?
mascotte-du-jour scores 72/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: reads environment variables; watches every prompt or event. 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 |
|---|---|
| No network access | Pass |
| Starts no processes | Pass |
| 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 |
|---|---|
$.audio.play | plays audio |
$.clock.after | |
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.clock.sleep | |
$.command.register | |
$.config.list | |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.model.complete | drives Claude |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.store.delete | keeps its own state |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.ui.blit | draws interface |
$.ui.log | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
How do I install mascotte-du-jour?
- 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/arseum/claude-mods claude plugin validate ./claude-mods/plugins/mascotte-du-jour
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add arseum/claude-mods && claude plugin install mascotte-du-jour@claude-mods
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs mascotte-du-jour for you:
Install the "mascotte-du-jour" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/arseum/claude-mods/tree/main/plugins/mascotte-du-jour. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.