What is message?
message is a Claude Code mod by devohmycode that what another session sends lands in a tab instead of in the context. A peer's delivery is written to the mailbox under your home directory, listed in the Message tab beside the thread it. It is listed under Cost & usage and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | devohmycode |
| Repository | devohmycode/claude-mods |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Cost & usage |
| Security | Review before installing (68/100) |
| Rank | #3,034 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #541 in Cost & usage |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-05 |
| Hooks | 7 events |
| Sees | only the events it hooks |
| Draws on | Pane, PromptHint |
Is message safe to install?
message scores 68/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: writes files or config; reads environment variables. 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 no processes | Pass |
| Writes files or config | Review |
| Reads environment variables | Review |
| Only sees the events it hooks | Pass |
| Drives Claude (model calls, prompts) | Note |
| 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 | |
$.cockpit.hide | |
$.cockpit.mark | |
$.cockpit.show | |
$.cockpit.tab | |
$.cockpit.tabs | |
$.command.register | |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.fs.list | reads files |
$.fs.read | reads files |
$.fs.write | writes files |
$.prompt.submit | drives Claude |
$.session.id | |
$.tool.call | drives Claude |
$.tool.list | |
$.ui.close | draws interface |
$.ui.invalidate | draws interface |
$.ui.open | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install message?
- 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/devohmycode/claude-mods claude plugin validate ./claude-mods/claude-message-mod
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add devohmycode/claude-mods && claude plugin install message@claude-devohmycode-mods
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs message for you:
Install the "message" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/devohmycode/claude-mods/tree/main/claude-message-mod. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.
More from devohmycode/claude-mods
This repository has 6 Claude Code mods on MCPMods.
- clauget: The scale, then the diet — and the diet only where the scale says it pays. Each model request inside a turn streams thro (High risk)
- cockpit: One pane of tabs beside the transcript, and the $.cockpit noun other plugins fill. /cockpit opens it, and so does the Co (Review before installing)
- forge: Make your own plugins and mods, and catch what a mod breaks without a word before a session loads it. /forge new writes (Review before installing)
- switch: A pane of the models and the effort levels, each switched with one click. /switch opens it; /switch opus or /switch high (Low risk)
- contextmanager: Watches a session for wasted context and time, shows a one-click card when a waste behaviour repeats, and lets the user (High risk)