What is meter?
meter is a Claude Code mod by theishandubey that session meters: a band above the prompt on desktop, a status line under the prompt on the terminal, and a subagent line while a subagent's transcript is in view. It is listed under Agents & automation and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | theishandubey |
| Repository | theishandubey/claude-mods |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Agents & automation |
| Security | Review before installing (76/100) |
| Rank | #4,817 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #367 in Agents & automation |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-17 |
| Hooks | 10 events |
| Sees | classic hooks, every tool call |
| Draws on | PromptHint, AbovePrompt |
Is meter safe to install?
meter scores 76/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: starts processes outside the sandbox; reads environment variables. 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 |
| Reads environment variables | Review |
| Only sees the events it hooks | Pass |
| Doesn't drive Claude | Pass |
| Passes claude plugin validate | Pass |
| Has an open-source license | Pass |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.agent.list | |
$.clock.after | |
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.session.cwd | |
$.session.model | |
$.session.surfaces | |
$.session.usage | |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
How do I install meter?
- 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/theishandubey/claude-mods claude plugin validate ./claude-mods/plugins/meter
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add theishandubey/claude-mods && claude plugin install meter@claude-mods
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs meter for you:
Install the "meter" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/theishandubey/claude-mods/tree/main/plugins/meter. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.
More from theishandubey/claude-mods
This repository has 3 Claude Code mods on MCPMods.
- agent-graph: Pane drawing the session's running subagents: a left-to-right card graph in the desktop app, an indented tree in the ter (Low risk)
- statusline: Status line under the prompt on the terminal: model and effort, working directory and git state (Review before installing)