What is mindful-claude?
mindful-claude is a Claude Code mod by halluton that guided breathing exercises above the prompt while Claude works: coherent, box, 4-7-8 and the physiological sigh, four animation styles, and the spinner reads the breath. Appears when. It is listed under While you wait and has 106 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | halluton |
| Repository | halluton/Mindful-Claude |
| Popularity | 106 GitHub stars |
| Category | While you wait |
| Security | Low risk (96/100) |
| Rank | #112 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #3 in While you wait |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-09-14 |
| Stars this week | +6 |
| Hooks | 6 events |
| Sees | only the events it hooks |
| Draws on | AbovePrompt, Spinner |
Is mindful-claude safe to install?
mindful-claude scores 96/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 7 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 |
| 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.now | |
$.command.register | |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.ui.invalidate | draws interface |
$.ui.log | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
How do I install mindful-claude?
- 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/halluton/Mindful-Claude claude plugin validate ./Mindful-Claude/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add halluton/Mindful-Claude && claude plugin install mindful-claude@mindful-claude
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs mindful-claude for you:
Install the "mindful-claude" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/halluton/Mindful-Claude. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.