What is persona-panel?
persona-panel is a Claude Code mod by minipai that gives a Claude Code session a character persona, with a time-aware liveliness layer and a pixel portrait panel; bundles three characters from claudecafe.dev. It is listed under While you wait and has 2 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | minipai |
| Repository | minipai/claudecafe |
| Popularity | 2 GitHub stars |
| Category | While you wait |
| Security | Review before installing (65/100) |
| Rank | #1,355 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #53 in While you wait |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-04 |
| Hooks | 0 events |
| Sees | only the events it hooks |
| Draws on | nothing |
Is persona-panel safe to install?
persona-panel scores 65/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: validator reported problems. 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 | Flag |
| Has an open-source license | Pass |
How do I install persona-panel?
- 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/minipai/claudecafe claude plugin validate ./claudecafe/packages/persona-panel
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
git clone https://github.com/minipai/claudecafe && claude --plugin-dir ./claudecafe/packages/persona-panel
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs persona-panel for you:
Install the "persona-panel" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/minipai/claudecafe/tree/main/packages/persona-panel. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.