What is presence?
presence is a Claude Code mod by sandipchitale that talk with Claude Code through the Avatar app: replies spoken as they are written by a face with lip sync, your voice into the prompt, and a pane with the conversation and its controls. It is listed under Interface and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | sandipchitale |
| Repository | sandipchitale/Avatar |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Interface |
| Security | Review before installing (60/100) |
| Rank | #4,523 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #1,858 in Interface |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-09 |
| Hooks | 9 events |
| Sees | every prompt |
| Draws on | AbovePrompt |
Is presence safe to install?
presence scores 60/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: sends data over the network; reads environment variables; watches every prompt or event. 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 |
|---|---|
| Sends data over the network | Review |
| 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 |
|---|---|
$.clock.now | |
$.clock.sleep | |
$.command.register | |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.http.fetch | network requests |
$.process.spawn | |
$.prompt.fill | writes the prompt box |
$.prompt.read | |
$.prompt.submit | drives Claude |
$.session.id | |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.ui.invalidate | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install presence?
- 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/sandipchitale/Avatar claude plugin validate ./Avatar/mod
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add sandipchitale/Avatar && claude plugin install presence@presence
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs presence for you:
Install the "presence" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/sandipchitale/Avatar/tree/main/mod. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.