What is rabe?
rabe is a Claude Code mod by lorenzh that watch Claude Code's background work: subagents, Codex jobs, shells, monitors, cron jobs and workflows. It is listed under Agents & automation and has 2 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | lorenzh |
| Repository | lorenzh/rabe |
| Popularity | 2 GitHub stars |
| Category | Agents & automation |
| Security | Review before installing (60/100) |
| Rank | #1,212 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #112 in Agents & automation |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-18 |
| Hooks | 10 events |
| Sees | Bash calls, CronCreate calls, CronDelete calls, Edit|Write calls, Monitor calls, ScheduleWakeup calls, Workflow calls, classic hooks, every prompt, subagent spawns |
| Draws on | nothing |
Is rabe safe to install?
rabe scores 60/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: starts processes outside the sandbox; 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 |
|---|---|
| No network access | Pass |
| Starts processes outside the sandbox | Review |
| 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 |
|---|---|
$.agent.list | |
$.clock.after | |
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.clock.sleep | |
$.command.register | |
$.command.run | drives Claude |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.fs.list | reads files |
$.fs.read | reads files |
$.fs.stat | reads files |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.session.cwd | |
$.session.id | |
$.session.root | |
$.session.send | |
$.session.surfaces | |
$.session.usage | |
$.session.version | |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.tool.call | drives Claude |
$.ui.close | draws interface |
How do I install rabe?
- 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/lorenzh/rabe claude plugin validate ./rabe/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add lorenzh/rabe && claude plugin install rabe@rabe
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs rabe for you:
Install the "rabe" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/lorenzh/rabe. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.