What is session-band?
session-band is a Claude Code mod by einaruk that prompt-cache countdown, cost to re-warm, usage limits, cold-cache warnings and one-click handoff → clear & continue. It is listed under Cost & usage and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | einaruk |
| Repository | einaruk/claude-session-band |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Cost & usage |
| Security | High risk (56/100) |
| Rank | #3,137 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #564 in Cost & usage |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-06 |
| Hooks | 8 events |
| Sees | compaction, every prompt |
| Draws on | Pane, AbovePrompt |
Is session-band safe to install?
session-band scores 56/100 on the MCPMods security check: High risk. Things to review: writes files or config; reads environment variables; watches every prompt or event. It passed 3 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 files or config | Review |
| Reads environment variables | Review |
| Watches every prompt or event | Review |
| Drives Claude (model calls, prompts) | Note |
| Validator reported problems | Note |
| Has an open-source license | Pass |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.clock.after | |
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.command.list | |
$.command.register | |
$.command.run | drives Claude |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.fs.exists | reads files |
$.fs.read | reads files |
$.fs.write | writes files |
$.prompt.submit | drives Claude |
$.session.compact | drives Claude |
$.session.model | |
$.session.usage | |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.ui.open | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.status | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install session-band?
- 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/einaruk/claude-session-band claude plugin validate ./claude-session-band/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
git clone https://github.com/einaruk/claude-session-band && claude --plugin-dir ./claude-session-band/.
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs session-band for you:
Install the "session-band" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/einaruk/claude-session-band. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.