What is spinner?
spinner is a Claude Code mod by hoobnn that animations and a companion pet while the model works: a mascot beside the spinner, a scene above the prompt (a shoot-em-up, Clawd, pixel homages and more), a finale and a pet that levels. It is listed under While you wait and has 7 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | hoobnn |
| Repository | hoobnn/hoobnn-agent-mods |
| Popularity | 7 GitHub stars |
| Category | While you wait |
| Security | High risk (52/100) |
| Rank | #582 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #16 in While you wait |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-10 |
| Stars this week | +1 |
| Hooks | 11 events |
| Sees | every prompt, every tool call |
| Draws on | SessionMode, Spinner, AbovePrompt |
Is spinner safe to install?
spinner scores 52/100 on the MCPMods security check: High risk. Things to review: starts processes outside the sandbox; writes files or config; 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 files or config | Review |
| Reads environment variables | Review |
| Watches every prompt or event | Review |
| Doesn't drive Claude | Pass |
| Passes claude plugin validate | Pass |
| Has an open-source license | Pass |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.clock.after | |
$.clock.now | |
$.command.register | |
$.config.set | changes config |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.fs.stat | reads files |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.process.spawn | |
$.settings.read | reads settings |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.store.delete | keeps its own state |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.ui.ask | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install spinner?
- 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/hoobnn/hoobnn-agent-mods claude plugin validate ./hoobnn-agent-mods/claude-code/spinner
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add hoobnn/hoobnn-agent-mods && claude plugin install spinner@hoobnn-agent-mods
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs spinner for you:
Install the "spinner" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/hoobnn/hoobnn-agent-mods/tree/main/claude-code/spinner. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.
More from hoobnn/hoobnn-agent-mods
This repository has 6 Claude Code mods on MCPMods.
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- hud: claude-hud 0.10.0 as a mod: model, project, git, context, usage, tools, agents and todos, plus alerts, budget, history, (Review before installing)
- receipt: What each turn did, in a band above the prompt once it ends (files changed with lines, commands and failures, reads, sub (Review before installing)
- todo-bar: The task list's progress in a band above the prompt, read from the todo and task tools' own calls: no tool, no prompt, n (Review before installing)
- ts-band: Tailscale nodes' state in a band above the prompt, with a toast when a node comes up or goes down (High risk)