What is whats-agent-doing?
whats-agent-doing is a Claude Code mod by tzafrir that a small box above the prompt that always says what the agent is doing right now (reading, thinking, writing, running a tool, waiting for you) and expands to show what it has done. It is listed under Agents & automation and has 7 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | tzafrir |
| Repository | tzafrir/whats-agent-doing |
| Popularity | 7 GitHub stars |
| Category | Agents & automation |
| Security | Low risk (100/100) |
| Rank | #606 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #62 in Agents & automation |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-04 |
| Hooks | 11 events |
| Sees | classic hooks, every tool call, subagent spawns |
| Draws on | ToolProgress, AbovePrompt |
Is whats-agent-doing safe to install?
whats-agent-doing scores 100/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 8 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 |
| 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 | |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.ui.invalidate | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
How do I install whats-agent-doing?
- 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/tzafrir/whats-agent-doing claude plugin validate ./whats-agent-doing/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add tzafrir/whats-agent-doing && claude plugin install whats-agent-doing@tzafrir
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs whats-agent-doing for you:
Install the "whats-agent-doing" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/tzafrir/whats-agent-doing. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.