What is zetetic-autopilot?
zetetic-autopilot is a Claude Code mod by cdeust that automatic effort and model, and a quota that limits how many agents run, not how well one runs. Every request runs at the effort its grade calls for (zetetic-genius) and the main tool loop. It is listed under Security and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | cdeust |
| Repository | cdeust/claude-mods |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Security |
| Security | Review before installing (72/100) |
| Rank | #2,872 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #332 in Security |
| Last commit | 2026-10-17 |
| Hooks | 8 events |
| Sees | classic hooks, every tool call, subagent spawns |
| Draws on | nothing |
Is zetetic-autopilot safe to install?
zetetic-autopilot scores 72/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: writes files or config; reads environment variables. It passed 5 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 |
| Only sees the events it hooks | Pass |
| Doesn't drive Claude | Pass |
| Passes claude plugin validate | Pass |
| No license detected | Note |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.agent.list | |
$.clock.now | |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.fs.exists | reads files |
$.fs.read | reads files |
$.fs.write | writes files |
$.session.cwd | |
$.session.id | |
$.session.model | |
$.session.usage | |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.store.delete | keeps its own state |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.keys | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install zetetic-autopilot?
- 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/cdeust/claude-mods claude plugin validate ./claude-mods/mods/zetetic-autopilot
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add cdeust/claude-mods && claude plugin install zetetic-autopilot@claude-mods
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs zetetic-autopilot for you:
Install the "zetetic-autopilot" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/cdeust/claude-mods/tree/main/mods/zetetic-autopilot. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.
More from cdeust/claude-mods
This repository has 8 Claude Code mods on MCPMods.
- cortex-cockpit: The harness cockpit, a viewer: the phase every agent is in (PHASES panel, and main and the running agents in the band ab (High risk)
- cortex-guard: Two rules no settings hook enforces, refused at the tool call: wiki pages and their generated ADR mirrors are written on (Review before installing)
- cortex-wiki: /wiki : compile a Cortex wiki page (Markdown with ```tikz blocks) to PDF through pandoc and xelatex, and open it. (Review before installing)
- harness-fleet: The owner's interface to the plugin fleet: /fleet shows each owned plugin's installed and offered version, the repositor (Review before installing)
- mission-control: A graphical pane of the harness at work: every agent of the turn as a swimlane coloured by phase, bar height its effort, (Low risk)
- zetetic-genius: Grades every request before its turn starts (task class → effort rung, in one low-effort completion) and routes it to th (Review before installing)
- zetetic-insights: The learning loop: every main turn is kept in a ledger across sessions (phase, effort, steps, failed tool calls, agents, (Review before installing)