assumption-ledger

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README

Claude gets a tool, register_assumption. While it works it uses the tool to write down three kinds of thing:

assumption: something it took for granted and did not check.
decision: a fork in the road and the way it went.
considered-not-done: a better or fuller fix it thought of and chose not to do. This is the one to watch. Models often see the right solution and then skip it, and you never find out.

When the turn ends, the list shows above the prompt, grouped by kind:

Ledger for this turn [ Dismiss ]
Considered, not done (1)
 · Add retry on 429 (out of scope)       [ Do it ]
Assumed (1)
 · Node 20 is the runtime

Do it sends Claude a follow-up asking it to do that item, or to say in one line why it should stay undone. Dismiss clears the band. A new turn clears it too.

Commands

Command	What it does
`/assumptions`	Prints every entry from this session, grouped by kind, with the turn each came from.
`/assumptions write [path]`	Appends the session's entries to `DECISIONS-log.md` (or `path`) in the working directory. Nothing is written to disk unless you run this.
`/assumptions off`	Stops recording and moves the tool behind ToolSearch, so the model stops seeing it. Remembered across sessions.
`/assumptions on`	Turns it back on.

What it costs

The mod makes no model calls of its own. Its cost is what the model spends using the tool:

When	Tokens	Notes
Every request	about 200 input tokens	The tool's name, description and schema in the tool list. The description never changes, so after the first request this is a prompt-cache read (about a tenth of the price).
Each entry Claude records	about 40 to 80 output tokens, plus a 2-token result	One tool call. Claude often batches it with other tool calls in the same step; when it doesn't, the step after it re-reads the context from cache.
A turn where nothing was worth noting	0 extra	The tool's description tells the model to skip the obvious.
`/assumptions off` and `on`	one cache rebuild each	Changing whether the tool is listed changes the tool list, which is part of the cached prefix.
Do it	one new turn	You are asking Claude to do more work, so that turn costs what the work costs.

The band and the session log cost nothing in tokens. /assumptions prints its list as a command-output row in the transcript; whether the model reads that row on the next turn, as it does other command output, was not checked.

Composes with

Anything drawing above the prompt. The band draws whatever other mods draw there beneath its own list ({await next(e)}), and it steps aside while a survey holds the band or a turn is running.
A next-steps supervisor or quiz fork. A fork that asks "did this solve the original goal, was it lazy?" can read this mod's state ($.state.get({ plugin: 'assumption-ledger', key: 'pending' }), which holds the current turn's entries until the next turn starts; shown is only filled once this mod's own turn.complete hook has run, so another mod's turn.complete may see it empty) and put the considered-not-done items in its question. That is cheaper and more honest than asking the fork to guess what was skipped.
A mode selector or model router. A mode switches the ledger off by running /assumptions off through $.command.run: that stops recording, moves the tool behind ToolSearch and remembers the choice. Writing { plugin: 'assumption-ledger', key: 'isOff' } through state.set alone only stops recording: the tool stays in the list (its tool.describe answer is cached until invalidated) and the choice is not remembered.
A shared project board. /assumptions write gives a file another Claude or a dashboard can read.

Install and load

claude --plugin-dir /path/to/assumption-ledger

Or copy the folder into your mods folder. Check it before loading:

claude plugin validate /path/to/assumption-ledger
claude plugin test /path/to/assumption-ledger

Built and checked against Claude Code 2.1.286.

Source 2 files

hooks/register.tsx 312 lines

1import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
2import type { EngineInterface, Register } from 'claude-code'
3
4import type { LedgerEntry, LedgerKind } from '../types'
5
6const TOOL = 'mcp__assumption-ledger__register_assumption'
7const COMMAND = 'assumptions'
8const LOG_FILE = 'DECISIONS-log.md'
9const KEEP_SESSIONS = 20
10const MAX_TEXT = 400
11const PER_GROUP = 3
12
13// Byte-identical on every turn: the tool list is part of the cached prefix,
14// so any change here costs a cache rebuild for everyone using the mod.
15const DESCRIPTION =
16  'Add one line to the ledger the user reads when your turn ends. Call it as it happens, one item per call, when you: ' +
17  "assume something you did not check (kind 'assumption'); choose between real alternatives (kind 'decision'); " +
18  "or consider a better or more complete fix and decide not to do it now (kind 'considered-not-done'), the one that matters most. " +
19  'Skip the obvious. Keep text to one sentence.'
20
21const SCHEMA = {
22  type: 'object',
23  properties: {
24    kind: { type: 'string', enum: ['assumption', 'decision', 'considered-not-done'] },
25    text: { type: 'string', description: 'One sentence.' },
26    why: { type: 'string', description: 'Optional reason, one clause.' },
27  },
28  required: ['kind', 'text'],
29  additionalProperties: false,
30}
31
32const KINDS: { kind: LedgerKind; title: string; color: string }[] = [
33  { kind: 'considered-not-done', title: 'Considered, not done', color: 'yellow' },
34  { kind: 'assumption', title: 'Assumed', color: 'cyan' },
35  { kind: 'decision', title: 'Decided', color: 'green' },
36]
37
38const pending = atom({ plugin: 'assumption-ledger', key: 'pending' } as const, [] as LedgerEntry[])
39const shown = atom({ plugin: 'assumption-ledger', key: 'shown' } as const, [] as LedgerEntry[])
40const turn = atom({ plugin: 'assumption-ledger', key: 'turn' } as const, 0)
41const isOff = atom({ plugin: 'assumption-ledger', key: 'isOff' } as const, false)
42
43const isKind = (value: unknown): value is LedgerKind =>
44  value === 'assumption' || value === 'decision' || value === 'considered-not-done'
45
46const clip = (text: string) => (text.length > MAX_TEXT ? `${text.slice(0, MAX_TEXT - 1)}…` : text)
47
48const sameEntry = (a: LedgerEntry, b: LedgerEntry) =>
49  a.kind === b.kind && a.text === b.text && a.turn === b.turn
50
51const quiet = <T, F = undefined>($: EngineInterface, what: string, p: Promise<T>, fallback?: F): Promise<T | F> =>
52  p.catch((err: unknown) => {
53    $.ui.log(`assumption-ledger: ${what} failed: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`)
54    return fallback as F
55  })
56
57// Store writes are read-modify-write; parallel tool calls would otherwise race.
58let writes: Promise<unknown> = Promise.resolve()
59const serial = <T,>(work: () => Promise<T>) => {
60  const run = writes.then(work, work)
61  writes = run.catch(() => undefined)
62  return run
63}
64
65const logKey = (sessionId: string) => `log:${sessionId}`
66
67const readLog = async ($: EngineInterface) => {
68  const id = await quiet($, 'session id', $.session.id(), '')
69  if (id === '') return []
70  const stored = await quiet($, 'store read', $.store.get(logKey(id)))
71  return Array.isArray(stored) ? (stored as LedgerEntry[]) : []
72}
73
74const appendLog = ($: EngineInterface, entry: LedgerEntry) =>
75  serial(async () => {
76    const id = await $.session.id()
77    const log = await readLog($)
78    await $.store.set(logKey(id), [...log, entry])
79
80    // Keep the store well under its 4 MiB cap: only the last few sessions' logs.
81    const known = await $.store.get('sessions')
82    const sessions = (Array.isArray(known) ? (known as string[]) : []).filter(s => s !== id)
83    const kept = [...sessions, id].slice(-KEEP_SESSIONS)
84    for (const old of sessions.filter(s => !kept.includes(s))) {
85      await $.store.delete(logKey(old))
86    }
87    await $.store.set('sessions', kept)
88  }).catch((err: unknown) => $.ui.log(`assumption-ledger: log write failed: ${String(err)}`))
89
90const followUp = (entry: LedgerEntry) =>
91  `Earlier you considered this and decided not to do it: ${entry.text.replace(/[.\s]+$/, '')}` +
92  (entry.why ? ` (your reason: ${entry.why})` : '') +
93  '. Do it now, or tell me in one line why it should stay undone.'
94
95// Submit the follow-up as a turn of its own; fall back to the prompt box,
96// then the clipboard, so a press never does nothing.
97const doIt = async ($: EngineInterface, entry: LedgerEntry, surface: Parameters<EngineInterface['ui']['copy']>[0]['surface']) => {
98  try {
99    await update($, shown, list => list.filter(e => !sameEntry(e, entry)))
100    const text = followUp(entry)
101
102    const submitted = await $.prompt.submit({ text, asUser: true }).then(() => true, () => false)
103    if (submitted) return
104
105    const filled = await quiet($, 'prompt fill', $.prompt.fill({ text }), { isFilled: false })
106    if (filled.isFilled) return
107
108    const copied = await quiet($, 'copy', $.ui.copy({ text, surface }), { isCopied: false as const, reason: 'no-surface' as const })
109    $.ui.toast(copied.isCopied ? 'Follow-up copied: paste it into the prompt' : 'Could not send the follow-up: see /assumptions')
110  } catch (err) {
111    $.ui.log(`assumption-ledger: follow-up failed: ${String(err)}`)
112  }
113}
114
115const asMarkdown = (entries: LedgerEntry[]) =>
116  KINDS.map(({ kind, title }) => {
117    const items = entries.filter(e => e.kind === kind)
118    if (items.length === 0) return ''
119    const lines = items.map(e => `- (turn ${e.turn}) ${e.text}${e.why ? ` _because ${e.why}_` : ''}`)
120    return `### ${title}\n${lines.join('\n')}`
121  })
122    .filter(Boolean)
123    .join('\n\n')
124
125const writeLogFile = async ($: EngineInterface, path: string, entries: LedgerEntry[]) => {
126  const id = await $.session.id()
127  const when = new Date(await $.clock.now()).toISOString()
128  const before = (await $.fs.exists(path)) ? await $.fs.read(path) : '# Decisions log\n'
129  await $.fs.write(path, `${before.trimEnd()}\n\n## Session ${id.slice(0, 8)}, ${when}\n\n${asMarkdown(entries)}\n`)
130}
131
132const setOff = async ($: EngineInterface, value: boolean) => {
133  await quiet($, 'state write', update($, isOff, () => value))
134  await quiet($, 'store write', $.store.set('isOff', value))
135  // Moves the tool behind ToolSearch (off) or back into the list (on): one cache rebuild.
136  $.ui.invalidate('tool.describe')
137}
138
139const runCommand = async ($: EngineInterface, args: string) => {
140  const [verb = '', ...rest] = args.trim().split(/\s+/)
141
142  if (verb === 'off' || verb === 'on') {
143    await setOff($, verb === 'off')
144    return { text: verb === 'off' ? 'Assumption ledger off: the tool is moved behind ToolSearch.' : 'Assumption ledger on.' }
145  }
146
147  const entries = await readLog($)
148  if (entries.length === 0) {
149    return { text: 'No assumptions, decisions or skipped fixes recorded this session.' }
150  }
151
152  if (verb === 'write') {
153    const path = rest.join(' ') || LOG_FILE
154    try {
155      await writeLogFile($, path, entries)
156      return { text: `Wrote ${entries.length} entries to ${path}.` }
157    } catch (err) {
158      return { text: `Could not write ${path}: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}` }
159    }
160  }
161
162  return { text: `## Assumption ledger (${entries.length})\n\n${asMarkdown(entries)}` }
163}
164
165export const register: Register = on => {
166  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
167    const stored = await quiet($, 'store read', $.store.get('isOff'))
168    await quiet($, 'state write', update($, isOff, () => stored === true))
169
170    await quiet($, 'tool register', $.tool.register({ name: 'register_assumption', description: DESCRIPTION, inputSchema: SCHEMA }))
171    await quiet(
172      $,
173      'command register',
174      $.command.register({
175        name: COMMAND,
176        description: "This session's assumptions, decisions and skipped fixes",
177        argumentHint: '[write [path] | off | on]',
178      }),
179    )
180
181    return next(e)
182  })
183
184  on('session.end', async ($, e, next) => {
185    if (e.reason === 'clear') {
186      await quiet($, 'reset', Promise.all([update($, pending, () => []), update($, shown, () => []), update($, turn, () => 0)]))
187    }
188
189    return next(e)
190  })
191
192  on('tool.describe', { tool: TOOL }, async ($, e, next) => {
193    const base = await next(e)
194    const off = await read($, isOff)
195
196    return { ...base, description: DESCRIPTION, isDeferred: off }
197  })
198
199  on('tool.call', { tool: TOOL }, async ($, e) => {
200    if (await read($, isOff)) {
201      return { result: 'The ledger is off for this session. Carry on.' }
202    }
203
204    const { kind, text, why } = e as { kind?: unknown; text?: unknown; why?: unknown }
205    if (!isKind(kind) || typeof text !== 'string' || text.trim() === '') {
206      return { deny: "register_assumption needs kind ('assumption' | 'decision' | 'considered-not-done') and a non-empty text." }
207    }
208
209    const entry: LedgerEntry = {
210      kind,
211      text: clip(text.trim()),
212      ...(typeof why === 'string' && why.trim() !== '' ? { why: clip(why.trim()) } : {}),
213      turn: await read($, turn),
214    }
215
216    await quiet($, 'state write', update($, pending, list => [...list, entry]))
217    void appendLog($, entry)
218
219    return { result: 'Noted.' }
220  })
221
222  on('turn.start', async ($, e, next) => {
223    await quiet(
224      $,
225      'state write',
226      Promise.all([update($, turn, n => n + 1), update($, pending, () => []), update($, shown, () => [])]),
227    )
228
229    return next(e)
230  })
231
232  on('turn.complete', async ($, e, next) => {
233    const result = await next(e)
234
235    if (e.agentId === undefined) {
236      const entries = await read($, pending)
237      if (entries.length > 0) {
238        await quiet($, 'state write', update($, shown, () => entries))
239      }
240    }
241
242    return result
243  })
244
245  on('command.run', { command: COMMAND }, async ($, e) => {
246    try {
247      return await runCommand($, e.args)
248    } catch (err) {
249      return { text: `assumption-ledger: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}` }
250    }
251  })
252
253  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
254    const entries = await read($, shown)
255
256    if (e.props.hasSurvey || e.props.isWorking || entries.length === 0) {
257      return next(e)
258    }
259
260    const { Box, Button, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
261    const below = await next(e)
262
263    const groups = KINDS.map(({ kind, title, color }) => {
264      const items = entries.filter(x => x.kind === kind)
265      if (items.length === 0) return null
266      const more = items.length - PER_GROUP
267
268      return (
269        <Box key={kind} flexDirection="column">
270          <Text color={color} bold>
271            {title} ({items.length})
272          </Text>
273          {items.slice(0, PER_GROUP).map((item, i) => (
274              <Box key={`${kind}-${i}`}>
275                <Text wrap="truncate-end">
276                  <Text> · {item.text}</Text>
277                  {item.why ? <Text dimColor> ({item.why})</Text> : null}
278                </Text>
279                {kind === 'considered-not-done' ? (
280                  // No digit hotkey: a bare digit typed into an empty prompt presses
281                  // band Buttons, and this one starts a paid turn.
282                  <Button
283                    key={`do-${i}`}
284                    label="Do it"
285                    onPress={press => void doIt($, item, press.surface)}
286                  />
287                ) : null}
288              </Box>
289          ))}
290          {more > 0 ? <Text dimColor>   +{more} more: /assumptions</Text> : null}
291        </Box>
292      )
293    })
294
295    return (
296      <Box flexDirection="column">
297        <Box>
298          <Text dimColor>Ledger for this turn </Text>
299          <Button
300            key="dismiss"
301            label="Dismiss"
302            role="dismiss"
303            onPress={() => void quiet($, 'dismiss', update($, shown, () => []))}
304          />
305        </Box>
306        {groups}
307        {below}
308      </Box>
309    )
310  })
311}
312

types/index.d.ts 20 lines

1export type LedgerKind = 'assumption' | 'decision' | 'considered-not-done'
2
3export type LedgerEntry = {
4  kind: LedgerKind
5  text: string
6  why?: string
7  turn: number
8}
9
10declare module 'claude-code' {
11  interface PluginState {
12    'assumption-ledger': {
13      pending: LedgerEntry[]
14      shown: LedgerEntry[]
15      turn: number
16      isOff: boolean
17    }
18  }
19}
20

Install

$claude plugin marketplace add DannyMac180/skills

$claude plugin install assumption-ledger@modsmith

Entry name may differ; see the README.

$claude plugin marketplace add https://www.slopshopper.com/community/marketplace.json

$claude plugin install assumption-ledger@slopshopper-community

Points at the author's repo. Nothing re-hosted.

$git clone https://github.com/DannyMac180/skills

$claude --plugin-dir ./skills/modsmith/templates/assumption-ledger

One session, nothing installed.

In the preview

adds /assumptions
gives Claude register_assumption

Hooks

session.startsession.endtool.describe{tool=mcp__assumption-ledger__register_assumption}tool.call{tool=mcp__assumption-ledger__register_assumption}turn.startturn.completecommand.run{command=assumptions}ui.render{component=AbovePrompt}

Reaches

$.clock.now$.command.register$.fs.exists$.fs.read$.fs.write$.prompt.fill$.prompt.submit$.session.id (via appendLogreadLogwriteLogFile)$.state.get$.state.set$.store.delete$.store.get$.store.set (via appendLogsetOff)$.tool.register$.ui.copy$.ui.invalidate$.ui.log (via appendLogdoItquiet)$.ui.resolve$.ui.toast

Checks

validate: passed

Tests ✓ · State contract ✓ · first seen 2026-10-06