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brewmod-plan-effort

Raises the main loop to the configured effort (default xhigh) while in plan mode, by rewriting each request; the session effort setting is never touched…

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› fix the failing auth test and add an audit log call ⏺ Read(src/auth.ts) ⎿ Read 6 lines ⏺ Update(src/auth.ts) ⎿ Added 2 lines, removed 1 line ⏺ Bash(bun test) ⎿ 3 pass, 1 fail ● Done. refresh now rejects expired claims and logs an audit event. ✻ Worked for 42s · done 4:20 PM › /plan-effort ⎿ brewmod-plan-effort: status ⎿ brewmod-plan-effort: plan effort xhigh (medium | high | xhigh | max) ⎿ brewmod-plan-effort: session n/a until the next request ⎿ brewmod-plan-effort: mode now unknown until the next prompt ⎿ brewmod-plan-effort: /plan-effort <level> set the plan-mode effort ⎿ brewmod-plan-effort: /plan-effort show this status ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── › ? for shortcuts
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<img src="../assets/brewmods/plan-effort.gif" width="800" alt="Claude Code terminal, session effort high: Shift+Tab into plan mode shows no row, the first prompt shows a toast and a yellow plan-mode row above the prompt, and Shift+Tab out removes the row.">

<h1 align="center">Plan-mode effort</h1>

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Pairs well with brewmod-placeholders. Part of the brewcode mods.

Install

Requires Claude Code 2.1.301+: run claude update first.

claude plugin marketplace add https://github.com/kochetkov-ma/claude-brewcode && claude plugin install brewmod-plan-effort@claude-brewcode

Then run /reload-plugins.

claude update   # Claude Code 2.1.301+ first
claude plugin marketplace update claude-brewcode && claude plugin update brewmod-plan-effort@claude-brewcode
claude --plugin-dir ./brewmod-plan-effort   # dev mode, no install
  • Claude Code 2.1.301+, updated with claude update (mods use the hooks module API, early access).
  • node on the PATH (runs the bundled command hook hooks/mode.mjs).
  • Update anytime with /brewtools:plugin-update.

Use it

You doYou get
Shift+Tab twice from the default mode (manual mode on → accept edits on → plan mode on), or /planNothing shows at the keypress itself: Claude Code gives mods no live mode signal, so the mod learns plan mode at the first prompt or tool batch. From that prompt, requests run at xhigh, a yellow row appears above the prompt and a toast shows once per plan visit
Shift+Tab out of plan modeThe row disappears at once (about 0.1 s), because the hint line Claude Code draws names the mode just left. The next request is already at your session effort. The status line keeps showing your session effort: the mod raises effort per request and never changes the session setting
Shift+Tab back into plan mode, then a promptA second plan visit: the row and the toast show again
Approve the planThe next request is back at your session effort, nothing to undo
/plan-effort maxPlan-mode level set to max, same as the planEffort option in /config; the row updates to the new level

What you see

WhereTextWhen
Toast, 5 sbrewmod-plan-effort: plan mode · effort raised to xhighOnce per plan visit (leaving and re-entering plan mode starts a new one), only when the mod raised the effort
No rowDefault or any other mode; before the first prompt of a plan visit; after Shift+Tab out of plan mode

In plan mode the yellow row (theme warning colour) above the prompt and the session line of the /plan-effort status block follow the session effort:

Session effortRow above the promptsession line
Below planEffort (here high)plan mode · effort xhigh for this mode · change: /plan-effort <level>high -> raised to xhigh in plan mode
At or above planEffort (here max)plan mode · effort max, already >= xhighmax not raised, session already >= plan effort
None: the model takes no effort levelplan mode · effort not raised: model takes no effort levelnone not raised, model takes no effort level
A number (here 3)plan mode · effort not raised: 3 is not an effort level3 not raised, 3 is not an effort level
No request seen yetno rown/a until the next request

Claude Code adds the brewmod-plan-effort: prefix to the toast and to the first line of command output; the mod supplies the text after it.

The row stays through turns and typing, sits above any other prompt-area UI and steps aside while a survey is open. With brewmod-placeholders loaded, it stays visible above the placeholders band in either load order. The row takes one row from the band's budget, so the band below keeps its full layout and does not overflow in fullscreen.

/plan-effort prints a status block:

status
plan effort  xhigh  (medium | high | xhigh | max)
session      high   -> raised to xhigh in plan mode
mode now     plan
/plan-effort <level>   set the plan-mode effort
/plan-effort           show this status

plan effort shows the configured level and the allowed levels; mode now is one of:

mode nowMeaning
plan (or the other mode name from the state file)Mode recorded at the last prompt or tool batch
unknown until the next promptNo state file yet
plan mode left (Shift+Tab); known at the next promptYou left plan mode by Shift+Tab; the new mode is learned at the next prompt

Commands

CommandResult
/plan-effort (also status)The status block above
/plan-effort helpThe status block under the head help · in plan mode, main-session requests below the plan effort are sent at it; never lowered; subagents and the session effort setting are left alone
`/plan-effort <medium\high\xhigh\max>`Sets planEffort and prints plan effort: <old> -> <new> plus the status rows
/plan-effort <other word>Prints unknown '<arg>' plus the status rows

/config has one option, planEffort (default xhigh). In claude -p there is no /config row: the command prints plan effort: cannot set it here (no /config row, e.g. under -p) · set: /config in an interactive session, or settings.json pluginConfigs.

Good to know

  • Your session /effort is never written; subagents keep their own effort.
  • Raise only: a session already at or above planEffort (for example max) is not changed.
  • Rejecting a plan keeps the raise, because Claude is still in plan mode.
  • Works on Team organizations, where the builtin security layer bypasses classic.* hooks.
  • Live on Claude Code 2.1.301: 78 of 78 checks passed over 10 sessions, both mod load orders, 120x40 and 80x24 terminals; unit tests: 70 pass. Earlier measurement on 2.1.300: plan mode sent 4 xhigh requests, default mode 0, on Team-org and Max profiles. Full results.
  • Prompt cache on Claude Code 2.1.301: 15 requests per run, 0 cache misses with and without the mod, and xhigh on all 6 plan-mode requests. Measurement and limits.
  • hooks/mode.mjs, a bundled command hook on UserPromptSubmit and PostToolBatch, writes the main loop's permission_mode to <plugin root>/.state/mode-<session_id>.json; turn.step reads it.
  • Each request in plan mode is rewritten up to planEffort.
  • Fails open: errors never block a prompt or tool batch, and a missing state file counts as not in plan mode.
  • Entering plan mode is learned at the next prompt or tool batch: no row and no raise before then. Leaving plan mode is read from the prompt hint label.

Full detail: Technical details. Background: anthropics/claude-code#91444.

Docs | Project page | Source | All mods | Release notes

Author: Maksim Kochetkov | License: MIT

Source 2 files
hooks/register.ts 143 lines
1import type { Register } from 'claude-code'
2import type { PlanSeen } from '../types'
3
4const RANK = ['low', 'medium', 'high', 'xhigh', 'max'] as const
5const LEVELS = ['medium', 'high', 'xhigh', 'max'] as const
6const SESSION_ID = /^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$/
7// Live CC 2.1.301: a Shift+Tab out of plan draws one hint 'plan mode on (shift+tab to cycle)', in plan it reads '(shift+tab to cycle)'
8const LEFT_PLAN = /^plan mode on\b/
9const NONE = 'none'
10const USAGE = '/plan-effort <level>   set the plan-mode effort\n/plan-effort           show this status'
11const HEADLESS = 'plan effort: cannot set it here (no /config row, e.g. under -p) · set: /config in an interactive session, or settings.json pluginConfigs'
12const HELP = 'help · in plan mode, main-session requests below the plan effort are sent at it; never lowered; subagents and the session effort setting are left alone'
13const session = { plugin: 'brewmod-plan-effort', key: 'session' } as const
14const toasted = { plugin: 'brewmod-plan-effort', key: 'toasted' } as const
15const plan = { plugin: 'brewmod-plan-effort', key: 'plan' } as const
16const rank = (v: unknown): number => RANK.findIndex((r) => r === v)
17
18type ModeFile = { mode: string; ts: number }
19
20// Pure: state-file text -> {mode, ts}; missing or corrupt input is undefined (fail open)
21const modeOf = (text: unknown): ModeFile | undefined => {
22  if (typeof text !== 'string') return undefined
23  try {
24    const j = JSON.parse(text) as { mode?: unknown; ts?: unknown } | null
25    return typeof j?.mode === 'string' ? { mode: j.mode, ts: typeof j.ts === 'number' ? j.ts : 0 } : undefined
26  } catch {
27    return undefined
28  }
29}
30
31// Pure: a left-plan hint holds until mode.mjs writes a newer file; a ts-less file (ts 0) never holds it
32const isLeftNow = (file: ModeFile | undefined, seen: PlanSeen | undefined): boolean => file !== undefined && file.ts > 0 && seen?.isLeft === true && seen.ts === file.ts
33const isPlanNow = (file: ModeFile | undefined, seen: PlanSeen | undefined): boolean => file?.mode === 'plan' && !isLeftNow(file, seen)
34
35// Pure: why a non-level session effort is never raised
36const noLevel = (s: string): string => (s === NONE ? 'model takes no effort level' : `${s} is not an effort level`)
37
38// Pure: the row above the prompt; undefined = no row
39const rowText = (isPlan: boolean, planEffort: string, sess: string | undefined): string | undefined => {
40  if (!isPlan || sess === undefined) return undefined
41  const have = rank(sess)
42  if (have < 0) return `plan mode · effort not raised: ${noLevel(sess)}`
43  return have < rank(planEffort) ? `plan mode · effort ${planEffort} for this mode · change: /plan-effort <level>` : `plan mode · effort ${sess}, already >= ${planEffort}`
44}
45
46// Pure: head line (the engine glues the plugin name to it) + aligned status rows + usage
47const block = (head: string, planEffort: string, levels: readonly string[], sess: string | undefined, mode: string): string => {
48  const have = rank(sess)
49  const s =
50    sess === undefined
51      ? 'n/a until the next request'
52      : have < 0
53        ? `${sess.padEnd(7)}not raised, ${noLevel(sess)}`
54        : `${sess.padEnd(7)}${have < rank(planEffort) ? `-> raised to ${planEffort} in plan mode` : 'not raised, session already >= plan effort'}`
55  return [head, `plan effort  ${planEffort.padEnd(7)}(${levels.join(' | ')})`, `session      ${s}`, `mode now     ${mode}`, USAGE].join('\n')
56}
57
58export const register: Register = (on, options) => {
59  // Re-fires after every reload (a config set reloads the module): register is idempotent
60  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
61    await $.command.register({ name: 'plan-effort', description: 'Show or set the plan-mode effort', argumentHint: '[status|help|medium|high|xhigh|max]' }).catch(() => undefined)
62    return next(e)
63  })
64
65  on('command.run', { command: 'plan-effort' }, async ($, e, next) => {
66    const words = e.args.trim().split(/\s+/).filter((w) => w !== '')
67    if (words[0] === 'set') words.shift()
68    const arg = words[0]?.toLowerCase()
69    const rows = await $.config.list().catch(() => [])
70    const row = rows.find((r) => r.key.endsWith('.planEffort') && r.provider.plugin.startsWith($.plugin.name))
71    const levels = row?.options ?? LEVELS
72    let target = typeof row?.value === 'string' ? row.value : String(options.planEffort)
73    const sid = await $.session.id()
74    const file = typeof sid === 'string' && SESSION_ID.test(sid) ? modeOf(await $.fs.read(`${$.plugin.root}/.state/mode-${sid}.json`).catch(() => undefined)) : undefined
75    const seen = (await $.state.get(plan).catch(() => undefined))?.value
76    const left = isLeftNow(file, seen)
77    const mode = file === undefined ? 'unknown until the next prompt' : left ? 'plan mode left (Shift+Tab); known at the next prompt' : file.mode
78    const held = (await $.state.get(session).catch(() => undefined))?.value
79    const status = (head = 'status'): string => block(head, target, levels, held, mode)
80    if (arg === undefined || arg === 'status') return { text: status() }
81    if (arg === 'help') return { text: status(HELP) }
82    if (!levels.includes(arg)) return { text: status(`unknown '${words[0]}'`) }
83    const res = row === undefined ? undefined : await $.config.set({ key: row.key, value: arg }).catch(() => undefined)
84    if (res === undefined) return { text: status(HEADLESS) }
85    if (res.deny !== undefined) return { text: `${res.deny}\n${USAGE}` }
86    const old = target
87    target = arg
88    return { text: status(`plan effort: ${old} -> ${arg}`) }
89  })
90
91  // Raise only (lower/equal, numeric, absent efforts and subagent steps untouched); mode = hooks/mode.mjs state file (works on org-managed installs too)
92  // One-shot toast per plan visit; session/toasted/plan live in $.state, so a reload neither repeats nor loses them
93  on('turn.step', async function* ($, e, next) {
94    const main = e.agentId === undefined
95    const wanted = rank(options.planEffort)
96    const have = rank(e.effort)
97    let target: (typeof RANK)[number] | undefined
98    if (main) {
99      const sid = await $.session.id()
100      // no read unless the id is path-safe (same check as mode.mjs)
101      const file = typeof sid === 'string' && SESSION_ID.test(sid) ? modeOf(await $.fs.read(`${$.plugin.root}/.state/mode-${sid}.json`).catch(() => undefined)) : undefined
102      const seen = (await $.state.get(plan).catch(() => undefined))?.value
103      const isPlan = isPlanNow(file, seen)
104      if (have >= 0 && have < wanted && isPlan) target = RANK[wanted]
105      const sess = e.effort === undefined ? NONE : String(e.effort)
106      if ((await $.state.get(session).catch(() => undefined))?.value !== sess) await $.state.set(session, sess).catch(() => undefined)
107      const isLeft = isLeftNow(file, seen)
108      // no file = not plan (fail open), so a vanished file drops the row too
109      const now = { isPlan, ts: file?.ts ?? 0, isLeft }
110      if (seen === undefined ? file !== undefined : seen.ts !== now.ts || seen.isPlan !== now.isPlan || seen.isLeft !== now.isLeft) await $.state.set(plan, now).catch(() => undefined)
111      const shown = (await $.state.get(toasted).catch(() => undefined))?.value === true
112      if (target !== undefined && !shown) {
113        $.ui.toast(`plan mode · effort raised to ${target}`, { timeoutMs: 5000 })
114        await $.state.set(toasted, true).catch(() => undefined)
115      } else if (shown && !isPlan) await $.state.set(toasted, false).catch(() => undefined)
116    }
117    return yield* next(target === undefined ? e : { ...e, effort: target })
118  })
119
120  // Shift+Tab out of plan mode: drop the row and end the toast's visit; a draw cannot write state, so a timer does, unless a step wrote since the draw
121  on('ui.render', { component: 'PromptHint' }, async ($, e, next) => {
122    const r = LEFT_PLAN.test(e.props.hint) ? await $.state.get(plan).catch(() => undefined) : undefined
123    const ts = r?.value?.isPlan === true ? r.value.ts : undefined
124    if (r !== undefined && ts !== undefined) {
125      $.clock.after(0, () => void $.state.set(plan, { isPlan: false, ts, isLeft: true }, { ifVersion: r.version }).then((w) => (w.isSet ? $.state.set(toasted, false) : undefined)).catch(() => undefined))
126    }
127    return next(e)
128  })
129
130  // Persistent plan-mode row above whatever the plugins beneath draw; yields to a survey
131  // The row takes one of maxRows: hooks beneath get one fewer, so a band sized to it never scrolls under the row
132  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
133    if (e.props.hasSurvey) return next(e)
134    const seen = (await $.state.get(plan).catch(() => undefined))?.value
135    const sess = (await $.state.get(session).catch(() => undefined))?.value
136    const text = rowText(seen?.isPlan === true, String(options.planEffort), sess)
137    if (text === undefined) return next(e)
138    const below = await next({ ...e, props: { ...e.props, maxRows: Math.max(1, e.props.maxRows - 1) } })
139    const { Box, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
140    return Box({ flexDirection: 'column', children: [Text({ color: 'warning', wrap: 'truncate-end', children: text }), below] })
141  })
142}
143
types/index.d.ts 10 lines
1export type Effort = string
2// Plan mode as last decided from the state file (ts); isLeft = a Shift+Tab hint ended it since
3export type PlanSeen = { isPlan: boolean; ts: number; isLeft: boolean }
4
5declare module 'claude-code' {
6  interface PluginState {
7    'brewmod-plan-effort': { session: Effort; toasted: boolean; plan: PlanSeen }
8  }
9}
10