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Feeds the Gander dashboard exact per-session telemetry (context fill, rate-limit windows, cost, every model request, sub-agent spawns) and draws a one-line…

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README

gander-feed

A Claude Code mod (a plugin of in-process function hooks, Claude Code 2.1.287+) that feeds the Gander dashboard what the classic hooks never report, and draws a one-line Gander band above the prompt.

What it sends to the bridge

Every event goes to POST http://127.0.0.1:3131/api/mod as JSON with kind, session_id and cwd:

HookkindCarries
session.starthelloClaude Code version, model, surface, interactive or not
session.measuremeasurecontext tokens / window / percent, rate-limit windows (five_hour, seven_day), session cost in USD
turn.startturn-startturn id
turn.stepstepone model request: model, effort, message count, the sub-agent id when inside a sub-agent loop
turn.completeturnhow the turn ended and its usage (input, output, cache read, cache write, model)
agent.spawnspawnsub-agent type, description, model, agent id
session.endbyewhy the session ended

While a session's feed is fresh (under two minutes old), the dashboard shows these figures badged exact in place of the transcript estimate. After that, or after bye, the estimate takes over again.

The band and /gander

Above the prompt: Gander: 2 need you · $1.25 · ctx 40% · http://localhost:3131/ with a Hide button. It polls the bridge every 15 seconds (configurable) and hides itself while the bridge is unreachable. /gander prints the same line, or how to start the bridge when it is down.

Install

From the dashboard: ⚙ Settings → App configuration → Install mod. The button only appears when the CLI Gander launches is 2.1.287 or newer.

From a shell: node install.js --mods (same gate, prints the reason when it skips).

By hand, in any terminal session:

/plugin marketplace add <path to this checkout>
/plugin install gander-feed@gander

Open sessions load it after /reload-plugins; new sessions load it on start. Sessions hosted by the VS Code extension do not load mods yet, and other providers (Codex, Desktop) never do; Gander's classic hooks keep covering them.

Options (/config, or --config on install)

FieldDefaultMeaning
bridgeUrlhttp://127.0.0.1:3131where the bridge listens
bandtruedraw the band above the prompt
pollSeconds15how often the band asks the bridge for the needs-you count

Developing

claude plugin validate mods/gander-feed
claude plugin test mods/gander-feed
claude --plugin-dir mods/gander-feed      # load it for one session without installing

Everything the mod does is best-effort: a bridge that is down costs the session nothing and blocks nothing. The hooks that could gate the engine (agent.spawn) carry a fallback that always lets the engine continue.

Source 2 files
hooks/register.tsx 181 lines
1// gander-feed: the in-process companion to Gander's classic hooks.
2//
3// Classic hooks never see per-request usage, cache state, context fill or the
4// rate-limit windows, so the bridge reconstructs those from transcript files.
5// This module sees them live and POSTs them to the bridge's /api/mod, where
6// they replace the estimates for this session. It also draws a one-line band
7// above the prompt (needs-you count, spend, context fill) and answers /gander.
8//
9// Every network call is best-effort: a bridge that is down costs nothing and
10// blocks nothing; the band hides and the next poll tries again.
11
12import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
13import type { EngineInterface, Register } from 'claude-code'
14
15import type { Band } from '../types'
16
17const VERSION = '0.1.0'
18
19const bandAtom = atom({ plugin: 'gander-feed', key: 'band' } as const, null as Band | null)
20const bridgeDown = atom({ plugin: 'gander-feed', key: 'bridgeDown' } as const, false)
21const isHidden = atom({ plugin: 'gander-feed', key: 'isHidden' } as const, false)
22
23// Set by register(); read by the helpers below.
24let bridgeUrl = 'http://127.0.0.1:3131'
25let sessionId: string | null = null
26let cwd = ''
27
28async function sid($: EngineInterface): Promise<string | null> {
29  if (!sessionId) {
30    try { sessionId = await $.session.id() } catch { sessionId = null }
31  }
32  return sessionId
33}
34
35async function markBridge($: EngineInterface, down: boolean): Promise<void> {
36  try {
37    if ((await read($, bridgeDown)) !== down) await update($, bridgeDown, () => down)
38  } catch { /* the environment is gone (a reload, the session's end): nothing to record */ }
39}
40
41async function post($: EngineInterface, kind: string, payload: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<void> {
42  const session_id = await sid($)
43  if (!session_id) return
44  try {
45    const res = await $.http.fetch(`${bridgeUrl}/api/mod`, {
46      method: 'POST',
47      headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
48      body: JSON.stringify({ kind, session_id, cwd, mod: VERSION, at: Date.now(), ...payload }),
49    })
50    await markBridge($, !res.ok)
51  } catch {
52    await markBridge($, true)
53  }
54}
55
56async function poll($: EngineInterface): Promise<void> {
57  const session_id = await sid($)
58  if (!session_id) return
59  try {
60    const res = await $.http.fetch(`${bridgeUrl}/api/mod/band?session_id=${encodeURIComponent(session_id)}`)
61    if (!res.ok) throw new Error(String(res.status))
62    const band = JSON.parse(res.text) as Band
63    try { await update($, bandAtom, () => band) } catch { return }
64    await markBridge($, false)
65  } catch {
66    await markBridge($, true)
67  }
68}
69
70export const register: Register = (on, options) => {
71  bridgeUrl = String(options.bridgeUrl || 'http://127.0.0.1:3131').replace(/\/+$/, '')
72  const wantBand = options.band !== false
73  const pollMs = Math.max(5, Number(options.pollSeconds) || 15) * 1000
74
75  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
76    cwd = e.cwd
77    sessionId = null
78    await sid($)
79    let version = ''
80    let model = ''
81    try { version = (await $.session.version()).version } catch { /* an older engine */ }
82    try { model = await $.session.model() } catch { /* not bound yet */ }
83    void post($, 'hello', { version, model, surface: e.surface, isInteractive: e.isInteractive })
84
85    try {
86      await $.command.register({ name: 'gander', description: 'Show where the Gander dashboard is and whether the bridge is reachable.' })
87    } catch { /* registered by an earlier load */ }
88
89    void poll($)
90    $.clock.every(pollMs, () => { void poll($) })
91
92    return next(e)
93  })
94
95  on('command.run', { command: 'gander' }, async $ => {
96    await poll($)
97    const down = await read($, bridgeDown)
98    const band = await read($, bandAtom)
99    const url = band?.url || bridgeUrl
100    if (down) return { text: `Gander bridge is not answering at ${bridgeUrl}. Start it with: node bridge/server.js --port 3131` }
101    const parts = [`Gander: ${url}`]
102    if (band) {
103      parts.push(`${band.needsYou} session${band.needsYou === 1 ? '' : 's'} need you`)
104      if (band.spendUsd != null) parts.push(`this session $${band.spendUsd.toFixed(2)}`)
105      if (band.ctxPercent != null) parts.push(`context ${band.ctxPercent}%`)
106    }
107    return { text: parts.join(' · ') }
108  })
109
110  // The status line's figures, the moment they move.
111  on('session.measure', async ($, e, next) => {
112    void post($, 'measure', {
113      context: { tokens: e.context.tokens ?? null, window: e.context.window, percent: e.context.percent ?? null },
114      rateLimits: e.rateLimits.map(r => ({ kind: r.kind, percentUsed: r.percentUsed, resetsAt: r.resetsAt ?? null })),
115      costUsd: e.cost?.usd ?? null,
116      changed: e.changed,
117    })
118    return next(e)
119  })
120
121  on('turn.start', async ($, e, next) => {
122    void post($, 'turn-start', { turnId: e.turnId, textLength: e.text.length })
123    return next(e)
124  })
125
126  // One model request; inside a sub-agent's loop e.agentId names it. The
127  // stream beneath is forwarded untouched.
128  on('turn.step', async function* ($, e, next) {
129    void post($, 'step', {
130      turnId: e.turnId, index: e.index, model: e.model, effort: e.effort ?? null,
131      messageCount: e.messageCount, agentId: e.agentId ?? null,
132    })
133    return yield* next(e)
134  })
135
136  on('turn.complete', async ($, e, next) => {
137    const result = await next(e)
138    const u = result.usage
139    void post($, 'turn', {
140      turnId: e.turnId, reason: e.reason,
141      usage: u ? {
142        model: u.model, input: u.input_tokens, output: u.output_tokens,
143        cacheRead: u.cache_read_input_tokens, cacheWrite: u.cache_creation_input_tokens,
144      } : null,
145    })
146    return result
147  })
148
149  on('agent.spawn', async ($, e, next) => {
150    const result = await next(e)
151    void post($, 'spawn', {
152      toolUseId: e.tool_use_id, subagentType: e.subagentType, description: e.description,
153      model: result.model, agentId: result.agentId ?? null, teammateId: result.teammateId ?? null,
154    })
155    return result
156  }).catch(($, e, next) => next(e))   // an observer: a failure here never stops a spawn
157
158  on('session.end', async ($, e, next) => {
159    await post($, 'bye', { reason: e.reason })
160    return next(e)
161  })
162
163  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
164    if (!wantBand || e.props.hasSurvey) return next(e)
165    const band = await read($, bandAtom)
166    if (band === null || (await read($, bridgeDown)) || (await read($, isHidden))) return next(e)
167
168    const { Box, Button, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
169    const needs = band.needsYou > 0 ? `${band.needsYou} need you` : 'nobody waiting'
170    const spend = band.spendUsd != null ? ` · $${band.spendUsd.toFixed(2)}` : ''
171    const ctx = band.ctxPercent != null ? ` · ctx ${band.ctxPercent}%` : ''
172
173    return (
174      <Box>
175        <Text dimColor>Gander: {needs}{spend}{ctx} · {band.url} </Text>
176        <Button key="hide" label="Hide" onPress={() => update($, isHidden, () => true)} />
177      </Box>
178    )
179  })
180}
181
types/index.d.ts 25 lines
1/** What the Gander band draws: the bridge's answer to GET /api/mod/band. */
2export type Band = {
3  /** Sessions waiting on a person, across every project (the needs-you rail). */
4  needsYou: number
5  /** This session's spend in US dollars, as the engine reports it. */
6  spendUsd: number | null
7  /** This session's context fill, 0 to 100. */
8  ctxPercent: number | null
9  /** The dashboard's address, for the band's hint. */
10  url: string
11}
12
13declare module 'claude-code' {
14  interface PluginState {
15    'gander-feed': {
16      /** The last band the bridge answered; null until the first poll. */
17      band: Band | null
18      /** True once a POST to the bridge failed; the band hides, the poll keeps trying. */
19      bridgeDown: boolean
20      /** The person pressed Hide; stays for the session. */
21      isHidden: boolean
22    }
23  }
24}
25