Claude Code speaks through murmur (Kokoro on the Apple Neural Engine): turn summaries, needs-you alerts, background tasks, progress check-ins and rate-limit…

Mods for Claude Code: small plugins that add to its screen and behavior. Each folder is one mod. Turn on the ones you want (see Setup) and change their settings in /config, under the mod's name.
Shows how full Claude's context window is, as a colored bar above the prompt.
/context-bar hides or shows it for this session.Shows how much of your 5-hour and weekly usage limits you've used, as two small meters under the context bar. They turn yellow at 70% and red at 90%, and you get a warning once a limit passes 90%.
Shows this session's ID in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
claude --resume <id> command.Adds a receipt to the line that closes each turn ("✻ Baked for 42s"): how many tools ran, which files were edited, the tokens used and what the turn cost.
Adds a one-sentence summary under Claude's longer replies, written by Claude Haiku.
/config sets how long a reply must be (600 characters by default).Lets you see images Claude reads, right in the conversation.
🖼 name.png · hover to preview. Point at it to show the picture, and move away to hide it.Gives Claude a voice, through murmur. It speaks only when you're away from the session (another app or tab in front), so it never talks over you while you're watching.
/read reads Claude's last reply aloud./tldr-aloud gives a spoken 2–3 sentence summary of the session so far./config./hush mutes this session; run it again to unmute./config under voice.Ties Claude into the Ghostty terminal. All its settings start with "Ghostty" in /config.
/title gets a new one right away. A resumed session gets its old title back./workspace saves and reopens whole windows of sessions: see Workspaces./goto (or ⌘⌃G) lists your open Claude sessions, the ones waiting on you first, and jumps to the one you pick. /goto next jumps straight to the one waiting longest; /goto <words> jumps to the one whose title matches./keybind add <keys> <text> makes a Ghostty key type something into Claude, like /keybind add super+ctrl+h /hush for ⌘⌃H. /keybind lists them, and /keybind remove <keys> removes one.A workspace is a Ghostty window of Claude sessions you can put away and bring back later. It remembers every tab and split: each Claude session with its conversation, and each shell with its folder. Reopening it brings back the whole window, with every conversation picking up where it left off.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/workspace save [name] | Saves this window. With no name, it keeps the name the window already had, or Claude Haiku picks one from the tabs. |
/workspace close [name] | Saves this window, then exits every Claude session in it and closes their tabs. Your current tab stays open at the shell, and shell tabs stay open. |
/workspace list | Shows your saved workspaces, newest first. Press a number or Enter to reopen one, or Tab to ✕ delete to remove it. |
/workspace open <name> | Reopens a saved workspace in a new window. Part of the name is enough. |
claude --resume, so they continue their own conversation, with the tab title they had when you saved. A tab saved without a title gets a new one from its conversation. Shell tabs open at the prompt./workspace close. Pick it up tomorrow: /workspace list, then press its number.~/.claude/workspaces/, one JSON file per workspace.CLAUDE_CODE_PLUGIN_DIRS, separated by :, in the env block of ~/.claude/settings.json: "env": {
"CLAUDE_CODE_PLUGIN_DIRS": "/path/to/claude-mods/context-bar:/path/to/claude-mods/voice"
}
To try one mod for a single session: claude --plugin-dir /path/to/claude-mods/tldr.
CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_TERMINAL_TITLE=1 in the same env block, so Claude Code doesn't overwrite the tab title.The first time a mod controls Ghostty, macOS asks for permission. Allow it.
Editing a mod's files reloads it in running sessions.
claude plugin validate context-bar # check a mod the way Claude Code will load it
claude plugin test context-bar # run its tests
IDEAS.md has ideas for more mods.
hooks/register.ts 286 lines1import type { EngineInterface, PluginOptions, Register } from 'claude-code'
2
3import { checkinLine, firstSentence, prose, rateLimitLine, summaryPrompt, taskLine, voiceList } from './speech'
4import type { Todo } from './speech'
5import { claimVoice, parseTable } from './voices'
6
7type Config = {
8 speakWhen: string
9 turnSummaries: boolean
10 summaryStyle: string
11 minTurnSeconds: number
12 needsYou: boolean
13 backgroundTasks: boolean
14 checkins: boolean
15 checkinMinutes: number
16 rateLimitWarnings: boolean
17 rateLimitPercent: number
18 speed: number
19 chime: boolean
20 voice: string
21 voices: string[]
22}
23
24function config(o: PluginOptions): Config {
25 const num = (v: unknown, d: number) => (typeof v === 'number' && v > 0 ? v : d)
26 return {
27 speakWhen: o.speakWhen === 'always' ? 'always' : 'away',
28 turnSummaries: o.turnSummaries !== false,
29 summaryStyle: o.summaryStyle === 'first-sentence' ? 'first-sentence' : 'haiku',
30 minTurnSeconds: num(o.minTurnSeconds, 20),
31 needsYou: o.needsYou !== false,
32 backgroundTasks: o.backgroundTasks !== false,
33 checkins: o.checkins !== false,
34 checkinMinutes: num(o.checkinMinutes, 5),
35 rateLimitWarnings: o.rateLimitWarnings !== false,
36 rateLimitPercent: num(o.rateLimitPercent, 90),
37 speed: num(o.speed, 1),
38 chime: o.chime !== false,
39 voice: typeof o.voice === 'string' ? o.voice.trim() : '',
40 voices: typeof o.voices === 'string' ? voiceList(o.voices) : [],
41 }
42}
43
44// The module's own session state (a reload starts it over, which only forgets a /hush).
45let cfg: Config
46let claude: { tty: string; pid: string } | null = null
47let home = ''
48/** This session's own voice, claimed at start (unused when a fixed voice is set). */
49let sessionVoice = ''
50let inGhostty = false
51let muted = false
52let lastRequest = ''
53let lastAnswer = ''
54let todos: Todo[] = []
55let checkin: { cancel(): void } | undefined
56let turnStartedAt = 0
57/** Calls the permission check put to you, until they run or are refused. */
58const asking = new Set<string>()
59const warned = new Set<string>()
60
61// "<tty> <pid>" of Claude itself: the nearest ancestor named claude (the mods' own host process, between it and
62// this shell, owns the tty too, and changes when mods reload). Its pid keys the session's voice.
63const FIND_CLAUDE = `p=$$
64first=
65while [ "$p" -gt 1 ]; do
66 t=$(ps -o tty= -p "$p" | tr -d ' ')
67 case "$t" in ''|'?'|'??') ;; *) [ -z "$first" ] && first="$t $p"
68 c=$(ps -o comm= -p "$p"); [ "\${c##*/}" = claude ] && { echo "$t $p"; exit; } ;;
69 esac
70 p=$(ps -o ppid= -p "$p" | tr -d ' ')
71done
72echo "$first"`
73
74// The tty of the terminal Ghostty has focused, or nothing when Ghostty isn't the frontmost app.
75const FOCUSED_TTY = `tell application "Ghostty"
76 if frontmost then return tty of focused terminal of selected tab of front window
77 return ""
78end tell`
79
80async function locate($: EngineInterface) {
81 // The environment first: the Claude search exits as soon as it finds it.
82 const found = (await $.process.run(['sh', '-c', `echo "$TERM_PROGRAM"\necho "$HOME"\n${FIND_CLAUDE}`])).stdout.trim().split('\n')
83 inGhostty = (found[0] ?? '').toLowerCase() === 'ghostty'
84 home = found[1] ?? ''
85 const [tty, pid] = (found[2] ?? '').split(' ')
86 claude = tty && pid ? { tty, pid } : null
87}
88
89/** Claude Code's record of this session (~/.claude/sessions/<pid>.json) says its permission dialog is up. */
90function asksPermission(record: string): boolean {
91 try {
92 const r = JSON.parse(record) as { status?: unknown; waitingFor?: unknown }
93 return r.status === 'waiting' && typeof r.waitingFor === 'string' && /permission/i.test(r.waitingFor)
94 } catch {
95 return false
96 }
97}
98
99/**
100 * A call that asks waits in Claude Code's dialog, or in auto mode its checker. Only the dialog marks the session
101 * record waiting, so watch it while the call is pending. (Mods never hear the classic Notification event.)
102 */
103async function watchForDialog($: EngineInterface, id: string, tool: string) {
104 if (!claude || !home) return
105 asking.add(id)
106 // ponytail: polls every half second, 10 minutes at most; an event for the dialog would replace it.
107 for (let i = 0; i < 1200; i++) {
108 await $.clock.sleep(500)
109 if (!asking.has(id)) return
110 if (asksPermission(await $.fs.read(`${home}/.claude/sessions/${claude.pid}.json`).catch(() => ''))) {
111 return say($, `Claude needs your permission to use ${tool}.`)
112 }
113 }
114}
115
116// Every running session shares one small table of who speaks with which voice.
117async function claimSessionVoice($: EngineInterface) {
118 if (!claude || !home) return
119 const dir = `${home}/Library/Caches/claude-voice`
120 const file = `${dir}/voices.json`
121 const table = parseTable(await $.fs.read(file).catch(() => ''))
122 const pids = Object.keys(table)
123 const alive = pids.length
124 ? (await $.process.run(['sh', '-c', 'for p; do kill -0 "$p" 2>/dev/null && echo "$p"; done', 'sh', ...pids])).stdout.split('\n')
125 : []
126 const claimed = claimVoice(table, claude.pid, new Set(alive), cfg.voices)
127 sessionVoice = claimed.voice
128 // ponytail: last writer wins; two sessions starting in the same instant can share a voice until one restarts.
129 await $.process.run(['mkdir', '-p', dir])
130 await $.fs.write(file, JSON.stringify(claimed.table))
131}
132
133// Quiet by default: speak only when this terminal isn't the one in front of you.
134async function isAway($: EngineInterface): Promise<boolean> {
135 if (cfg.speakWhen === 'always' || !inGhostty || !claude) return true // can't tell: the other gates decide
136 const r = await $.process.run(['osascript', '-e', FOCUSED_TTY])
137 return r.exitCode !== 0 || r.stdout.trim() !== `/dev/${claude.tty}`
138}
139
140// Interrupt, don't stack: each new line cuts off whatever is still playing.
141async function say($: EngineInterface, text: string, always = false) {
142 if (muted || !text.trim() || (!always && !(await isAway($)))) return
143 // A soft bell first (the mod's chime.wav), so speech never starts out of nowhere. Not awaited: murmur takes
144 // about as long to get ready as the bell rings.
145 if (cfg.chime) void $.process.run(['afplay', `${$.plugin.root}/chime.wav`]).catch(() => null)
146 const argv = ['murmur', '--interrupt', '--speed', String(cfg.speed)]
147 const voice = cfg.voice || sessionVoice
148 if (voice) argv.push('--voice', voice)
149 const r = await $.process.run([...argv, '--', text]).catch(() => null)
150 if (r && r.exitCode !== 0) $.ui.toast(`murmur: ${r.stderr.trim().slice(0, 120) || 'failed'}`)
151}
152
153/** The tldr mod's line for this turn, when tldr is enabled: one summary, shown and spoken. Empty when it has none. */
154async function tldrLine($: EngineInterface, turnId: string): Promise<string> {
155 const rows = await $.config.list().catch(() => [])
156 if (!rows.some(r => r.key.startsWith('tldr.'))) return ''
157 // tldr publishes after its own Haiku call (8 s at most); a short reply publishes an empty line at once.
158 for (let waited = 0; waited <= 10_000; waited += 250) {
159 const held = (await $.state.get({ plugin: 'tldr', key: 'line' } as never)) as { value?: { turnId?: string; text?: string } | null }
160 if (held.value?.turnId === turnId) return held.value.text ?? ''
161 await $.clock.sleep(250)
162 }
163 return ''
164}
165
166async function summarize($: EngineInterface, turnId: string, request: string, answer: string): Promise<string> {
167 if (cfg.summaryStyle === 'first-sentence') return firstSentence(answer)
168 const shared = await tldrLine($, turnId)
169 if (shared) return shared
170 const r = await $.model.complete({ model: 'haiku', prompt: summaryPrompt(request, answer), maxTokens: 60 })
171 const line = r.isAnswered ? prose(r.text).replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim() : ''
172 return line && line.length <= 200 ? line : firstSentence(answer)
173}
174
175async function checkIn($: EngineInterface) {
176 const minutes = Math.round((Date.now() - turnStartedAt) / 60000)
177 await say($, checkinLine(todos, minutes))
178}
179
180function stopCheckins() {
181 checkin?.cancel()
182 checkin = undefined
183}
184
185export const register: Register = (on, options) => {
186 cfg = config(options)
187 // Hooks that gate a prompt or a tool call pass it on untouched if they fail: speech must never block work.
188
189 on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
190 await locate($)
191 if (!cfg.voice) await claimSessionVoice($).catch(() => {})
192 await $.command.register({ name: 'hush', description: 'Mute or unmute spoken updates for this session' })
193 await $.command.register({ name: 'read', description: "Read Claude's last answer aloud" })
194 await $.command.register({ name: 'tldr-aloud', description: 'Hear a 2–3 sentence summary of this session' })
195 return next(e)
196 })
197
198 // Every turn starts here: its request, a fresh todo list, and the check-in timer.
199 on('prompt.submit', async ($, e, next) => {
200 stopCheckins()
201 todos = []
202 turnStartedAt = Date.now()
203 if (e.origin.kind === 'task-notification') {
204 if (cfg.backgroundTasks) void say($, taskLine(e.text))
205 } else {
206 lastRequest = e.text
207 }
208 if (cfg.checkins) checkin = $.clock.every(cfg.checkinMinutes * 60_000, () => void checkIn($))
209 return next(e)
210 }).catch(($, e, next) => next(e))
211
212 on('tool.call', { tool: 'TodoWrite' }, ($, e, next) => {
213 todos = e.todos.map(t => ({ ...t }))
214 return next(e)
215 }).catch(($, e, next) => next(e))
216
217 on('tool.call', { tool: 'AskUserQuestion' }, ($, e, next) => {
218 if (cfg.needsYou) void say($, 'Claude has a question for you.')
219 return next(e)
220 }).catch(($, e, next) => next(e))
221
222 on('tool.check', async ($, e, next) => {
223 const r = await next(e)
224 if (cfg.needsYou && r.decision === 'ask' && e.tool_use_id) void watchForDialog($, e.tool_use_id, e.tool).catch(() => {})
225 return r
226 }).catch(($, e, next) => next(e))
227
228 // A call that ran or was refused is no longer waiting on you.
229 on('tool.call', async ($, e, next) => {
230 try {
231 return await next(e)
232 } finally {
233 asking.delete((e as { tool_use_id?: string }).tool_use_id ?? '')
234 }
235 }).catch(($, e, next) => next(e))
236
237 on('turn.complete', async ($, e, next) => {
238 if (e.agentId) return next(e)
239 stopCheckins()
240 lastAnswer = e.answer
241 const isLong = e.durationMs >= cfg.minTurnSeconds * 1000
242 if (cfg.turnSummaries && e.reason === 'answer' && isLong && !muted) {
243 const request = lastRequest
244 void summarize($, e.turnId, request, e.answer).then(line => say($, line))
245 }
246 return next(e)
247 })
248
249 on('session.measure', async ($, e, next) => {
250 if (cfg.rateLimitWarnings) {
251 for (const w of e.rateLimits) {
252 const key = `${w.kind}@${w.resetsAt ?? ''}`
253 if (w.percentUsed >= cfg.rateLimitPercent && !warned.has(key)) {
254 warned.add(key)
255 void say($, rateLimitLine(w.kind, w.percentUsed))
256 }
257 }
258 }
259 return next(e)
260 })
261
262 on('command.run', { command: 'hush' }, async $ => {
263 muted = !muted
264 if (muted) await $.process.run(['murmur', 'stop']).catch(() => null)
265 return { text: muted ? '🔇 Spoken updates muted for this session. /hush again to unmute.' : '🔊 Spoken updates back on.' }
266 })
267
268 on('command.run', { command: 'read' }, async $ => {
269 if (!lastAnswer) return { text: 'Nothing to read yet.' }
270 if (muted) return { text: 'Muted: /hush to unmute first.' }
271 void say($, prose(lastAnswer, 'Code omitted.'), true)
272 return { text: '🔊 Reading the last answer aloud. /hush stops it.' }
273 })
274
275 on('command.run', { command: 'tldr-aloud' }, async $ => {
276 if (muted) return { text: 'Muted: /hush to unmute first.' }
277 const r = await $.model.fork({
278 prompt: 'In 2 or 3 short sentences meant to be spoken aloud, summarize this session so far: the goal, what is done, and what is next. Plain words only, no markdown or code.',
279 })
280 if (!r.isAnswered) return { text: `Couldn't summarize: ${r.reason}` }
281 const line = prose(r.text).replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim()
282 void say($, line, true)
283 return { text: `🔊 ${line}` }
284 })
285}
286hooks/speech.ts 65 lines1// Turning Claude's markdown into something worth hearing.
2
3/** Markdown → plain spoken prose. Code blocks become `codeAs` (dropped when empty). */
4export function prose(markdown: string, codeAs = ''): string {
5 return markdown
6 .replace(/```[\s\S]*?```/g, codeAs ? ` ${codeAs} ` : ' ')
7 .replace(/`([^`\n]*)`/g, '$1')
8 .replace(/!?\[([^\]]*)\]\([^)]*\)/g, '$1')
9 .replace(/^\s*[-*+]\s+/gm, '')
10 .replace(/^\s*\|.*\|\s*$/gm, '')
11 .replace(/[*_#>|~]/g, '')
12 .replace(/[ \t]+/g, ' ')
13 .replace(/\n{2,}/g, '\n')
14 .trim()
15}
16
17/** The first sentence when it reads well spoken, else `fallback`. */
18export function firstSentence(markdown: string, fallback = 'Done.'): string {
19 const text = prose(markdown).replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
20 const first = text.match(/^.*?[.!?](?=\s|$)/)?.[0] ?? text
21 return first.length >= 3 && first.length <= 160 ? first : fallback
22}
23
24/** The prompt that turns a finished turn into one spoken line. */
25export function summaryPrompt(request: string, answer: string): string {
26 return [
27 'A coding assistant just finished a task. In ONE short sentence of at most 15 words, meant to be',
28 'spoken aloud to the developer, say what was done and whether anything needs their attention.',
29 'Plain words only: no markdown, code, file paths or quotes.',
30 '',
31 `Request: ${request.slice(0, 1500)}`,
32 `Answer: ${answer.slice(0, 3000)}`,
33 ].join('\n')
34}
35
36/** A background task's notification text → what to say. */
37export function taskLine(text: string): string {
38 const summary = text.match(/<summary>([\s\S]*?)<\/summary>/)?.[1]?.trim()
39 const status = text.match(/<status>([\s\S]*?)<\/status>/)?.[1]?.trim()
40 const what = summary ? prose(summary).replace(/\s+/g, ' ').slice(0, 140) : ''
41 if (what) return `Background task: ${what}`
42 return status === 'failed' ? 'A background task failed.' : 'A background task finished.'
43}
44
45export type Todo = { content: string; status: 'pending' | 'in_progress' | 'completed'; activeForm: string }
46
47/** The progress check-in: what's in progress and how far along the list is. */
48export function checkinLine(todos: readonly Todo[], minutes: number): string {
49 const elapsed = `Still working, ${minutes} minute${minutes === 1 ? '' : 's'} in.`
50 if (todos.length === 0) return elapsed
51 const done = todos.filter(t => t.status === 'completed').length
52 const now = todos.find(t => t.status === 'in_progress')
53 return `${elapsed} ${now ? `${now.activeForm}. ` : ''}${done} of ${todos.length} steps done.`
54}
55
56export function rateLimitLine(kind: string, percent: number): string {
57 const name = ({ five_hour: 'five hour', seven_day: 'weekly', spend_limit: 'spend' } as Record<string, string>)[kind] ?? kind
58 return `Heads up: you've used ${Math.round(percent)} percent of your ${name} limit.`
59}
60
61/** "af_heart, bm_george" → ["af_heart", "bm_george"]; empty → []. */
62export function voiceList(option: string): string[] {
63 return option.split(',').map(v => v.trim()).filter(Boolean)
64}
65hooks/voices.ts 36 lines1// One voice per running Claude session, claimed from a small table every session shares.
2
3/** Voices handed to sessions in turn: alternating accents and genders so neighbours sound distinct. */
4export const SESSION_VOICES = [
5 'af_heart', 'bm_george', 'af_nicole', 'am_michael', 'bf_emma', 'am_fenrir',
6 'bf_isabella', 'bm_fable', 'af_bella', 'am_santa', 'bf_lily', 'bm_lewis',
7]
8
9/** Session (process id) → voice. */
10export type VoiceTable = Record<string, string>
11
12/**
13 * This session's voice: the one it already holds, else the first in `pool` no other live session holds
14 * (cycling once every voice is taken). Sessions not in `alive` are dropped, freeing their voices.
15 */
16export function claimVoice(table: VoiceTable, me: string, alive: ReadonlySet<string>, pool: readonly string[]) {
17 const live: VoiceTable = Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(table).filter(([pid]) => pid === me || alive.has(pid)))
18 const held = live[me]
19 if (held) return { voice: held, table: live }
20 const choices = pool.length ? pool : SESSION_VOICES
21 const taken = new Set(Object.values(live))
22 const voice = choices.find(v => !taken.has(v)) ?? choices[Object.keys(live).length % choices.length]!
23 return { voice, table: { ...live, [me]: voice } }
24}
25
26/** The shared table file's text → a table; anything unreadable is an empty table. */
27export function parseTable(text: string): VoiceTable {
28 try {
29 const data: unknown = JSON.parse(text)
30 if (!data || typeof data !== 'object' || Array.isArray(data)) return {}
31 return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(data).filter((kv): kv is [string, string] => typeof kv[1] === 'string'))
32 } catch {
33 return {}
34 }
35}
36