toons
by Anshu Chimala · ★ 22 · updated 3 days ago
Animated cartoons of what Claude is doing, drawn under the spinner while it works
Install
git clone https://github.com/achimala/claude-toonsclaude --plugin-dir ./claude-toonsThen run /reload-plugins or start a new session. Requires Claude Code 2.1.287+.
What it hooks into
From an automated scan with claude plugin validate, not a security review. Mods run with your permissions; read the code before installing.
- Events
session.startcommand.runprompt.submittool.callturn.completeui.render- API calls
$.clock.now$.clock.sleep$.command.register$.config.list$.config.set$.http.fetch$.session.authorize$.session.usage$.store.get$.store.set$.ui.blit$.ui.invalidate$.ui.open$.ui.resolve$.ui.toast- Draws
PaneSpinner- Can see
every promptevery tool call- Reach
- level 3 of 3 networkchanges configreads the transcriptpersists statedraws
Origin
- How it got here
- Automated scan of public GitHub repos, via the CC0 dataset awesome-claude-code-mods (scan of ).
- Repository
- github.com/achimala/claude-toons
- Path in repo
- repository root
- Author
- Anshu Chimala @achimala
- License
- MIT
- First published
- Last pushed
- First listed here
- On X
- Mentioned in 1 post on X
Name and description come from the mod's own manifest. We link to the code; we don't host it, and it stays under its author's license.
Posts about this repo
Here's my mod to replace your status spinner with Claude-generated cartoons! https://github.com/achimala/claude-toons By default, it only increases your token usage by 1-3%. There's also a completely free option (uses a big bank of pre-generated animations)