cheap-worker
by Ian Wilson · ★ 0 · updated 2 days ago
Spin up Claude Code workers from a picker: OpenRouter (any model) or Amazon Bedrock (Claude), as tmux panes or terminal tabs; team messaging between them
Install
/plugin marketplace add ianwilson97/claude-mods/plugin install cheap-worker@ianwilson-modsThen 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.starttool.callcommand.runsession.receiveui.render- API calls
$.clock.after$.clock.every$.clock.now$.command.register$.env.get$.fs.read$.fs.write$.http.fetch$.process.run$.session.cwd$.session.send$.state.get$.state.set$.store.get$.store.set$.tool.call$.tool.register$.ui.open$.ui.resolve$.ui.status$.ui.toast- Draws
PromptHintPane- Can see
mcp__cheap-worker__workers calls- Reach
- level 3 of 3 networkruns processeswrites filesdrives Claudereads filesreads env varsreads mod statepersists 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/ianwilson97/claude-mods
- Path in repo
cheap-worker- Source commit
e0954c0the exact code the scan read- Author
- Ian Wilson @ianwilson97
- License
- No license declared — ask the author before reusing code.
- First published
- Last pushed
- First listed here
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.
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