Claude Toons
Little cartoons of what Claude is doing, drawn under the spinner while it works.
Illustration. Actual results depend on the mod, terminal and environment.
Install
Installation is unusual; follow the original author’s instructions
Read the author’s instructions ↗What it accesses
Based on the author’s documentation, checked when listed; use claude plugin validate to check for yourself.
Reads
YesReads prompt and tool-call events and session usage to pick scenes.
Writes files
YesSaves the show/hide choice and cost figures in the plugin store.
Runs commands
UnspecifiedNot stated in the README; no external commands seen in the code.
Network
YesCalls the Anthropic Messages API with your Claude Code login to draw fresh scenes.
Introduction
Claude Toons is a Claude Code mod that plays small animated cartoons under the spinner while Claude works. Clawd, the Claude Code mascot, stars in every scene, and the scene follows the work: tests become a castle siege, a bug hunt a safari, a long build a rocket on the pad.
- By default scenes come from 138 ready-made ones bundled with the plugin, at no token cost. A fresh scene is requested only when a task starts or something fails, at most once a minute; the author estimates 1–3% on top of Claude Code's own usage.
- "Ready-made only" makes no requests at all; "fresh only" draws continuously and costs several times more.
- Requests use your Claude Code login against the Anthropic Messages API, counting toward plan limits or billed to your API key.
/toonsshows or hides the cartoons;/toons settingsopens settings with measured cost. The director model can be Haiku, Sonnet or Opus.
Install by cloning the repo and loading it with --plugin-dir or CLAUDE_CODE_PLUGIN_DIRS; there is no marketplace. The author says it was built on 2.1.287 as an early-access feature, and cartoons appear only in the terminal. The preview is illustrative.
Who it is for
- People who want waiting on Claude to be more fun
- People who like a visual hint of what Claude is doing
Requirements
- Built on 2.1.287 as an early-access feature; no minimum version given.
- Terminal only; clone the repo and load it with --plugin-dir.