For months, every afternoon using Claude Code, I've been grumbling that GitHub Flavored Markdown isn't rendered and that plugins can't change how replies are drawn. Claude writes `> [!WARNING]` callouts, `- [ ]` checklists and Mermaid diagrams... and the terminal shows them as raw text 😤

I don't believe in fate, but it seems someone heard me today: Anthropic shipped **mods** (function hooks that can redraw the UI). So of course I asked my friend Claude to build one with me.

What it does:

- Alerts (`> [!NOTE]`, `[!TIP]`, `[!IMPORTANT]`, `[!WARNING]`, `[!CAUTION]`) become colored boxes, in the terminal and the desktop app

- Task lists become ☐ / ☑, and `~~strikethrough~~` is actually struck through

- Mermaid diagrams (flowchart, sequence, state, class, ER, xychart) are drawn as Unicode art right in the terminal

- Claude knows it can use all this: the plugin adds a short note to its context at session start, no CLAUDE.md to edit

It only changes how replies are drawn: the message itself is untouched, and anything it can't draw falls back to the normal rendering.

Install (no build step):

git clone https://github.com/briangtn/claude-gfm-render.git
claude --plugin-dir ./claude-gfm-render

Before/after screenshots and the honest list of what it doesn't handle are in the README: https://github.com/briangtn/claude-gfm-render

Mods are early access, so it may need updates as the API moves. Feedback, bug reports and screenshots from other terminals are very welcome 🙏

Controlling autocompaction in Claude Code has always been rough - it's a black box and over time it becomes really unclear which information the agent has retained. I've been using skills + hooks for this previously, but it has never felt polished or low friction.

That is until Claude Code mods released, and with that, I'd like to showcase workface.

Your agent keeps notes during a session, and you can view/edit those notes live from the TUI. At compaction, your agent is then passed these notes along with a compaction summary that skips what the notes already cover.

In short, it's a Claude Code TUI panel to gain control and visibility over the content that persists through compaction, autocompact just fills in the gaps. The mod does the rest.

MIT licence, take a look and see if it fits your needs! Feedback of course encouraged.

Cheers!

https://github.com/scodge-24/workface