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· AI Beat Desk

A Second Pair of Eyes on Your Agent

Claude Code 2.1.288 ships a built-in mod called "You should know" — a side agent that watches your main session and speaks up when it notices something you or Claude might miss. It's opt-in, requires telemetry, and represents a specific bet on how to surface the class of problems that slip through when you're not watching the terminal.

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· AI Beat Desk

Claude Code Grows a Mod System

Claude Code 2.1.287 ships mods: in-process TypeScript modules that can intercept, rewrite, and answer agent events before they reach the model. Unlike shell-script hooks, mods run inside the session, keep persistent state, and carry a rich sandbox API covering UI, tool routing, secret redaction, and custom slash commands. OpenAI Codex has had lifecycle hooks for a while — the two approaches reveal different theories about where agent customization should live.

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