See context, cost and permission checks live in Claude Code with Flightdeck

Long Claude Code sessions have a visibility problem. You launch five subagents, the context gauge creeps up, a permission prompt scrolls past, and an hour later you cannot say what the session cost or what it was allowed to touch. The status line helps, but it is one row.

scasella/claude-flightdeck is a Claude Code mod that adds a live dashboard pane to your terminal. Per its README, every number comes from a real session event, and nothing leaves your machine. This post covers what the pane shows, how to install it, and how to use it.

The pane is a set of panels, each fed by a documented event:

You need Claude Code 2.1.287 or later, since mods are an early-access feature. Inside Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add scasella/claude-flightdeck /plugin install flightdeck@claude-flightdeck /reload-plugins /flightdeck Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode From a terminal instead:

claude plugin marketplace add scasella/claude-flightdeck claude plugin install flightdeck@claude-flightdeck Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Or load a clone for one session:

git clone https://github.com/scasella/claude-flightdeck claude --plugin-dir./claude-flightdeck Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode The installer may say config options are not set. The defaults are fine, and /config changes them.

/flightdeck open the pane /flightdeck close close it /flightdeck reset clear agents, checks, consults, log /flightdeck layout auto|compact|wide|mini override the layout Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Focus the pane with ctrl+x tab, then press 1, 2 and so on to expand an agent card, or f, s, o to open the file, shell or other drill-down of the permission gate.

In a fullscreen terminal the pane docks beside the transcript. On the main screen it is an inline summary of at most 8 rows. The desktop app, VS Code and mobile get the same panels, though VS Code and mobile cannot animate. The pane opens by itself in terminals at least 144 columns wide, and /flightdeck opens it at any width.

The Flightdeck page on Deduped collects the workflows:

Options live in /config or under pluginConfigs["flightdeck@claude-flightdeck"].options in your user settings.json. A few: layout ( mini, compact, wide, auto ), maxCards (1 to 6), motion set to off if animation bothers you, palette set to pastel for dark terminals, and panels to choose which panels show.

If you also want a status-line view, the README suggests running it alongside claude-hud. Source: scasella/claude-flightdeck, MIT license.

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