Claude Watchdog

Plugin manifest

{
  "$schema": "https://www.schemastore.org/claude-code-plugin-manifest.json",
  "name": "claude-watchdog",
  "description": "Auto-runs a critical session post-mortem when Claude Code stops. Ships the analyze-session command, session-analyzer agent, and a Stop hook that triggers the review in-session (no external API calls). Requires Node.js 20 or newer on PATH.",
  "version": "0.20.2",
  "author": {
    "name": "Artem Yakimenko"
  },
  "homepage": "https://github.com/Temikus/claude-watchdog",
  "repository": "https://github.com/Temikus/claude-watchdog",
  "license": "Apache-2.0",
  "keywords": [
    "session",
    "analysis",
    "post-mortem",
    "hooks",
    "review"
  ],
  "userConfig": {
    "disabled": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "title": "Disable watchdog",
      "description": "Set to true to disable automatic session analysis",
      "default": false
    },
    "min_tool_uses": {
      "type": "number",
      "title": "Minimum tool calls",
      "description": "Skip analysis if the session delta has fewer tool calls than this. Default is 15",
      "default": 15,
      "min": 0
    },
    "cooldown_seconds": {
      "type": "number",
      "title": "Cooldown (seconds)",
      "description": "Minimum seconds between analyses for the same session. Set to 0 to disable. Default is 600 (10 minutes)",
      "default": 600,
      "min": 0
    },
    "verbose": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "title": "Enable verbose mode",
      "description": "Prepend a diagnostics header (raw/condensed size, tool use count, user messages) to every condensed transcript and add truncation notices when applicable",
      "default": false
    },
    "local_session_storage": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "title": "Store transcripts in project directory",
      "description": "Store condensed session transcripts under .claude/tmp/claude-watchdog/ in the project directory instead of the global plugin data path. Eliminates Read permission prompts in auto mode. Requires .claude/ in .gitignore. Default is true",
      "default": true
    },
    "max_transcript_bytes": {
      "type": "number",
      "title": "Max transcript size (bytes)",
      "description": "Maximum size of the condensed transcript sent to the analyzer, in bytes. Larger values give the analyzer more context but increase processing time. Default is 51200 (50 KB)",
      "default": 51200,
      "min": 4096,
      "max": 512000
    },
    "interactive_recommendations": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "title": "Interactive recommendations",
      "description": "After session analysis, present actionable recommendations as an interactive multi-select prompt so you can choose which items to address. Selected items are saved to .claude/watchdog-todo.md",
      "default": false
    },
    "fix_recommendations": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "title": "Fix recommendations",
      "description": "After presenting the analysis, have Claude apply its [code] recommendations in the same turn. [instruction] items are drafted, not written to rule files, and nothing is committed. With interactive recommendations on, only the items you select are applied. Default is false",
      "default": false
    },
    "self_check": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "title": "Self-check each turn",
      "description": "When a turn that changed files or ran mutating commands ends, ask Claude whether it would ship the work as it is, and to fix only major problems if not. At most once per prompt; ignores the cooldown and minimum tool calls. Default is false",
      "default": false
    },
    "skip_with_background_tasks": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "title": "Skip while background tasks run",
      "description": "Skip analysis when background tasks (subagents, shell jobs, workflows) are still in flight, so the watchdog only reviews a session that's truly done, not one that's merely paused. Requires Claude Code >= 2.1.145; a no-op on older versions. Default is true",
      "default": true
    },
    "include_rules": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "title": "Pass instruction files to the analyzer",
      "description": "Point the analyzer at CLAUDE.md and .claude/rules/*.md (project, then ~/.claude) so it can check the session against your own instructions. Files over 8 KB are skipped; the list is capped at 16 KB total. Default is true",
      "default": true
    },
    "hold_input_during_analysis": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "title": "Hold input while analysis runs",
      "description": "Block newly submitted prompts while a session analysis is still in flight, so they don't interleave with the pending analysis. A held prompt is recoverable with up-arrow; resubmitting overrides the hold. The hold auto-expires after 240 seconds. Default is false",
      "default": false
    },
    "enforce_subagent_model": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "title": "Enforce pinned subagent models",
      "description": "Block a Task/Agent dispatch that names an agent whose definition pins a 'model:' but does not pass an explicit 'model'. Re-dispatching with any explicit model passes. Default is false",
      "default": false
    },
    "await_bot_reviews": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "title": "Wake on bot reviews and CI",
      "description": "After Claude runs git push or gh pr create on a branch with an open PR, wait in the background until every status and check on the head settles, then wake Claude with failed checks and new bot review comments. Needs an authenticated gh CLI. At most 3 wake-ups per PR per session. Default is false",
      "default": false
    }
  },
  "interface": {
    "displayName": "claude-watchdog",
    "developerName": "Temikus"
  },
  "skills": "./",
  "holManifestOrigin": "repository",
  "registryIndexVersion": 5
}

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