vbw:vibe

vbw:vibe is a command for Claude Code from swt-labs/vibe-better-with-claude-code-vbw. It costs 39 tokens per session (44,549 once invoked), scanned C, original, MIT.

A single command for directing a project through different stages, such as setting it up, defining work, planning, implementing, checking, discussing, or archiving it.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it as the main entry point when starting a project, planning a change, carrying out work, reviewing results, or closing out completed work.
Why use it?
It helps choose the next project step from the current state and your request, instead of requiring a separate command for every stage.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions subagents; names the AskUserQuestion tool.

Runs only inside its plugin — its command needs a path that Claude Code sets for a plugin’s own hooks and for nothing else. Install the plugin, not this.

Part of the vbw plugin — 11 skills, 26 commands, 7 agents, 11 hooks shipped together

Good fit Use it as the main entry point when starting a project, planning a change, carrying out work, reviewing results, or closing out completed work.

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Install

Getting it into your agent

This one installs as part of its plugin. Adding the marketplace and installing the plugin brings it with everything else the plugin ships.

Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add swt-labs/vibe-better-with-claude-code-vbw
Claude Code
/plugin install vbw

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install vbw, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 11 skills, 26 commands, 7 agents, 11 hooks.

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Per session 39 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 44,549 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan C 2 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00039 $0.44549
Opus 5 $0.00019 $0.22274
Sonnet 5 $0.00008 $0.08910
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.04455

Measured 9d ago against content hash 319de163583b, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade C, and why

vbw:vibe scanned grade C with 2 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Recursive force deletehighDestructive command

rm -rf with a variable or a broad path is one typo away from removing the wrong tree.

3. Remove dir: `rm -rf .vbw-planning/phases/{NN}-{slug}/`

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

- **Live data validation:** When any issue involves external data sources (APIs, databases, services), include in the Scout prompt: *"Public/anonymous HTTP validation uses WebFetch. Authenticated/private read-only checks
commands/vibe.md · 1,813 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 1,813 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

VBW Vibe: $ARGUMENTS

Shared interaction contract

@${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/references/ask-user-question.md

Context

Working directory:

!`pwd`

Plugin root:

!`VBW_CACHE_ROOT="${CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.claude}/plugins/cache/vbw-marketplace/vbw"; SESSION_KEY="${CLAUDE_SESSION_ID:-default}"; SESSION_LINK="/tmp/.vbw-plugin-root-link-${SESSION_KEY}"; R=""; if [ -n "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-}" ] && [ -f "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/hook-wrapper.sh" ]; then R="${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}"; fi; if [ -z "$R" ] && [ -f "${VBW_CACHE_ROOT}/local/scripts/hook-wrapper.sh" ]; then R="${VBW_CACHE_ROOT}/local"; fi; if [ -z "$R" ]; then V=$(find "${VBW_CACHE_ROOT}" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 2>/dev/null | awk -F/ '{print $NF}' | grep -E '^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*$' | sort -t. -k1,1n -k2,2n -k3,3n | tail -1); [ -n "$V" ] && [ -f "${VBW_CACHE_ROOT}/${V}/scripts/hook-wrapper.sh" ] && R="${VBW_CACHE_ROOT}/${V}"; fi; if [ -z "$R" ]; then L=$(find "${VBW_CACHE_ROOT}" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 2>/dev/null | awk -F/ '{print $NF}' | sort | tail -1); [ -n "$L" ] && [ -f "${VBW_CACHE_ROOT}/${L}/scripts/hook-wrapper.sh" ] && R="${VBW_CACHE_ROOT}/${L}"; fi; if [ -z "$R" ] && [ -f "${SESSION_LINK}/scripts/hook-wrapper.sh" ]; then R="${SESSION_LINK}"; fi; if [ -z "$R" ]; then ANY_LINK=$(command find -H /tmp -maxdepth 1 -name '.vbw-plugin-root-link-*' -print 2>/dev/null | LC_ALL=C sort | while IFS= read -r link; do if [ -f "$link/scripts/hook-wrapper.sh" ]; then printf '%s\n' "$link"; break; fi; done || true); [ -n "$ANY_LINK" ] && R="$ANY_LINK"; fi; if [ -z "$R" ]; then D=$(ps axww -o args= 2>/dev/null | grep -v grep | grep -oE -- "--plugin-dir [^ ]+" | head -1); D="${D#--plugin-dir }"; [ -n "$D" ] && [ -f "$D/scripts/hook-wrapper.sh" ] && R="$D"; fi; if [ -z "$R" ] || [ ! -d "$R" ]; then echo "VBW: plugin root resolution failed" >&2; exit 1; fi; LINK="${SESSION_LINK}"; P="/tmp/.vbw-phase-detect-${SESSION_KEY}.txt"; PTMP="${P}.tmp.$$"; LOCK="/tmp/.vbw-phase-detect-live-${SESSION_KEY}.lock"; REAL_R=$(cd "$R" 2>/dev/null && pwd -P) || { echo "VBW: plugin root canonicalization failed" >&2; exit 1; }; bash "$REAL_R/scripts/ensure-plugin-root-link.sh" "$LINK" "$REAL_R" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "VBW: plugin root link failed" >&2; exit 1; }; LOCKED=false; i=0; while [ $i -lt 100 ]; do if mkdir "$LOCK" 2>/dev/null; then LOCKED=true; break; fi; sleep 0.1; i=$((i+1)); done; if [ "$LOCKED" = true ]; then bash "$LINK/scripts/phase-detect.sh" > "$PTMP" 2>/dev/null || printf '%s\n' 'phase_detect_error=true' > "$PTMP"; mv "$PTMP" "$P"; rmdir "$LOCK" 2>/dev/null || true; else j=0; while [ $j -lt 100 ]; do [ -f "$P" ] && break; sleep 0.1; j=$((j+1)); done; [ -f "$P" ] || { printf '%s\n' 'phase_detect_error=true' > "$PTMP"; mv "$PTMP" "$P"; }; fi; echo "$LINK"`

Read the full file on GitHub · 1,813 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 9d ago First seen · 1,813 lines · 39 tokens per session scan C 319de163583b

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vbw:vibe is a command published in the GitHub repository swt-labs/vibe-better-with-claude-code-vbw (79 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 39 tokens to every session and 44,549 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it C with 2 findings (recursive force delete, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.