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Install and Use Mint Security’s Dividend Plugin for Claude Code

Learn how to install, open, update, and test Dividend, an open-source Mint Security plugin that presents quick tips and short lessons based on information reported by Claude Code.

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Install and Use Mint Security’s Dividend Plugin for Claude Code

What Is Dividend?

Dividend is an open-source plugin from Mint Security for Claude Code. It helps you make sense of your current session’s context, prompt cache, and usage limits through quick tips and short lessons shown while you work.

The plugin’s insights come from information reported by Claude Code, and its data stays on your machine. Like other Claude Code mods, Dividend is JavaScript written in TypeScript and runs inside Claude Code with your user permissions.

Because Claude Code plugins run with your user permissions, review the plugin documentation and source before installation. Dividend’s own README explains what it does on your machine and what it keeps.

Key Features

  • Session context guidance: Helps you understand the context associated with your Claude Code session.
  • Prompt cache insights: Provides tips and lessons related to the prompt cache reported by Claude Code.
  • Usage-limit information: Makes Claude Code’s reported usage limits easier to interpret.
  • In-session pane: Opens through the /dividend command while you work.
  • Local operation: The reported insights and retained information stay within your machine.
  • Desktop support: The Claude desktop app’s Code tab can also load the plugin.

Prerequisites

Dividend requires Claude Code 2.1.291 or newer. The documented release is tested on version 2.1.291. Confirm that you have a compatible Claude Code installation before proceeding.

Install Dividend from a Shell

First, add Mint Security’s plugin marketplace:

claude plugin marketplace add Mint-Security/claude-code-plugins

Then install Dividend from that marketplace:

claude plugin install dividend@mint-security

After installation, start a new Claude Code session. If a session is already open, reload its plugins:

/reload-plugins

Finally, open the Dividend pane:

/dividend

Install from a Claude Code Session

You can also install Dividend directly inside a terminal-based Claude Code session with one slash command:

/plugin install dividend --marketplace Mint-Security/claude-code-plugins
  1. Run the command in your Claude Code session.
  2. Answer y when asked whether to add the marketplace.
  3. Select where you want to install the plugin.
  4. Reload plugins if necessary.
  5. Run /dividend to open the pane.

Install in the Desktop App

To use Dividend through the Claude desktop app, open Settings, go to Plugins, select Add, and add this marketplace:

Mint-Security/claude-code-plugins

Install Dividend from the marketplace after adding it. The desktop app’s Code tab will then pick up the plugin.

Basic Usage

Dividend is designed to be used during an active Claude Code session. Open its pane whenever you want help interpreting the session information reported by Claude Code:

/dividend

The pane presents quick tips and short lessons about three main areas:

  • Your session’s context.
  • The prompt cache.
  • Usage limits.

If you have just installed the plugin but the command is not available, reload the plugins and try again:

/reload-plugins
/dividend

Pin Dividend to a Reviewed Release

Automatic updates are disabled by default for this marketplace. If you want to stay on the documented reviewed release, add the marketplace using its release tag before installing Dividend:

claude plugin marketplace add Mint-Security/claude-code-plugins#dividend--v0.1.0
claude plugin install dividend@mint-security

Pinning the marketplace this way keeps installation tied to the dividend--v0.1.0 tag rather than the unpinned marketplace reference.

Development and Local Testing

If you are contributing to the repository or reviewing the plugin locally, Claude Code provides commands for validation and testing.

Validate the Entire Repository

claude plugin validate .

Validate Only Dividend

claude plugin validate plugins/dividend

Run the Plugin Tests

claude plugin test plugins/dividend

Load Dividend Directly in a Session

claude --plugin-dir plugins/dividend

The --plugin-dir option lets you run the local Dividend directory in a Claude Code session, which is useful when checking changes before installing a packaged marketplace release.

Advanced Tips

  • Reload after installation: Use /reload-plugins instead of restarting when you already have a Claude Code session open.
  • Pin when stability matters: Add the marketplace with the #dividend--v0.1.0 suffix when you want the documented reviewed release.
  • Validate before testing: When developing locally, run validation on the repository or plugin directory before running the test command.
  • Inspect plugin behavior: Review the Dividend-specific README for details about what the plugin displays, what it does on your machine, and what information it keeps.
  • Remember the permission model: Claude Code executes mods with your user permissions, so treat plugin review as part of installation.

Conclusion

Dividend adds an accessible view of Claude Code session context, prompt caching, and usage limits through brief, in-session guidance. After adding Mint Security’s marketplace and installing the plugin, use /dividend to open its pane. Developers can also validate, test, and run the TypeScript-based plugin locally. The project is distributed under the Apache-2.0 license.