OmniRoute, claude-mem, Headroom, Claude Code Setup: the 4 plugins to install in Claude Code
No more stalling mid-task, a memory that carries over between sessions, fewer tokens burned and a cleaned-up setup. Commands checked on November 9, 2026, the order to follow and a bonus.
November 9, 2026 · 7 min read
Four free, open source plugins for four problems you run into every week in Claude Code: the usage limit that kills your session, the project you re-explain every morning, tokens burning away, and a setup that keeps getting heavier. Installed in the right order, they turn Claude Code into a tool that lasts the whole day.
For each one, this guide gives you the install command, the setting that matters, and how to check it actually works. Everything was checked on November 9, 2026 against the official repositories and Claude Code 2.1.319.
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OmniRoute and Headroom install from a terminal and sit between Claude Code and the model. claude-mem, Claude Code Setup and the bonus are real Claude Code plugins: in a session, type /plugin, the plugin manager opens, you add a marketplace (a GitHub repository) and install from the list. In a terminal, claude plugin list shows what is actually installed. One simple rule: install one plugin, use it for a day, then move to the next. Install four at once and you'll never know which one broke your setup.
OmniRoute: never run out of usage again
npm install -g omniroute.omniroute setup-claude. If you'd rather be guided step by step, omniroute setup runs the first-time wizard.localhost:20128.auto model. When you hit your limit, OmniRoute switches on its own: your subscription first, then your keys, then cheap providers, then free ones.claude-mem: memory between sessions
npx claude-mem install. Or inside Claude Code: /plugin marketplace add thedotmack/claude-mem, then /plugin install claude-mem.<private> tags is never stored. Your memory lives on your machine, in ~/.claude-mem.npx claude-mem telemetry disable turns them off.Write a memory entry for this project: what it is in one sentence, the tools it uses, the three files to read first to be useful here, the decisions already made that we are not revisiting, and the two things that have broken before. Under 200 words.
npm install -g claude-mem: it only installs the library, without the hooks that make the memory work.Headroom: fewer tokens per request
pip install "headroom-ai[all]".headroom wrap claude, every session: the proxy stops when Claude Code does. For a proxy that stays on, use headroom deploy.headroom doctor.headroom perf, or headroom dashboard to watch savings live while the proxy runs.headroom wrap also installs Serena, a code navigation tool: add --code-memory none if you don't want it. If headroom perf shows no savings, compression isn't applying on your setup: an open report on the repository describes exactly this case with Claude Code.Claude Code Setup: clean up your setup
/plugin install claude-code-setup@claude-plugins-official. It's Anthropic's own plugin, and it only reads: it never edits a file.Scan this project and give me two lists:
1. the skills, hooks, agents and MCP servers I have loaded that this project never needs, ranked by how much context they cost me each session, with the exact path of every file to delete;
2. what I'm missing that this project would clearly benefit from.
Bonus: TaskObserver, skills that improve themselves
/plugin marketplace add rebelytics/one-skill-to-rule-them-all./plugin install task-observer@one-skill-to-rule-them-all.references/environments.md file into your CLAUDE.md. Without it, the skill triggers too rarely.The order and quick fixes
claude plugin disable <name>, restart, then turn the others back on one at a time.headroom doctor to check the routing, and make sure you started Claude Code with headroom wrap claude.To go further on claude-mem and Claude Code Setup, with three more free tools, read the 5 free plugins and skills for Claude Code.
Do this in the next 10 minutes
Install OmniRoute and open its dashboard at localhost:20128 to check it's running. Then install Claude Code Setup, run the cleanup prompt, and actually delete the files in list 1. The rest can wait until tomorrow, one plugin a day.
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