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 "github": "https://github.com/HeyCubit/effortless",
 "what": "effortless is a Claude Code plugin that picks the reasoning effort for each prompt and shows the prompt cache countdown, and textless is a desktop app that shows pixel art while Claude works.",
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 "disclaimer": "Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk."
}