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Claude Code Status Line

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Installation

Add these scripts to ~/.claude and add the statusline.sh script to your ~/.claude/settings.json, e.g:

{
  "model": "opus",
  "statusLine": {
    "type": "command",
    "command": "~/.claude/statusline.sh"
  }
}

To add the scripts to ~/.claude (assuming you don't have a git repo there already):

cd ~/.claude
git init
git remote add origin git@github.com:defuse/claude-statusline.git
git fetch
git checkout -t origin/main

Dependencies

  • jq - JSON parsing
  • python3 with pty module (stdlib) - used by autocompact-buffer.sh to probe Claude Code's /context command in a fake TTY
  • /tmp must be a trusted workspace in Claude Code (run claude once in /tmp and accept the trust prompt). The probe runs there to avoid polluting session history in your actual projects.
  • git - branch display (optional, degrades gracefully)
  • ~/.claude/.credentials.json must contain your API credentials (it should by default)