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Description

Want a beautiful status line while using Claude Code?

You can show useful details like:

• Current model
• Total cost
• Time spent
• Token usage
• Context usage
• Git branch
• Any other metric you care about

The easiest way? Ask Claude to build it for you.

Copy this prompt, paste it into Claude Code, and let it create the full setup:

Prompt:

Create a status line script at ~/.claude/statusline-command.sh and reference it from ~/.claude/settings.json as
"command": "sh ~/.claude/statusline-command.sh".

Exact format and field order, separated by | (space-pipe-space):
🪾 [branch] | 🤖 [model] | 💸 [cost] | ⏱️ [time] | 🪙 [tokens] | 🔲 [context%]

Data sources (read the status line JSON from stdin with jq):
- 🪾 branch — .worktree.branch, fallback .workspace.git_worktree. Only show if inside a git repo. Color: bold
magenta.
- 🤖 model — .model.display_name. Color: cyan.
- 💸 cost — real value from .cost.total_cost_usd. Format $0.14 when ≥ $0.01, else $0.0023 (4 decimals) for
sub-cent. Color: yellow.
- ⏱️ time — .cost.total_duration_ms, formatted human-readable: 45s, 3m 12s, 1h 4m. Color: blue.
- 🪙 tokens — .context_window.total_input_tokens + .context_window.total_output_tokens, human-readable (12.3k, or
raw number under 1000). Color: dim. Only show after first API call.
- 🔲 context — .context_window.used_percentage, rounded to whole %. Color-coded: green < 50%, yellow 50–80%, red >
80%.

Each field is only rendered if its data exists, and | separators must only appear between present fields (no
leading/trailing/doubled separators). Use POSIX sh and awk for formatting.

You can customize the emojis, colors, fields, and layout however you like.

Happy hacking :)