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claude-statusbar

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Manage `cs` (claude-statusbar) — switch theme/style/density, override severity colors, preview combinations, run doctor, reset config, install, upgrade (`cs upgrade` — the only supported upgrade path), or remove the bar, toggle fast/daemon mode, show cost or prompt-cache age, toggle the AgentParty/Codex bridge line, or toggle the activity segments (todos, active tool, running subagents, session duration, lines changed, git ahead/behind). Use whenever the user mentions cs, claude-statusbar, status bar, status line, 状态栏, AgentParty, Codex, show_party, 主题, theme switching, style switching, color customization, 余量颜色, 警告颜色, severity color, /statusbar, cs preview, cs doctor, fast mode, daemon, refreshInterval, 5h/7d window, context window display, prompt cache, todos / 待办, active tool, subagents / 子agent, session duration / 时长, lines changed / 行数, git ahead-behind / 领先落后, forecast / 预测 / 还能用多久, at-risk chip, show_forecast, or asks to install / upgrade / update / 升级 / configure / diagnose / customize the bottom status line in Claude Code or Codex/AgentParty workflows.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/leeguooooo/claude-code-usage-bar/blob/HEAD/src/claude_statusbar/skills/claude-statusbar/SKILL.md

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claude-statusbar control skill

Use this skill any time the user wants to inspect, change, customize, or diagnose the cs status bar. Replaces the older individual slash commands (/statusbar, /statusbar-theme, /statusbar-style, /statusbar-preview, /statusbar-doctor, /statusbar-reset) — they still work but this skill covers all of them with conversational intent.

Decision tree

Match the user's intent to the right cs command. Run it via Bash, then give a short confirmation (one line, no lecture).

User intentCommand
Inspect current configcs config show
List themescs themes
List stylescs styles
Switch theme to <name>cs config set theme <name>
Switch style to <name>cs config set style <name>
Change densitycs config set density <compact|regular|cozy>
Show all 27 combinationscs preview
Filter preview to one style/themecs preview --style <s> or cs preview --theme <t>
Diagnose problemcs doctor
Wipe configcs config reset
Install / first-time setupcs --setup
Upgrade / update to latest versioncs upgrade — NEVER guess uv tool install / pip install -U / pipx upgrade: it detects the install channel that is actually running cs and picks the right one (many users don't have uv at all)
Enable fast mode (daemon)cs --setup --fast
Disable fast modecs daemon stop then re-run cs --setup
Toggle session cost displaycs config set show_cost true|false
Toggle prompt-cache countdowncs config set show_cache_age true|false
Toggle project + branch 2nd linecs config set show_project_branch true|false (default true)
Toggle AgentParty/Codex bridge linecs config set show_party true|false (default true)
Toggle todo progress (▸ task 3/7, 3rd line)cs config set show_todos true|false (default true)
Toggle active-tool indicator ◐ (3rd line)cs config set show_tools true|false
Toggle completed-tool rollup ✓ name×N (3rd line)cs config set show_tool_rollup true|false (default off — volume tally)
Toggle running-subagent bottom line(s)cs config set show_agents true|false (default off — Claude Code shows background agents natively)
Toggle session duration ⏱ (on identity line)cs config set show_duration true|false
Toggle lines added/removed +/- (on identity line)cs config set show_lines true|false
Toggle git ahead/behind ↑↓ (on identity line)cs config set show_ahead_behind true|false
Toggle the bar_shimmer twinkling starfield (experimental, classic only)cs config set bar_shimmer true|false (default off)
Toggle the rate-limit forecast (→NN% projected use / ⚠eta warning)cs config set show_forecast true|false (default on)
Toggle the faint version + update hint at the identity-line end (· vX.Y.Z ↑new)cs config set show_version true|false (default on)
Toggle the ⚙ session-mode line (effort/thinking/fast/output-style)cs config set show_mode true|false (default on)
Toggle the per-effort colour gradient on the mode linecs config set mode_gradient true|false (default on)
Hide weekly barcs config set show_weekly false
Set warning thresholdcs config set warning_threshold <0-100>
Set critical thresholdcs config set critical_threshold <0-100>
Auto-collapse to hairline below widthcs config set auto_compact_width <px>
Force / disable no-quota (API) modecs config set api_mode <auto|on|off>

No-quota mode (third-party relay / Bedrock / Vertex)

When Claude Code points at a third-party relay (ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL ≠ api.anthropic.com) or a cloud backend (CLAUDE_CODE_USE_BEDROCK / CLAUDE_CODE_USE_VERTEX), the official 5h/7d quota doesn't exist. cs detects this and switches to a no-quota layout: the two quota battery bars are dropped and the context window is promoted to its own ctx[…] battery bar (green→yellow→red on 70/85% used), followed by the model name + the usual live-activity tail. This mirrors claude-hud's behavior and is what to reach for when a user says "用 API 就没状态了 / 连上下文都没了".

  • Detection is automatic (api_mode = auto, the default). A transcript-based heuristic also catches relays whose env var didn't reach the statusLine subprocess (an assistant turn exists yet quota never arrived → no-quota).
  • Force it on a setup where auto-detect misses: cs config set api_mode on (or per-shell CS_API_MODE=on). Force the official layout back with api_mode off. CS_API_MODE env wins over the saved config.
  • Works under both the inline and fast-mode (daemon) render paths.

AgentParty / Codex bridge line

Claude Code support is the full native statusLine integration configured by cs --setup. Codex support is narrower: when AgentParty writes ~/.agentparty/state/<workspaceId>/statusline.json for the current workspace, cs appends a local-only line with channel, human/agent identity, listener mode, unread count, and last-message preview.

Use cs config set show_party false to hide it. This bridge never calls the AgentParty CLI, reads tokens, or makes network requests.

Per-severity color overrides (v3.4.1+)

The user can override the three severity colors independently of theme:

cs config set color_ok   "#4ec85b"   # calm / safe
cs config set color_warn "#e8b260"   # warning
cs config set color_hot  "#e87474"   # critical

cs config set color_ok ""            # clear back to theme default

Accepts #rrggbb, #rgb, or bare rrggbb. The override layers on top of whatever theme is active — no need to switch theme just to tune one color.

When user says "make 余量颜色 / safe color / green sharper", "warning 偏淡", "critical too red" — go to the override, not the theme.

Vibe → theme suggestion

If the user describes a vibe instead of naming a theme, suggest one and ask before switching:

Vibe / contextTheme
Muted, professional, dark terminalgraphite (default)
Soft, warm, darktwilight
Classic dev / Nord-inspirednord
High contrast, vividdracula
Warm, cute, light bgsakura
Light terminallinen
Pure grayscale / no colormono
Popular pastel, easy on long viewingcatppuccin-mocha
Deeper neon-blue moodtokyo-night

Render anatomy (so you can explain what you're changing)

5h[██16% ░░░]⏰2h27m | 7d[██32%  ░░]⏰4d05h | Opus 4.7(280k/1M) | $ 1.42 | cache 4m23s
└─ 5h ─────┘└──5h──┘  └─ 7d ──┘ └─7d─┘   └────context───────┘  └cost┘  └─cache─┘

Every numeric segment colors itself by its own severity (since v3.4):

  • 5h → theme.s_* chosen from msgs_pct
  • 7d → theme.s_* chosen from weekly_pct
  • model+context → theme.s_* chosen from ctx_used_pct (None → neutral)
  • cache → its own string-age severity (COLD → red, <1m → yellow, else green)
  • [ ], ( ), | → theme.mute (recede behind data)

Common diagnostic flows

"Status bar isn't showing" → cs doctor. It self-checks:

  • Claude Code's ~/.claude/settings.json has the statusLine block
  • the cs binary is on PATH
  • whether the daemon is alive (if fast-mode configured)
  • whether the cache files are stale

"refreshInterval too high" → cs doctor will recommend cs --setup --fast when it sees refreshInterval ≤ 2s on the inline command. Fast mode drops 1Hz CPU from ~6% to ~2%.

"Color won't change after cs config set theme X" → check the user isn't on a Claude Code session that read settings.json at start. Ask them to send a new prompt; the next render picks up the new theme.

"Codex / AgentParty name isn't showing" → confirm AgentParty has written ~/.agentparty/state/<workspaceId>/statusline.json for the current cwd and that show_party is still true.

Don't

  • Don't lecture about ANSI codes or terminal compatibility unless asked.
  • Don't suggest editing ~/.claude/claude-statusbar.json by hand. Use cs config set <key> <value>.
  • Don't change theme just to fix one color — use color_ok / color_warn / color_hot overrides.
  • Don't run destructive commands (cs config reset, cs daemon stop) without confirming with the user.

Style of response

Be terse. Run the command, paste the one-line confirmation, point at the next step if relevant. The status bar is on screen — they can see the result immediately, no need to describe it.