Statusline Install

Statusline

A one-line, Powerlevel10k-styled status bar for terminal coding agents. The agent pipes session JSON to the script on stdin; the script prints a powerline bar to stdout.

 Claude Opus │ feat/x ! │ ctx 86.2k/200.0k │ ████░░░░░░ │ 01:02:05 │ +156/-23 │

Two scripts live in scripts/. Use statusline.js — it's portable (no jq or bc) and the only one that runs on Windows:

| Script | Platforms | Dependencies | | ---------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------ | | statusline.js | macOS, Linux, Windows | node ≥ 18, git | | statusline.zsh | macOS, Linux (zsh) | zsh, jq, bc, git |

statusline.zsh is the original, kept only for reference.

Supported agents

The script works only where the agent runs a user-defined command and pipes session JSON to its stdin: Claude Code (~/.claude/settings.json) and GitHub Copilot CLI (~/.copilot/settings.json, experimental). Codex and Gemini render their status lines internally with no command hook, so they can't be driven here — if either adds one, the generic adapter will pick it up.

Setup

The skill is idempotent — safe to re-run to update the script or change config. Never clobber silently: before overwriting an existing ~/.config/agent-statusline/statusline.js or an existing statusLine block in a settings.json, show what's there and confirm — the user may have edited the in-file CONFIG block or set a custom theme/command. When editing a settings.json, rewrite only the statusLine key and preserve everything else. A fresh install (neither exists) proceeds without prompting.

1. Copy the script to a stable location

Install it outside the skill directory: a skill can be moved, updated, or uninstalled, any of which would break a statusLine.command that pointed into it. One copy serves every agent (the adapter auto-detects), and it's also where the optional segments.conf lives.

mkdir -p ~/.config/agent-statusline
cp scripts/statusline.js ~/.config/agent-statusline/statusline.js

2. Point the agent at it

Claude Code — ~/.claude/settings.json (keep "padding": 0):

{ "statusLine": { "type": "command", "command": "node ~/.config/agent-statusline/statusline.js", "padding": 0 } }

GitHub Copilot CLI — ~/.copilot/settings.json:

{ "statusLine": { "type": "command", "command": "node ~/.config/agent-statusline/statusline.js" } }

Windows: the command runs through Git Bash or PowerShell. Use a full path with forward slashes if ~ doesn't expand (node C:/Users/you/.config/agent-statusline/statusline.js); node and git must be on PATH.

Troubleshooting

• Separators show as tofu (▯) — the angled glyphs (U+E0B0/U+E0B1) need a

powerline/Nerd font. The script auto-degrades to a plain │ on terminals known to lack them (Apple Terminal, VS Code); force the choice with --powerline / --no-powerline. For the full look in Apple Terminal, set its profile font to a Nerd Font.

• Stuck on "waiting for first exchange" or blank — the bar needs the first

model response to populate the context window. If it persists, run with --debug to log raw payloads to $TMPDIR/statusline-debug.log and inspect the shape.

Configuration

Defaults live in the CONFIG block at the top of statusline.js; every value also takes an env-var override, so an install can be tuned without forking the file. Print the resolved config with node statusline.js --dump-config. Common knobs:

STATUSLINE_THEME=dracula                       # named palette (10 built in)
STATUSLINE_SHOW_GAUGE=false                    # hide a segment (its divider goes too)
STATUSLINE_AMBER_AT=50 STATUSLINE_RED_AT=80    # percent color thresholds

For the complete reference — adapters, every segment and theme, font, Claude/Copilot usage & quota mechanics, custom segments, and the full flag/env table — read [references/reference.md](references/reference.md).

Verify

echo '{"model":{"display_name":"Opus"},"cwd":".","context_window":{"total_input_tokens":85000,"context_window_size":200000,"used_percentage":43},"cost":{"total_duration_ms":3725000,"total_lines_added":156,"total_lines_removed":23}}' \
  | node scripts/statusline.js --no-color

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: colbytimm
• Source: colbytimm/my-dev-tools
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.