status-line-live

name	status-line-live
description	Customize or troubleshoot the live status line. Use when modifying statusline.sh, debugging token display, or understanding the rendering pipeline. The status line runs passively -- this skill is for working on it, not using it. Use when this capability is needed.
metadata	{"author":"fairchild"}

status-line-live

Custom status line renderer adding live session data to Claude Code: token metrics, session titles, git state, and cost tracking.

Distinguished from the built-in /status_line command -- this is the renderer and its supporting scripts.

Components

File	Role
scripts/statusline.sh	Main renderer (called by Claude Code via stdin JSON)
scripts/get-session-tokens.sh	Token data extraction from session JSONL
docs/architecture.md	Data flow, caching, troubleshooting

Output Format

project branch (3) Opus 4.6 $0.66 +28 -5 (70+210K+1.6M):7K [1:267] | session title

Dependencies

jq, bc, git

Related

• /status_line command -- verbose explainer with ASCII diagrams
• session-titles/ -- runtime data (titles + token cache)

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