| 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 diagramssession-titles/ -- runtime data (titles + token cache)
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