Claude Code statusline

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Claude Code Status Line Setup                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                           
  Configure a custom status line that runs a shell script (~/.claude/statusline-command.sh) and displays these pipe-separated segments:                    
                                                                                                                                                           
  1. Current working directory — read from the JSON stdin field workspace.current_dir (fallback to cwd)
  2. Git branch — detect via git -C "$cwd" with --no-optional-locks. Color it red if on main, green otherwise. Append * if there are uncommitted staged or
  unstaged changes.                                                                                                                                        
  3. Model name — the display name of the active model from the JSON stdin                                                                                 
  4. Context usage % — context window usage as a rounded integer (e.g., ctx 42%). Only show after at least one API call.                                   
  5. Session elapsed time — track session start time in /tmp/claude_session_start_<session_id> so it persists across refreshes. Format as Xs, Xm Ys, or Xh
  Ym depending on duration.

  Example output:
  /home/user/project | branch: dev | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | ctx 18% | 4m 32s

  Use ANSI escape codes for the branch colors and printf "%b\n" to render them. Set statusLine.type: "command" and statusLine.command: "bash
  ~/.claude/statusline-command.sh" in ~/.claude/settings.json.