You can customize your Claude Code statusline below the prompt with the /statusline command. You can add instructions in your own words. For example, that you want to see the current Git branch, the model, and the context window percentage:
Language: Markdown Text
/statusline Set up a custom statusline with a bash script.
Style: minimal with dim · separators and
subtle ANSI colors (no backgrounds).
Segments left to right:
1. Git branch (cyan) — show branchname with a dirty indicator:
orange * for unstaged changes, yellow + for staged, +* for both.
Only show when in a git repo.
2. Model (blue) — show the model display name,
followed by the effort level in dim parentheses
(read from ~/.claude/settings.json's effortLevel).
3. Context usage % — just the number and %.
Green normally, yellow at 50%+, red at 80%+.
No user/host, no directory, no "ctx" label.
theeternalstudent on May 6, 2026
I was having trouble copying and pasting the scaffold text, so I created a text file and then asked Claude to run it. Worked fine.