How do I troubleshoot rendering issues?

The skill includes documentation on the architecture and data flow, specifically for debugging the scripts/statusline.sh rendering pipeline.

Can I track my spending with this skill?

Yes, it extracts session data to provide real-time cost estimations based on your token usage within the Claude Code environment.

What is the status-line-live skill?

It is a specialized capability that provides a custom renderer for the Claude Code CLI, allowing you to see real-time session data like token counts and costs.

What technical dependencies are required?

The skill requires jq for JSON parsing, bc for mathematical calculations, and git for repository state tracking.

How does it differ from the built-in status_line command?

While the built-in command provides a verbose explanation, this skill is the actual renderer and set of scripts used to generate and troubleshoot the live display.

Claude Live Status Line

Name: Claude Live Status Line
Author: fairchild

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Analytics & Monitoring

Enhances the Claude Code CLI with a real-time status line displaying token metrics, session costs, and git state.

The status-line-live skill provides a specialized rendering pipeline for customizing and troubleshooting the Claude Code terminal status line. It allows developers to monitor live session data including complex token metrics (input, output, and cache hits), estimated financial costs, active git branches, and session titles. Beyond just displaying information, this skill provides the necessary guidance for modifying scripts like statusline.sh and debugging the underlying data extraction process from session JSONL files.

Key Features

01Live session cost estimation based on active LLM usage

02Real-time token usage tracking including input, output, and cache metrics

03Customizable session title rendering and token caching mechanisms

04Advanced debugging tools for the status line rendering pipeline

05Integrated git state monitoring and branch display

061 GitHub stars

Use Cases

01Monitoring AI token consumption and financial costs during long development sessions

02Customizing the CLI terminal interface for better context awareness and visibility

03Troubleshooting status line rendering issues or data extraction scripts

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add fairchild/dotclaude status-line-live

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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