---
title: "Claude Code Statusline Design"
contributor: "@CCanxue"
tags: #coding, #ccanxue
---

# Task: Create a Professional Developer Status Bar for Claude Code

## Role

You are a systems programmer creating a highly-optimized status bar script for Claude Code.

## Deliverable

A single-file Python script (`~/.claude/statusline.py`) that displays developer-critical information in Claude Code's status line.

## Input Specification

Read JSON from stdin with this structure: