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Customize the Status Line

Claude Code can show a custom status line at the bottom of the terminal.

Terminal window
/statusline

Useful things to include:

  • Current model
  • Context usage percentage
  • Visual context progress bar
  • Git branch
  • Project information
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Model and context usage are especially useful because they explain why a session may be close to compaction.