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name: statusline-setup description: Auto-trigger skill for setting up and configuring the ultimate-statusline triggers:

• "setup statusline"
• "configure statusline"
• "install statusline"
• "statusline config"
• "change statusline theme"
• "customize statusline"
• "statusline widgets"
• "enable statusline widget"
• "disable statusline widget"

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Statusline Setup Skill

This skill auto-triggers when users want to set up, configure, or customize their Claude Code statusline.

When This Triggers

• "setup statusline" / "install statusline"
• "configure statusline" / "statusline config"
• "change statusline theme"
• "customize statusline"
• "statusline widgets"
• "enable/disable statusline widget"

What To Do

For Setup/Install Requests

1. Check if the plugin is already installed by looking for ~/.claude/statusline-config.json

2. If not installed, run the install command:

   Copy/ultimate-statusline:install
   

3. Guide the user through initial configuration

For Theme Changes

1. Show available themes:

   • default (balanced colors)
   • gruvbox (warm retro)
   • nord (arctic blues)
   • tokyo-night (neon cyberpunk)
   • rose-pine (soft pastels)
   • powerline (classic vim powerline)

2. Apply the requested theme:

   Copy/ultimate-statusline:config set theme <theme-name>
   

For Widget Configuration

1. If user wants to see available widgets:

   Copy/ultimate-statusline:widgets
   

2. If user wants to enable/disable a widget:

   Copy/ultimate-statusline:config set widgets.<widget_name>.enabled true/false
   

3. Common widget requests:

   • "show MCP status" → enable mcp_status
   • "show cost per hour" → enable burn_rate
   • "show daily cost" → enable daily_cost
   • "hide git info" → disable git_branch and git_changes
   • "show token usage" → enable tokens_total or tokens_input/tokens_output

For Preview Requests

1. Show what the statusline will look like:

   Copy/ultimate-statusline:preview
   

2. Preview with a specific theme:

   Copy/ultimate-statusline:preview --theme <theme-name>
   

Available Widgets

Always mention these key widgets:

Response Pattern

After helping the user configure the statusline:

1. Summarize what was changed
2. Remind them to restart Claude Code if settings.json was modified
3. Suggest running /ultimate-statusline:preview to see the result