[Feature Request] Add customizable project identifiers/labels to startup banner
Status Fixed / completed
Reported on v2.1.45
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 4 comments · opened Feb 21, 2026 · closed Feb 21, 2026
Bug Description
Love Claude Code, been using it daily across multiple projects, but this morning I ran into something that could be so much better...
I work on 2 git repos with very similar names side by side in different terminal tabs.
I accidentally started giving instructions in the wrong session and made changes in the wrong repo before I even noticed.
The current banner does show the working directory, but when paths look almost identical, it's way too easy to mix things up at a glance.
How cool would it be if we could customize the startup banner per project ?
- A custom label or color defined in settings.json or CLAUDE.md (imagine a big red "PRODUCTION API" or green "FRONTEND" tag right there when you open a session)
- A more prominent project name display.
- Even just one extra user-defined text line under the path would already be a game changer.
Something like a simple banner.label setting would take seconds to configure and save so much confusion when juggling sessions throughout the day.
Environment Info
- Platform: darwin
- Terminal: Apple_Terminal
- Version: 2.1.45
- Feedback ID: af472752-e6ab-41c5-861d-4384070ad999
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4 Comments
Though this isn't what you requested, it might help.
You can /statusline and via this add the project directory (or instruct claude to put whatever you would like incl always-on context remaining calcs etc) below the terminal input field.
It won't sit at the top on launch, but it's always right where you're typing.
e.g. (cli-session-variables) is the cwd project I launched from)
<img width="669" height="96" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ef2801bb-fd5f-48cf-9b28-d219e58ba829" />
Thanks a lot ! it is even better to have this at the bottom !
I configured statusline to display the project name in white text on a red background.
<img width="918" height="213" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/58ada624-b8c0-4b2b-a5d3-b75b1e50d4bb" />
Yay!
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