[FEATURE] Please allow us to default the "Thinking..." flavor text to something SIMPLE like "working..."

Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened Mar 11, 2026 by SDurhamMCC Closed Apr 18, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing requests and this feature hasn't been requested yet
  • [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features)

Problem Statement

It was cute for 10 minutes but the Thinking flavor text is starting to get annoying, can you please make it so we can default it to a generic text like "working"

Proposed Solution

Add a setting to the settings.json to override the flavor text thinking status

Alternative Solutions

_No response_

Priority

Medium - Would be very helpful

Feature Category

CLI commands and flags

Use Case Example

I'm using claude code in the terminal and make a chat input request.
Claude Code begins "thinking" and displays "Working..." or "Thinking..." instead of the currently hardcoded jokes

Additional Context

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