Allow customization of thinking/spinner status messages
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 12, 2026 by amuleytrk Closed Mar 16, 2026
Feature Request
What: Add a way to customize the spinner words that appear while Claude is processing (e.g., "Perambulating", "Puzzling", "Accomplishing", "Moseying", "Topsy-turvying").
Why: These messages are a fun touch, but users may want to personalize them. For example, replacing them with anime attack names, motivational quotes, or domain-specific jargon. This is a low-effort, high-delight customization.
Suggested approach: Support a config like ~/.claude/spinner-messages.json or a spinnerMessages array in ~/.claude/settings.json that overrides the default word list. If the file/config exists, randomly pick from the user's list; otherwise fall back to defaults.
Example config:
{
"spinnerMessages": ["Rasengan", "Kamehameha", "Getsuga Tenshou", "Domain Expansion", "Bankai", "Thunder Breathing", "Detroit Smash", "Spirit Gun"]
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