Expose reasoning effort level in status line JSON
Status Closed — not planned
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Activity 4 comments · opened Mar 20, 2026 · closed Mar 20, 2026
Feature Request
The custom status line (statusLine setting) receives JSON via stdin with model info, context window, rate limits, vim mode, etc. — but reasoning effort (high/medium/low) is not included.
Use Case
When customizing the status line, it's useful to see the current reasoning effort level at a glance, especially when switching between effort levels during a session. Currently there's no way to display this without reading internal state.
Proposed Solution
Add a field to the status line JSON input, e.g.:
{
"reasoning": {
"effort": "high"
}
}
Or alternatively under model:
{
"model": {
"id": "claude-opus-4-6",
"display_name": "Opus",
"reasoning_effort": "high"
}
}
Current Workaround
None — the effort level is not exposed in any readable config file or status line data.
Environment
- Claude Code on WSL2 (Ubuntu 24.04)
- Custom status line script using
jqto parse the JSON input
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