Feature: custom border/frame color in settings.json

Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Apr 6, 2026 by itay-turgeman Closed Jun 18, 2026

What

Allow users to set a custom color for the TUI border lines and session name banner via settings.json.

Why

Currently the border/frame and session name banner are hardcoded to cyan. But when using agent teams (CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS=1), each split pane gets a distinct auto-assigned color — so the rendering infra already supports multiple border colors.

Users who run multiple sessions (or rename sessions frequently) would benefit from visual distinction at a glance.

Proposed

A config key in settings.json, something like:

{
  "theme": {
    "borderColor": "purple"
  }
}

Or even better, let /rename accept a color:

/rename sentry --color purple

Environment

  • Claude Code CLI on Linux (iTerm over SSH)
  • Using custom statusLine command — that part works great
  • The missing piece is the chrome around the input area

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