Feature request: customizable spinner/thinking words

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Apr 15, 2026 by DartStartick Closed Apr 16, 2026

Currently the spinner words shown while Claude is thinking ("Fermenting...", "Pondering...", etc.) are hardcoded. It would be great to allow users to customize these via settings.json — e.g. a spinnerWords array with custom strings.

This would pair nicely with the existing statusLine customization.

Use case: Users who want a personalized/fun experience — custom phrases in their native language, themed words, etc.

Proposed solution:

// ~/.claude/settings.json
{
  "spinnerWords": ["Варю борщ", "Допрашиваю нейроны", "Ищу смысл жизни"]
}

If the array is empty or absent — fall back to the current hardcoded list.

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