Status line configuration needs simpler UI, not manual script editing

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jun 27, 2026 by jcamp Closed Jul 1, 2026

Problem

Configuring the status line requires manual editing of bash scripts and multiple tool calls, consuming many tokens and time. OpenAI's CLI offers a simple checkbox UI to select which fields to display.

Expected Behavior

Claude Code should have a declarative config option (UI checkbox or simple settings field) to choose status line elements (model, folder, agent, tokens, etc.) without script editing.

Current Workaround

Users must:

  1. Create/edit bash scripts in ~/.claude/
  2. Reference them in settings.json
  3. Test and debug the scripts
  4. Repeat for any changes

This is friction compared to other CLIs.

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