Introduction

Claude Code’s statusline feature is a powerful yet often overlooked capability. It not only displays basic system information but can be highly customized to become your personalized programming environment status monitor. This article will thoroughly analyze all aspects of statusline, from basic configuration to advanced techniques, and reveal the underlying sub-agent mechanism.

What is Claude Code Statusline?

According to the official documentation, statusline is a customizable status bar displayed at the bottom of the Claude Code interface. It features: