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Claude Boot Beats
Claude Boot Beats is a Claude Code plugin that plays a random song and displays a startup status card.
Claude Boot Beats is a plugin for Claude Code that plays a short music preview and displays a startup card whenever a coding session begins. It rotates through genres like pop, hip hop, and retro hits by searching the iTunes Search API for a random track from the top results. While the audio plays, a startup card shows your coding streak, repository status including branch and changed files, and a historical event from Wikipedia. The plugin requires macOS for audio playback using afplay, while Linux and Windows versions remain silent. It operates using zero AI tokens by relying on two web requests, local git commands, and Apple's official thirty-second audio previews without storing any files.
Claude Boot Beats at a glance
Key features
- Plays a random song preview at startup
- Rotates through genres per session
- Searches the iTunes Search API
- Displays a coding streak counter
- Shows repository status and git details
- Displays historical events from Wikipedia
- Supports playback duration configuration up to thirty seconds
- Uses zero model tokens
Use it for
- Start coding sessions with a short music preview
- Check daily coding streaks upon startup
- View git repository status and branch info
- Read historical events from Wikipedia during startup
Companions
Tools that articles about Claude Boot Beats recommend using with it, each with its job.
- Claude Code — Built to work with Claude Code.
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- Playwright MCP — Enables LLMs to interact with web pages using structured accessibility snapshots.
- GitHub MCP Server — Reads pull requests, issues and code search on GitHub.
- Superpowers — Brainstorm, plan and execute skills for bigger tasks.
- gstack — Skill bundle for planning, review and shipping.
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- Claude Code Session Tracker — Monitor Claude Code usage limits and token history in a single local interface.
- Claude Code Mode — Reduces context token usage by returning only the final program result.
- Better Statusline — It shows context, usage, spend, and music controls directly in the terminal.
- Claude Code Workflows — Provides pre-built, automated workflows for Claude Code development processes.
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