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Claude Model Spinners
Claude Model Spinners is a Claude Code plugin that replaces the default thinking spinner with model- and effort-aware status verbs.
Claude Model Spinners is a plugin for Claude Code that customizes the loading spinner to reflect your current model and effort level. It uses two hooks, turn.step and ui.render, to select from over 120 verbs sorted into tiers like Vegetative, Dim, Scrappy, Thoughtful, Sage, and Oracular. The plugin maps models including Haiku, Sonnet, Opus, and Fable to specific behavioral descriptions and status messages. Developers can add or modify verbs by editing a single file, hooks/verbs.ts, and submit pull requests. The project is open source under the MIT license and runs within Claude Code sessions.
Claude Model Spinners at a glance
Key features
- Replaces the default Claude Code thinking spinner
- Maps verbs to model tiers and effort levels
- Includes over 120 custom verbs
- Single-file configuration via hooks/verbs.ts
- Open source codebase under MIT license
Use it for
- Viewing the current intelligence and effort level of Claude Code
- Customizing loading spinner messages in Claude Code
- Contributing custom status verbs via pull requests
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